Friday, July 30, 2010

WEBCAST - Get Agile: A Metadata Generated Approach for Data Warehouse Development & Management

WEBCAST - Get Agile: A Metadata Generated Approach for Data Warehouse Development & Management

After nearly two decades, databases, development tools, and design approaches have matured greatly to support Business Intelligence. Yet, Data Warehouse projects still struggle to meet the needs of business users and often require resources beyond the reach of many companies. Agile development techniques address the underlying root causes of the roadblocks to success. Unfortunately, most BI development tools were not designed to support this approach. Presenters will illustrate the agile approach, using the industry's preeminent agile data warehouse development platform, and motivate attendees to consider just how successful agile DW development can be for most businesses, regardless of size.

Why you should attend:

• Learn how to make your current data warehouse nimble and responsive to the dynamic needs of the business.

• Don't have a proper data warehouse? It's not as expensive and resource intensive as you think to build one.

• Doing too much via hand coding, without any documentation? A metadata generated approach accelerates the development process.

• Build faster, and manage more effectively by getting agile.

What you'll take away:

• Free one-hour private consultation focused on your Data Warehousing challenges.

• Data Warehouse Prototyping Whitepaper

WATCH NOW - Available On-demand!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE

Fairly soon, summer will be over, it will be September, and the aspens in Colorado will be in their full glory. It is a special time to be in Colorado, but even more so because this year, there is an important Advanced Architecture Conference you won't want to miss.
On September 22-24, Bill Inmon and friends will be discussing the new advances in data base, data warehouse, data storage, and data design. This is your chance to meet with the thought leaders in the industry, exchange ideas with your peers, and hear what is new and exciting. You'll learn about unstructured text, unstructured data warehousing, new advances in data storage, the data vault and more.
As a sneak preview into the conference, we are offering a FREE white paper on textual analytics. Just go to our website to download it.

Register for the conference by August 12 to take advantage of early bird pricing. Be sure to book your hotel as well by August 12 to secure discounted room rates. You may want to spend some additional time before or after the conference and enjoy the late September Colorado scenery.
Don't miss out on the August 12 early bird discount. Register today to secure your spot at the Advanced Architecture Conference!
Inmon Consulting
200 South Wilcox St., Suite 210
Castle Rock, CO 80104
www.inmoncif.com

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Upcoming Panorama Webinar around PowerPivot

Upcoming Panorama Webinar around PowerPivot:

Started by Derek Comingore, Principal Architect at B.I. Voyage, Microsoft MVP

Empower Your Users with Advanced Analytics On-the-Fly

Register here

Organizations maintain databases mainly because they expect to obtain valuable insights from them. But in some cases, getting insights from data can be quite a challenge. For organizations that are planning to upgrade to MS SQL Server 2008 R2, including Office / SharePoint 2010, this is about to change with the introduction of the most innovative self-service BI.
PowerPivot, part of the SharePoint 2010 release, is a powerful in-memory engine that allows users to extract large amounts of data from multiple sources, including corporate databases, Excel spreadsheets and external sources, in a very quick & efficient way. It uses an in-memory, column-based storage to enable users to build models in self-service mode, “on the fly”, without having to pre-aggregate or build cubes prior to querying.
NovaView for PowerPivot enables users to leverage this in-memory platform and perform advanced analysis, build pixel perfect reports, create executive dashboards or share the results through SharePoint – all in a secured environment (with data level granularity) and sourcing natively from the PowerPivot platform.
Join us for a webinar, featuring a special guest - Derek Comingore, a SQL Server MVP, speaker at national SQL Server user groups and a published author on SQL Server topics. You will learn more about PowerPivot and how you can empower your users with quick, self-service BI, leveraging your existing investment in the Microsoft platform.

This webinar will showcase how you can:
- Put BI at the fingertips of business users
- Enable users to perform advanced analysis in a fully web-based environment
- Share the results and insights generated in the process with the masses
- Leverage your existing investment in SQL, Office and SharePoint in all their versions

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

10:00 AM ET / 4:00 PM CET - Europe
11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET - Americas
Wednesday July 21, 2010

9:30 AM IST / 1:00 PM KST / 2:00 PM AEST - Asia Pacific

Monday, July 19, 2010

Get Agile: Build Your Data Warehouse

Speakers:
Mark Budzinski
VP & GM, WhereScape USA Inc.
Mary Meredith
Sr. Analyst, WhereScape USA Inc.
Register Webinar: July 22nd at 12 pm PDT

After nearly two decades, databases, development tools, and design approaches have matured greatly to support Business Intelligence. Yet, Data Warehouse projects still struggle to meet the needs of business users and often require resources beyond the reach of many companies.

Agile development techniques address the underlying root causes of the roadblocks to success. Unfortunately, most BI development tools were not designed to support this approach. Presenters will illustrate the agile approach, using the industry's preeminent agile data warehouse development platform, and motivate attendees to consider just how successful agile DW development can be for most businesses, regardless of size.
REGISTER
Why you should attend?
* Learn how to make your current data warehouse nimble and responsive to the dynamic needs of the business.
* Don't have a proper data warehouse? It's not as expensive and resource intensive as you think to build one.
* Doing too much via hand coding, without any documentation? A metadata generated approach accelerates the development process.
* Build faster, and manage more effectively by getting agile.

