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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

News Highlights

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3 Tech Trends to Watch in 2016

David Stodder

In 2016, these trends are all about taking visual BI and analytics to the next level.

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8 Questions to Ask about Hadoop in the Cloud

Sachin Sinha and Abhinav Joshi

Answers to these questions will help you choose the best public cloud solution for Hadoop analytics in your enterprise.

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Data Warehouses and In-Memory Technologies: Myths and Reality

Shilpa Yelamaneni

In-memory technology can open doors to a new world of analytics possibilities -- but make sure your information value chain is strong enough to support the investment.

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Q&A: Firm Uses Analytics to Curtail Prescription Drug Abuse

Linda Briggs

Abuse of prescription pain medication can be controlled by using predictive analytics to detect patterns in prescription drug use. Helios, a pharmacy benefits manager, helps pharmacists detect patterns that point to potential abuse in worker's compensation claims and tailor prescription programs accordingly.

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Tableau "Mobilizes" Visualization

Stephen Swoyer

With Vizable, its new mobile-first offering for data visualization and analysis, Tableau says it's targeting "people who don't yet know that they, too, can see and understand their data." With a number of key data integration-related improvements to its bread-and-butter visual discovery tool, Tableau is poised to become more self-serviceable for existing users as well.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Operationalizing and Embedding Analytics for Action

Speaker: Fern Halper

January
12
9:00AM PT
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Join Fern Halper, director of TDWI Research for advanced analytics, to learn more about the research findings of her new Best Practices Report about operationalizing and embedding analytics. Fern will present her findings as well as best practices for getting started operationalizing analytics.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Data Warehouse Automation: Driving Business Value for the Future of Data Warehousing

Attendees will learn about analyzing report-development cycle time, how to architect a hybrid environment, and how to ingesting new data sources with agility. Finally, he'll explain how data warehouse automation changes the role of the business intelligence competency center.

Speaker: David Loshin

January
19
9:00AM PT

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Enabling the Citizen Data Scientist: How to Build a Bigger Business Impact with Analytics

This Webinar will discuss what data science is and explore the key trends in data science practices. We'll look at how to focus on business questions before choosing methods and tools, and why communication skills are critical to realizing data science's value. We'll also examine best practices for making data science teams successful.

Speaker: David Stodder

January
20
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

January 31 - February 5, 2016

TDWI Las Vegas 2016

Las Vegas, NV

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February 1 - 2, 2016

TDWI Executive Summit, Las Vegas 2016

Las Vegas, NV

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March 7 - 10, 2016

TDWI Seminar in Atlanta // Business Analytics

Atlanta, GA

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