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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

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Bringing Architecture Back

Stephen Swoyer

A new report from TDWI makes the case that the enterprise data warehouse has been supplanted by multi-platform configuration that includes the traditional data warehouse, analytic DBMSs, NoSQL and streaming databases, and other data platforms.

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Q&A: Small Business Analytics Needs Differ from Large Enterprises

Linda Briggs

BI, data mining, and analytics from a small-business perspective means moving away from preset solutions and getting creative, says the owner of a company that targets the BI needs of smaller firms.

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Data Quality: Relevance versus Reliability

David Nettleton

When evaluating variable data for a given business intelligence objective, we may observe that the relevant variables are not reliable or that the reliable ones are not relevant. Here's how to address this situation.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Strategies for Data Exploration and Analysis in the Age of Big Data Analytics

Speaker: Philip Russom

May
20
9:00AM PT
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Organizations today are seeking to explore and analyze big data to detect patterns and find anomalies across terabytes or petabytes of raw big data. Whether you're trying to discover the root cause of the latest customer churn or the hidden costs that are eroding your bottom line, you need analytic tools and techniques that work well with large volumes of all data, not just unstructured and multi-structured data.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Beautiful Data in the Eye of the Beholder: Data Visualization Best

High-quality data visualization is critical to the success of business intelligence, analytics, and data presentation. Because graphical interaction with data is now the norm, users are excited and have increasingly high expectations. Technology is important, but you also need to execute best practices to avoid pitfalls and to create beautiful data visualizations that are clear, effective, and accurate.

Speaker: David Stodder

May
21
9:00AM PT

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The Changing Fabric of BI Environments: Supporting Line-of-Business Personnel and Data Scientists

Today's BI environments have split personalities. They must support the production of routine reports and analyses used every day by line-of-business employees and enable data scientists and data crunchers to "freewheel" through the data in an unplanned, experimental fashion. How can implementers create a sustainable BI environment with these two seemingly contradictory purposes?

Speaker: Claudia Imhoff

May
22
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

May 28, 2014

Solution Spotlight on Big Data Analytics

Cleveland, OH

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June 1 - 3, 2014

Solution Summit: Beyond BI to Advanced Analytics for Business Advantage

San Diego, CA

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June 10, 2014

Solution Spotlight on Big Data Analytics

San Francisco, CA

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