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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

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New Report Examines Enterprise Hadoop Adoption

Stephen Swoyer

A new report from TDWI Research tackles the burning question: what does it take to deploy, manage, and scale Hadoop in the enterprise?

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The Internet of Everything vs. the Internet of Some Things

Fern Halper

The use of devices connected to the Internet is raising business and ethical questions.

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Why Big Data Requires a Big Commitment from the Top

David Power

Taking full advantage of a firm's information resources requires good data management practices, and that requires corporate leadership dedicated to two principles.

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Are You Ready for Data-Driven Apps?

Stephen Swoyer

The latest entry in TDWI's "Checklist Reports" series tackles a particularly pertinent question: What does the term "data-driven" actually mean, anyway? TDWI's report provides a step-by-step primer for designing, building, managing, and improving enterprise data-driven apps.

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Choosing the Right Data to Analyze

Alex Reinhart

How do you know you're selecting the right data samples to investigate? The lucky and unlucky subjects of your study won't stay exceptional forever, a phenomenon known as regression to the mean. Alex Reinhart, a Carnegie Mellon University statistics instructor, explains the impact this observation has on your analytics results.

TDWI Webinar Series:

What is Data Platform as a Service and What Can it Do for Your Business?

Speaker: Philip Russom

May
20
9:00AM PT
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Join Philip Russom, director of research at TDWI, and Patrick Adamiak, vice president at Liaison Technologies, for an in-depth look at this emerging platform model and the value it can bring to your business.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Predictive Analytics: A Critical Part of an Evolved Decision Support Platform

Organizations can gain real value by harnessing their valuable corporate data to understand why something is happening now, and more important, what's likely to happen next. Learn what skills and technologies you need to support your move to predictive analytics. What will you need to run what-if scenarios, gain instant awareness and instant action on "in-flight" data, and adapt business strategies in real time.

Speaker: Claudia Imhoff

May
26
9:00AM PT

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Tips for Modernizing a Data Warehouse

TDWI's Research Director Philip Russom discusses the recently published TDWI Checklist Report about modernizing a data warehouse. You'll learn what trends are driving the need for data warehouse modernization, user strategies, the new data platforms and tools users are applying in their modernization projects, and what lies ahead for the modern data warehouse. Attendees will receive a free copy of the report.

Speaker: Philip Russom

May
27
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

June 22 - 25, 2015

Seminar in Toronto // Business Analytics

Toronto, ON

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July 26 - 31, 2015

TDWI Boston // The Analytics Experience

Boston, MA

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August 3 - 6, 2015

Seminar in Chicago // Insight and Impact through Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

Chicago, IL

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