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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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Q&A: Big Data through the Looking Glass -- Two Views on the Big Data Revolution

James E. Powell

Is Big Data a revolution in information technology? Does the technology truly offer us the ability to do something new, or do we simply need to renovate the technologies we already have?

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BI Experts: Big Data and Your Data Warehouse's Data Staging Area

Philip Russom

No part of your DW architecture is immune to big data.

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Archive Big Data for Future Analysis

Mike Schiff

Can't analyze your data now? We explain why it's worth the time and effort to archive your data anyway.

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BI Vendors: Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?

BI analyst Cindi Howson's new "Successful BI" survey needs your input about which BI tools and vendors you're using and how well they are helping you succeed. Participants will receive a copy of the summary findings plus a chance to win $100.

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Creating a Single Patient View at Mount Sinai Medical Center

A top medical facility benefits from meaningful data use by synchronizing registration systems. (Case study from TDWI's "What Works in Healthcare")

TDWI Webinar Series:

Governing the Quality of Data in Real-time Across the Information Lifecycle

Speaker: Mark Madsen

July
17
9:00AM PT
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The diversity of data formats presents new challenges for gaining a complete and accurate view of information across the enterprise. Successful organizations are governing "big data" at the entry point (within an application, Web logs, documents, etc.).

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Managing the Mayhem of Mobile BI

Apple defined a new category of computing with the release of the Apple iPad. It also reinvigorated the BI market with sexy dashboards on every tablet. BI on mobile devices promises to make BI more immediate and accessible for executives and field workers alike.

Speaker: Cindi Howson

July
19
9:00AM PT

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Big Data and Business Intelligence: How They Come Together

Big data is growing fast as organizations devote technology resources to tapping the terabytes (if not petabytes) of data flowing into their organizations and externally in social media data and other sources.

Speaker: David Stodder

July
24
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

July 29-August 3, 2012

TDWI World Conference: Big Data Tipping Point

San Diego, CA

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July 30-August 1, 2012

TDWI BI Executive Summit: Big Data Analytics for Better Customer Intelligence

San Diego, CA

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August 13-16, 2012

TDWI Seminar Series: Data Modeling

Minneapolis, MN

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