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Wednesday, January 08, 2014

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Q&A: The New IT

James Powell

Technology delivery is no longer the problem, says industry watcher and TDWI faculty member Jill Dyché. Now organizations are examining their organization's structure. Dyché takes a look at what this means for IT's future and why IT must change.

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3 Steps to Free Yourself from the ETL Burden

Jorge Lopez

Even in an era of big data, ETL is here to stay. However, we must recognize that Hadoop is forever changing the approach and the economics of data integration.

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Pivotal's Hadoop-based Data Management Stack Coming Rapidly into Focus

Stephen Swoyer

Pivotal recently unveiled Data Dispatch and GemFire XD, two new products that complement its Pivotal HD Hadoop distribution. It's been a busy 12 months for Pivotal.

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Enhancing Productivity with BYOD

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) promises benefits such as great innovation, better work/life balance, and improved productivity. With employees taking devices outside corporate premises, the consumerization of IT has created security issues in increasing issues on IT to manage and secure devices and data. Vodafone Group Enterprise's Robert Daniels, the head of management and security, talks about this very issue.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Predictive Analytics for Accelerating Business Advantage

Speaker: Fern Halper

January
14
9:00AM PT
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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 business intelligence processing and performance. A major reason for this confusion is that in-memory computing means different things to different people.

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Introducing the TDWI Big Data Maturity Model

Many end-user organizations are currently commencing or expanding solutions for big data and big data analytics. They want to understand how to approach big data and where they stand relative to other companies, especially their competitors. In October 2013, TDWI launched its Big Data Maturity Model Assessment Tool, which can help to guide IT and business professionals on their big data journey. The assessment looks at companies across five dimensions that impact maturity, including organization, infrastructure, data management, analytics, and governance.

Speaker: Fern Halper

February
11
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Events Calendar

February 17-20, 2014

TDWI Seminar Series: Building the Foundation for Business Analytics in Your Organization

London, UK

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February 23-28, 2014

TDWI World Conference: The Evolving Information Architecture

Las Vegas, NV

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February 24-26, 2014

TDWI BI Executive Summit: New Directions in Analytics and Data Architecture

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