June 19, 2015: “Augmenting your Data Warehouse with the Cloud.”
        
        
        
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ATTENTION ALL BI/DW AND ANALYTICS PROFESSIONALS 
  Dear Dallas BI/DW and Analytics Professionals, 
  We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Dallas Chapter meeting on Friday, June 19th. Come meet other local professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI education. Our speakers will be DW/BI end-users reporting on their success and lessons learned implementing various BI tools or projects. Please see our detailed meeting agenda below.
  
    | When: | Friday,   June 19th8:00am to 11:00am
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    | Where:    | Please   note new location:Amazon Web Services
 14th Floor
 13455 Noel Road
 Dallas, TX 75240
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    | Topic: | “Augmenting   your Data Warehouse with the Cloud”, by Nick Larsen, Partner at Iolap | 
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Agenda: 
  
    | 8:00 to 8:30am | Check In, Continental Breakfast and Peer Networking | 
  
    | 8:30 to 8:45am | Meeting Introductions | 
  
    |  8:45 to 9:45am | Presentation: "Augmenting your   Data Warehouse with the Cloud” by Nick Larsen, Partner at iOLAP | 
  
    |   | AbstractAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the number one choice of businesses moving to   the cloud.  From dynamic server scalability using EC2, relational Big   Data storage on Redshift, Big Data processing in EMR/Hadoop, and streaming of   real-time data at a massive scale with Kinesis, Amazon Web services has a   wide range of powerful options to support and complement your data warehouse   and business intelligence deployments.  In this session, we’ll review   AWS services and their use case for BI/DW.  We will dig into alternate   use cases and ways for you to grow into a cloud based infrastructure.
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    | 9:45 to 10am | Break | 
  
    | 10:00 to 10:20am | Discussion - Examples of   companies that are innovating strategies to make it easier to deploy on AWS: “Take Control of your AWS billing and resources” by Cloud9Bills
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    | 10:20 to 10:50am | Discussion - Examples of   companies that are innovating strategies to make it easier to deploy on AWS: “Rapid Cloud Integration”, by   Eight-Wire
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    | 10:50 to 11:00am | Closing Remarks and Networking | 
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Bio of Presenter
Nick Larsen, Partner 
  
  Nick Larsen joined iOLAP in 2005 and has extensive experience in designing, developing and managing large-scale Business Intelligence and Systems Integration projects. His technical experience includes data modeling, technical architecture, data architecture, project management, and system integration. He has worked with multiple BI platforms including MicroStrategy, SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, OBIEE, YellowfinBI, Domo, and Tableau. Nick’s database expertise includes Netezza, Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata and Amazon Redshift. Nick received his BS in Business Computer Information Systems at the University of North Texas in 2004.