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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

News Highlights

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Big Data from a BI View

Cindi Howson

Big data developments unveiled at sold- out Strata Conference in New York.

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Informatica Takes on Big Data

Stephen Swoyer

At the recent Hadoop World conference, Informatica announced a new big-data-ready version of its PowerCenter data integration offering, the aptly-named PowerCenter Big Data Edition, which might be called more-than-just-a-Hadoop-DI tool.

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NuoDB: A Database for the Cloud

Stephen Swoyer

There are two big problems associated with data warehousing in the cloud -- agile elasticity and ACID compliance. NuoDB, a database startup, aims to address both of them.

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Kydex Gains Faster, Easier Access to Key Information and Analysis

The specialty thermoplastic sheet manufacturer needed an affordable BI solution to produce key sales reports -- one that could be deployed quickly and easily. (From TDWI's What Works in Emerging Technologies)

TDWI Webinar Series:

The Role of Data Quality in a Big Data Environment

Speaker: David Loshin

November
28
9:00AM PT
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"Big data" relies on consumption of massive volumes and varieties of data marked by inconsistencies across different sources, questionable lineage, and uncertain data currency. Integrating unstructured and structured data sets implies that small variances in semantics, concept tagging, and terminology will have adverse impacts on consumers of business analytics.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

The Role and Benefits of In-Memory Computing to BI Analytics

There is considerable buzz in the IT industry about in-memory technologies. At the same time, there is considerable confusion about the role and benefits of these technologies in BI processing and performance. This technology can be used at a client or a server level and may be used by an analytic server or a database management system.

Speaker: Colin White

November
29
9:00AM PT

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Balancing Governance and Business Agility through Streamlined Information Integration

Conventional wisdom suggests that a centralized function for managing access to data provides economies of scale while providing trustworthy oversight of the quality and usability of that data. Business must be agile; increased business control of information enables greater freedom in analysis. The increasing need of business users for speed and agility also requires a higher degree of speed and agility in IT that can be achieved by automating trivial tasks.

Speaker: David Loshin

December
6
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

December 2-4, 2012

TDWI Solution Summit: Cloud BI

Scottsdale, AZ

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February 17-22, 2013

TDWI World Conference: Data Strategy for the Enterprise

Las Vegas, NV

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February 18-20, 2013

TDWI BI Executive Summit: Enterprise Data Strategies for Analytics and BI

Las Vegas, NV

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