Tuesday, March 3, 2009

How to Make Ad Hoc BI a Reality for Non-technical Users

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Usage rates for BI tools have nudged up from 18 percent three years ago to 24 percent today, according to TDWI Research. This abysmally low percentage accounts for most of an organization’s power users and a handful of very determined non-technical users. What can you do to make BI easier and therefore more pervasive and relevant in your organization? Given the pervasiveness of enterprise search and its ease-of-use, many wonder if search offers a revolutionary new approach to end-user data access. Some believe that search, with its familiar and simple keyword interface, is the next generation ad hoc query tool. Others see a role for search in helping guide users to relevant information within reports and data repositories and integrating diverse data sets on the fly without need for traditional data integration. This Webinar will examine the core technologies at play and show how search-driven information access can make BI accessible and acutely relevant to the remaining 80 percent of employees who have yet to become active users


You will learn:

  1. Why BI teams are guilty of fostering low BI adoption rates?
  2. How search-driven analysis can drive rapid adoption of business intelligence within your organization ?
  3. What you can do today to empower your non-technical employees via ad hoc BI solutions ?

Presenter:
Wayne Eckerson (Director, TDWI Research)
Chris Davis (Semantra, CEO)
Event Date: 3/03/09 9:00 a.m. PT

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Introduction to Governance Risk and Compliance

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In this web seminar, you will learn how SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions help customers to manage risk and compliance effectively especially in economically challenging times. The session will introduce the concept of a unified and integrated GRC, why this is the number one driver for customer projects and deployments, how to address and mitigate enterprise risks, test internal controls efficiently and keep the company sustainable. The GRC concept will be introduced and demoed with a typical customer scenario, the pain points, the challenges and the GRC solution from SAP.


You will learn:

  1. Compelling and detailed introduction into GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance)
  2. Why customers demand a unified GRC approach ?
  3. How to manage risk and compliance effectively ?


Presenter:
Axel Streichardt (SAP BusinessObjects)
Event Date: 2/25/09 10:00 a.m. PT

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Choosing Rich Internet Application (RIA) Framework

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More and more developments shops are adding rich internet application (RIA) technology as a key component of their development strategy because RIAs blend the best aspects of Client and Web applications in a flexible, updatable delivery footprint. But if you're considering using an RIA in your shop choosing the right technology can be confusing, there are multiple approaches and dozens of frameworks to choose from.

Join our featured guest, Forrester Principal Analyst Jeffrey Hammond, and Jeff Morris, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Actuate, as they examine the latest trends in RIA technology and discuss which RIA technology, or mix of technologies, makes sense for your organization.


You will learn:

  1. For what use cases are the different RIA technologies best suited?
  2. Beyond features, what are the strategic implications of the different RIA technologies?
  3. How do you best integrate RIA frameworks with higher level business applications and frameworks?
  4. Where are RIA technologies headed in the next couple of years?


Presenter:
Jeffrey Hammond ( Forrester Principal Analyst )

Event Date:
2/24/09 11:00 a.m. PT





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Thursday, February 19, 2009

ScoreCarding & Performance Management : Customer Case Analysis for Increasing Operational Efficiency

Join David J. Mercier, Global Director of Continuous Improvement of Johnson Controls' Global Workplace Solutions $3.3 billion dollar business unit, to see how Johnson Controls looked for creative ways to drive and improve operational performance forward by doing more with less.

Learn how Johnson Controls realigned existing resources to achieve:
- Top-line revenue growth - Improved operating margins - A successful bottom up approach to measurement
Hear how Johnson Controls applied best practices in building strategy to align workforce accountability and reporting.
Mark Gamble, Director, Technical Marketing at Actuate, will also discuss the enabling technologies that assist Johnson Controls in implementing an operational performance management infrastructure.

You will learn:



  1. Score carding for operational efficieny tracking?
  2. Performance management?
  3. Actuate performancesoft views

Presenter:
David J. Mercier, Global Director of Continuous Improvement of Johnson Controls
Event Date: 2/19/09 11:00 a.m. PT

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Using Predictions to Power the Business

The most profitable form of BI involves modeling historical data to understand patterns and trends, and applying these statistical models to new sets of data. Predictive analytics and data mining can yield tremendous benefits and insights to organizations. While some credit card companies and Wall Street firms may employ hundreds of statistical modelers to improve the ROI of core business processes, ordinary companies can also gain value from predictive analytics. All it takes is a savvy business analyst, a substantial volume of good quality data, a well-defined business opportunity, and a group of executives who are willing to invest time and money into creating and disseminating the models.

You will learn:


  1. Why predictive analytics is the most powerful form of BI?
  2. How to harness predictive analytics to deliver business value metadata management and data quality?
  3. How to get started with predictive analytics How technology has made predictive analytics more accessible?
  4. How to utilize both structured and unstructured information for deeper?

Presenter:
Wayne Eckerson (Director, TDWI Research)
Event Date:
2/18/09 9:00 a.m. PT

Presentation's PDF from this Webinar: http://download.101com.com/pub/tdwi/Files/IBM_021809.pdf
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Some additional links related to this topic:

InfoSphere Warehouse Product Web Site: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/infosphere/warehouse//

InfoSphere Warehouse Data Sheet: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/data/sw-library/infosphere/datasheets/IMD10900-USEN-01.pdf

Embedded Analytics Solution Brochure: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/data/db2/warehouse/IMF14002-USEN-01.pdf

Redbook - Dynamic Warehousing Data Mining Made Easy: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247418.html

Technical Whitepaper - Data Mining for Everyone: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/sw-library/en_US/detail/Y815951M69194W67.html