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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

News Highlights

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Visual Analytics: BI is Dead, Long Live BI

David Stodder

Visual analytics technologies may help organizations move closer to achieving BI goals and objectives, but visual analytics tools must be carefully managed.

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Q&A: Cloud Computing Use, Benefits Continue to Evolve

Linda Briggs

As data management needs grow, the cloud offers several compelling advantages. Cloud computing expert Todd Helfter explains the pros and cons of public versus private clouds, shared and non-shared cloud space, and the benefits of a hybrid cloud solution.

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Semarchy Accelerates MDM

Stephen Swoyer

MDM often seems like an endless process of planning. MDM specialist Semarchy touts a new "evolutionary" take on MDM that it says emphasizes doing -- in the form of iterative, pragmatic, business-driven development.

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Best of TDWI's Data Digest

Quint Turner

Online articles of interest in the last week include a focus on big data quality, predictive analytics, setting data policy, data retention, and agility among geographically dispersed teams.

TDWI Webinar Series:

The What, Why, and How of a Data Lake

Speaker: Colin White

July
21
9:00AM PT
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Get answers to three key questions: What is a data lake and how does it fit into the existing data warehousing environment? Why do organizations need a data lake and what types of projects can benefit from one? How does an organization design, deploy, manage, and govern a data lake?

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Using the Cloud as a Platform for Data Warehousing

Learn about how enterprises can adopt cloud-based data warehousing and business intelligence as well as analytics in the cloud. This Webinar explores data integration and architectural challenges, contrasts cloud-based and on-premises data warehousing, and explains considerations for cloud DW/BI vendors.

Speaker: Colin White

July
22
9:00AM PT

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Making Advanced Analytics Simpler: Challenges, Opportunities, and Value

In this Webinar we'll examine trends in advanced analytics and the technologies that help make it easier to use. The Webinar also focuses on best practices for getting started and making use of easy-to-use advanced analytics and the common pitfalls organizations face in opening up advanced analytics to a larger community. You'll also understand how you can use collective intelligence to drive competitive advantage.

Speaker: Fern Halper

July
23
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

August 3 -- 6, 2015

Seminar in Chicago // Insight and Impact through Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

Chicago, IL

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August 10 -- 13, 2015

Seminar in Minneapolis // BI Essentials

Minneapolis, MN

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August 24 -- 27, 2015

Seminar in Seattle // Data Mining and Visualization – A Hands-On Experience

Seattle, WA

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