REGISTER

What you'll take away:

* Free one-hour private consultation focused on your Data Warehousing challenges.
* Data Warehouse Prototyping Whitepaper

REGISTER
IT Briefcase - Virtual Star Media www.virtualstarmedia.com/itbriefcase

Virtual Star Media PO BOX 138 Montauk NY 11954

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Why Data Modeling Matters to the Information Management Professional

Why Data Modeling Matters to the Information Management Professional

Learn perspectives from industry experts, discover the key benefits and ROI of getting data modeling done right, gain firsthand proof of concept from a data modeling client and explore a wealth of resources from discussion forum to events. You'll also have access to user tips, techniques and a download center for more product solutions. Click here to view.

Web Seminars

Analyst Comparison of the Cost of Business Intelligence - Proprietary Versus Open Source

This web seminar will detail a new analyst report, “Lowering the Cost of Business Intelligence with Open Source”, by Mark Madsen of Third Nature research and consulting firm, which compares the software and support costs of traditional BI vendors with commercial open source BI.

July 22, 2010/12:00 PM ET

Register here

A Grounded Approach for Launching the Cloud: Best Practices for Pragmatic Cloud Computing

This Web seminar will equip you with what you need to know about cloud types, concerns and risks, design challenges, and a new process for assessing and implementing a realistic and functional cloud solution for improved agility and competitive positioning.

July 28, 2010/ 1:00 PM ET

Register here

Click here for additional Web Seminar listings

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Get Agile - Make your current data warehouse nimble and responsive

WEBCAST - Get Agile: A Metadata Generated Approach for Data Warehouse Development & Management


Date: July 22, 2010

Time: 12pm - 1 pm Pacific Time

REGISTER

After nearly two decades, databases, development tools, and design approaches have matured greatly to support Business Intelligence. Yet, Data Warehouse projects still struggle to meet the needs of business users and often require resources beyond the reach of many companies. Agile development techniques address the underlying root causes of the roadblocks to success. Unfortunately, most BI development tools were not designed to support this approach. Presenters will illustrate the agile approach, using the industry's preeminent agile data warehouse development platform, and motivate attendees to consider just how successful agile DW development can be for most businesses, regardless of size.

Why you should attend:

• Learn how to make your current data warehouse nimble and responsive to the dynamic needs of the business.

• Don't have a proper data warehouse? It's not as expensive and resource intensive as you think to build one.

• Doing too much via hand coding, without any documentation? A metadata generated approach accelerates the development process.

• Build faster, and manage more effectively by getting agile.

What you'll take away:

• Free one-hour private consultation focused on your Data Warehousing challenges.

• Data Warehouse Prototyping Whitepaper

REGISTER

Virtual Star Media IT Briefcase - PO BOX 138 - Montauk NY 11954

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Monthly Business Intelligence Review - July 2010

Monthly Business Intelligence and SharePoint 2010 review

July BI Review - Webcasts and Events

WEBCASTS
All webcast times are in Eastern Time Zone unless otherwise specified

BI on a Limited or Shrinking Budget: Strategies for Doing More with Less
Hosted by Tableau Software
Jul 7, 12pm
Click here for more info

Techniques & Technologies for Enterprise-Wide BI Deployment
Hosted by Strategy Companion
Jul 8, 2pm
Click here for more info

Powerful Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting with CLARITY 7 using Microsoft technology
Hosted by Clarity Systems
Jul 13, 2pm
Click here for more info

Empower Your Users with Advanced Analytics-On-The-Fly
Hosted by Panorama
Jul 20, 2pm
Click here for more info

SaaS and BI
Hosted by Strategy Companion
Aug 26, 2pm
Click here for more info

EVENTS

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
Hosted by Microsoft
Jul 11-15, Washington D.C.
Click here for more info

Building Cubes using Analysis Services
Boise SQL Server User Group
July 13, Boise ID
Click here for more info

Query Tuning Tips
Hosted by PASSMN, presented by Itzik Ben-Gan
July 20, Bloomington MN
Click here for more info

2010 Tableau Customer Conference
Aug 30-Sep 2, Seattle, WA
Click here for more info

Friday, July 2, 2010

Comparing the Cost of Business Intelligence - Proprietary Verses Open Source

This webcast will detail a new analyst report, Lowering the Cost of Business Intelligence with Open Source, by Mark Madsen of Third Nature research and consulting firm, which compares the software and support costs of traditional BI vendors such as IBM, Oracle and SAP with commercial open source BI from Pentaho. Key questions answered in this webcast include:

• How much does it cost to expand the use of BI to more users?

• What are real the cost savings when using a commercial open source BI solution?

Attend this July 13th webcast to see the actual results from the report and learn how you can save on your next BI project.

REGISTER