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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

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How Big Databases on Demand Are Paving the Way for Analytics on Demand

Mike Lamble

Cloud computing plus a new generation of big data analytics DBMSes are enabling big databases on demand.

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How Autonomous Cars Will Benefit Enterprise-Scale Analytics and BI

Brendon Whateley

What does a car that drives itself have to do with BI? The connection is stronger than you might think.

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Mastering Reference Data

Robert Rowe

Master data and reference data are not exactly the same. Understand and manage the difference and you can improve planning, business processes, reporting, and service delivery.

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Responding When It Matters: Creating Real-Time Unique Responses Using Analytics

Venkat Rajan

To make real-time unique response a reality, you must focus on three core competencies.

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Customer-Facing, Revenue-Generating BI: The World's Best BI Applications

Providing self-service access to information leads to customer loyalty, improved performance, reduced costs, increased revenue, and greater competitive advantage. (From TDWI’s What Works in Emerging Technologies)

TDWI Webinar Series:

Balancing Governance and Business Agility through Streamlined Information Integration

Speaker: David Loshin

December
6
9:00AM PT
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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.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Actionable Analytics for Healthcare Providers

Analytic challenges and opportunities are shaking up the healthcare industry. Business intelligence, data discovery, visually compelling dashboards, and analytics can help organizations replace slow, manual spreadsheet-based processes. Based on real-world experiences at Swedish Medical Group, a large, integrated health system, this Webinar will discuss how business intelligence and analytics can be applied to the challenges faced today by healthcare providers.

Speaker: David Stodder

December
10
9:00AM PT

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Building Dashboards for Real Business Results

Dashboards have rapidly moved to become the face of business intelligence, allowing busy managers and front- line workers to monitor multiple indicators at a glance. BI teams are charged with evaluating new solutions, sometimes integrating with existing BI platforms or replacing previously custom-developed solutions.

Speaker: Cindi Howson

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11
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

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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March 3-5, 2013

TDWI Solution Summit: Big Data Analytics

Savannah, GA

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