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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

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3 Things You Need to Know about Big Data

Fern Halper

Before you jump into a big data project, be sure to think about these three big data issues related to data integrity, data quality, and the nuances of analysis.

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New, Updated Products Abound at TDWI World Conference

Stephen Swoyer

An unprecedented number of vendors unveiled new products at last month's TDWI World Conference in Las Vegas.

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Predictive Modeling Bound with Analytical Data is a Concept Whose Time Has Come

David S. Linthicum

The strategic use of data can provide strategic advantages for any business
-- you simply have to create the plan and make the move. The ROI will be almost instantaneous.

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BI, Analytic Growth to Slow in 2013, Gartner Says

Stephen Swoyer

This year, market watcher Gartner projects that business intelligence and analytics software sales will grow globally by a somewhat unspectacular 7 percent. Yes, that's impressive, but BI sales grew at a 16 percent clip last year. What's behind the slowdown?

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Women in BI: Having It All or Hard Choices?

Moderator Cindi Howson reflects on this conference session at the TDWI World Conference in Las Vegas. Speakers tackled such issues as juggling career and life, the decline of women earning math and science degrees, and the gender pay gap. How do we define success, and what sacrifices are required? Howson offers her perspective and some hard facts.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Big Data is Adding to Data Management Challenges

Speaker: Mark Madsen

March
21
9:00AM PT
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As the use of big data grows, the need for data management in the new environment will also grow. The combination of new data and new technology requires new data management capabilities and processes in order to realize the promised benefits.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Faster Analytics and Better Business Intelligence

Building a data warehouse is the stuff of legend -- unreal project lengths, famous failures, and some surprising successes! Enterprise data warehouses emphasize quality and completeness; data marts major in speed and business value. Today, users demand instant satisfaction and quality solutions.

Speaker: Barry Devlin

March
26
9:00AM PT

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Real-Time and Big Data Challenge Data Management Best Practices

The incremental movement toward real-time operation is the most influential trend today in data-driven IT disciplines such as BI, data warehousing, and data integration. From a technology viewpoint, collecting, processing, and delivering data is hard enough; doing it in real time requires effort that is downright Herculean. Data volumes continue to rise, exacerbating the situation.

Speaker: Philip Russom

March
27
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

March 18-21, 2013

TDWI Seminar Series: Data Modeling

Austin, TX

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April 22-25, 2013

TDWI Seminar Series: Dimensional Modeling

Washington, DC

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May 5-10, 2013

TDWI World Conference: Big Data Tipping Point

Chicago, IL

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