TDWI BI This Week Analysis and News TDWI

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

News Highlights

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3 Emerging Innovations for BI and Analytics

David Stodder

As 2013 gets closer, here are three exciting and impactful technology innovations we are likely to see and that will likely capture your attention.

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Human Behavior and Data Warehousing/BI Success

Len Silverston

Getting the most from BI and data warehousing requires more than just knowledge about technology -- we also need people skills, especially to interact and work together better.

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4 Steps to Improve Adoption and Use of Your Data Warehouse

Shikha Verma and Lorri Wallace

"Build it and they will come" is no way to promote BI adoption and use. These four steps can help you benefit from a focused internal marketing and communication program for your BI users.

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Opportunities for High-Performance Data Warehousing (HiPer DW)

A new TDWI report asks if high performance for DW, BI, and analytics is considered mostly a problem or mostly an opportunity.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Getting Information Out: Establishing High Business User BI Adoption Rates

Speaker: Claudia Imhoff

October
4
12:00PM PT
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Ask yourself: Does your company have a history of bringing in multiple BI tools, having multiple approaches and strategies, using inconsistent or inaccurate data, or implementing BI components too slowly or not in a timely fashion? Does all this result in a chaotic architecture? Do you find that adoption of BI by the business is stagnant or dropping? You may have entered the "dead zone" for BI -- where BI is just treading water with a handful of dedicated users but no plans for expansion, funding drying up, and interest waning.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

High- Performance Data Warehousing

Just about everything we do in data warehousing has some kind of high-performance requirement. Luckily, today's DW performance challenges are being met by numerous technical advancements.

Speaker: Philip Russom

October
9
9:00AM PT

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Analytic Databases for Big Data

Many user organizations are in the process of ramping up their analytics programs to understand how evolving economies are driving changes in customer bases, competitive landscapes, cost structures, and business processes. As part of the ramp up, users are considering and evaluating new and improved database management systems (DBMSs) and related functionality built specifically for analytics with big data that have come forth in recent years.

Speaker: Philip Russom

October
10
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

October 22-25, 2012

TDWI World Conference: Dimensional Modeling

New York, NY

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November 11-16, 2012

TDWI World Conference: Emerging Technologies 2013

Orlando, FL

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November 12-13, 2012

A TDWI Forum: Emerging Technology Strategies for Big Data Analytics

Orlando, FL

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