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Review up-to-the-minute reports on business intelligence (BI) and business analytics (BA) systems, strategies, software and technology, giving you the tools you need to make information actionable. Hot topics cover reporting, OLAP, data mining, business performance management, benchmarking, text mining, and historic and predictive analytics, plus strategic insights from top industry providers.

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	Webinar: Impact of Enterpise 2.0 on BI Discover how to engage the business with a dynamic, collaborative Business Intelligence experience that includes both structured and unstructured data and extends the reach beyond the enterprise to include external data sources. This session discusses how technologies such as search, collaboration and mashups will change Business Intelligence solutions today and in the future. Got Good Data? Five Ways To Improve the Quality of Business-Critical Information Learn how data quality solutions can help you: • Analyze the current state of your data and make decisions on where to make significant improvements. now. • Improve the information you have and create a data quality "firewall" to catch bad data as it enters your applications. • Control data quality over time to maintain high levels of data integrity. Business Dashboards - Developing a Culture of Intelligent Execution In the current economic climate it is more important than ever for business stakeholders to have a pulse on what is happening in their organization. Implementing an Executive Dashboard allows company executives, managers, and stakeholders at all levels to view critical and role appropriate metrics in a dashboard setting, with the ability to drill down within the dashboard and view those metrics at any level. Tracking BI Trends: A Pragmatic Approach Learn what the future of BI looks like and how your company may be able to take advantage of the latest applications such as data visualization, predictive analysis, the integration of structure, semi-structured, and unstructured data (including social media), and techniques for rationalizing your organization onto a single BI platform. BI Keynote Panel: Leveraging BI in Tough Economic Times This Keynote Panel session explores the BI challenges and concerns faced by different organizations in tough economic times. Discussed are general BI concerns as well as actual technolgies used, and trends and their implementations. Filling the Knowledge Gap – Big DATA and Rich Computation Join us for a discussion as to how companies such as Myspace, ShareThis, and SpecificMedia have leveraged this next generation of database technology available from Aster Data Systems and their implementation partner, Analytics8, to access, analyze and provide the insight necessary to monetize the data available to companies today! Understanding the Hosted BI Marketplace Companies across the globe are scrutinizing their investment decisions more than ever. Customers are looking for investments with high returns and minimal expense outlay. In these challenging economic times, effective use of Business Intelligence can make or break organizations. More... Using BI to Thrive on Today's Environment Learn the five key rapid BI capabilities needed in today's business environment. Action-Based Business Intelligence: An Approach to BI that Keeps the Focus on Getting Things Done Technology that allows us to get data and make decisions in real time is what action based BI is all about. Learn how to give IT executives actionable BI which will give the company a competitive advantage rather than reporting systems and data warehouses with yesterday's information. Achieving Short-Term Value While Building Toward Your Long-Term BI Strategy With more numerous challenges to business today getting results right now is critical. But how do you achieve those needed results while not sacrificing long term strategies that will drive your company. Learn BI solutions that help companies achive short term results while building their BI foundation. 2009 Business Intelligence Trends and Enterprise Performance Management The Top 10 BI trends are discussed by industry expert Alan Wernke. He begins with problems and opportunities that BI presents, moves through the industry perspective and concludes with the top trends. As a bonus Mr Werneke presents a discussion on driving business performance by enabling your people to perform intelligently. BI Competency Centers - Delivering on the Promise of Business Intelligence What is a BICC?. Why do I need one? What best practices do I follow in forming a BICC? This comprehensive webcast will answer these questions and more. BI Technologies and Strategies: Keynote Panel Learn how top executives from Abbott Labs, Sirva, MacDonald's and CCC Information Services make sure their BI programs deliver actionable data and contribute to the value of the business. Business Intelligence's Role in Competitive Strategy Is your company achieving the use of BI for competitive strategy? Learn how to gauge whether you are effectively leveraging your information and focusing on the competitive value of your BI. BI 2008: Trends and Contradictions Internationally known expert Robert Stackowiak discusses how today's BI trends appear to be all over the map and sometimes contradictory. There is good news but some bad news and to be successful you need to navigate between the two. Lessons Learned in the World of BI Is your BI initiative on the right track? Technology expert Aaron Erickson lays out the 6 worst practices that can doom a BI initiative and then offers 2 real world BI case studies which outline how to be successful.


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	Emerging Trends in Business Intelligence Internationally known expert Robert Stackowiak discusses 6 areas where the changing use of BI is most prevalent today. Business Intelligence and Information Command and Control Since information has become the business, gathering it, storing it, accessing it, and presenting it to your everyday user instantaneously is more important than ever. Learn how! Implementing Successful BI Solutions Quickly Learn how to implement your BI projects and deliver actionable information to solve business problems in short period of time. Linking BI and Innovation: How BPM Turns Performance Management into Business Improvement Business Process Management linked with BI is a driving force in being able to turn reports into practical, behavioral change within your organization. Learn 4 practical steps to take this type of operational BI and make it a reality. Keynote Panel: The Path to Adoption and Successful Rollout of a BI Solution Top executives from Chicago Mercantile Exchange, SIRVA, SilverTrain, Inc. and, National Opinion Research Center discuss how they implemented succussful BI solutions. Achieving the Enterprise Information View by Addressing OPAT In this webcast Scott Moyer shares his OPAT system. This system looks at the organization in 4 areas which involve the bridging of businesss and technology concerns when implementing a successful BI program. Blythe Homescents Int'l & QlikTech Martina Latimer illustrates how Blythe Homescents integration of an effective BI tool increased their bottom line by allowing consolidation and uniform analysis of inventory data. Wireless Decision Management Industry expert Willam Boll explains the need for your company to remain connected and stay competitive. Sentry Insurance: The Distinction between Operational & Analytical Data Jim Frank shares his vast experience in data managment, using Sentry Insurance as a case study to explain the needs and requirements for an effective enterprise reporting tool as part of your BI program.