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                | Wednesday, January 23, 2013 |  
                | News Highlights
                    
                      
                        |  |  | Mark MadsenIgnore the hype surrounding big data.  
What's really important is to learn about the new models for data 
processing that big data is bringing so you can plan rather than 
react.  |  
                        |  |  | Dave StodderA data strategy that does not 
anticipate business and technology change will likely be doomed to 
irrelevance. |  
                        |  |  | Linda BriggsWayne Eckerson describes his new book, 
"Secrets of Analytical Leaders," as "a panel discussion in print, 
with me moderating the seven smartest people I know in BI." In this 
interview, he discusses the insights he gathered from top experts in 
the industry on delivering BI and analytical solutions.  |  
                        |  |  | Stephen SwoyerA new report from TDWI Research looks 
at what's driving the need for BI agility. It also assesses how 
"agility" is commonly conceived -- and best achieved -- in a BI 
context. |  
                        |  |  | KYDEX had relied on a text-based ERP 
system for its sales operations reports.  When it changed ERP 
systems, it was an opportune time to implement a BI solution as 
well.   
(From TDWI's What Works in Emerging Technologies) 
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                        |  |   | TDWI Webinar Series:Speaker: 
                          Philip Russom
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                        | For those of us in IT and especially BI, 
there's nothing more exciting than seeing practices and technologies 
come together in a new combination, to support enterprise business 
in a new way. At the moment, we are seeing such a confluence of 
practices and technologies for real time, analytics, big data, and 
in-memory processing. The combination enables more organizations to 
credibly address time-sensitive business processes that involve big 
data and benefit from analytics. |  |  
                | Upcoming Webinars of Interest
                    
                      |   | Many user organizations are moving deeper 
into advanced analytics with big data because conventional wisdom 
now tells us that there are leverage-able business insights to be 
discovered in big data. However, many organizations are deploying 
teams and tools for big data analytics in silos that are 
disconnected partially or wholly from the rest of an enterprise. Speaker: 
                        
                        Philip Russom
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                      |   | Dashboard and self-service excellence is 
essential to gaining full value from investment in BI tools. 
Dashboards can be critical in increasing your information awareness 
and in improving overall transparency, strategic alignment, 
accountability, collaboration, and data governance, but after 
initial implementation, then what? Speaker: 
                        
                        David Stodder
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                      |  | February 18-20, 2013 |  
                      | TDWI BI Executive Summit: Enterprise Data 
Strategies for Analytics and BILas Vegas, NV |  
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