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TDWI World Conference
October 28 - November 2, 2007
Orlando, FL
http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42724 
 
The TDWI World Conference in Orlando brings together leading industry visionaries to deliver a unique program of cutting-edge education, best practices, one-on-one consulting, peer networking, business intelligence certification, and product demos. From business intelligence fundamentals to business analytics, TDWI?s program of more than 50 full-day, half-day, and night school courses offers something for your entire team.
 
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* Register by September 28 and Save! *
Priority Code: TDAN1OR07
 
Register by September 28, 2007, and receive an early registration discount and bonus gift: http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42725
 
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Conference Benefits
-- Interact with the most knowledgeable and experienced instructors in the industry
-- Gain practical knowledge that you can apply immediately
-- Bridge the knowledge and communication gaps between business and IT
-- Network and share best practices with your peers
 
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?By far the best conference I've ever been to. The ?no sales pitch? policy guarantees objective, practical information, and with full-day sessions, the education is both deep and detailed enough to be implemented in the real world.?
M. Morgan, Oakton
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Register: http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42725
More Information: http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42724
 
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Keynote Presentations
http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42726
>> The Data Quality Dilemma: Why Isn?t It Getting Better?
Arkady Maydanchik
 
For more than a decade, data quality has been the focus of much IT effort, and today it is among the hottest topics in the industry. Demand for data quality tools and training, new data quality initiatives, and newly formed data quality departments all indicate that we see data quality as a serious issue. Yet substantial data quality improvements are as elusive today as they were ten years ago. In fact, while some companies have made positive progress toward quality of some individual databases, overall corporate data quality continues to deteriorate. This keynote presentation will help you to understand the root causes of this disturbing phenomenon and to determine steps that you can take to overcome the data quality dilemma.
 
>> Outside In: The Next Generation of BI Innovations
Mark Madsen
 
Will business take back BI? Does the future of BI include you? What will the next generation of developers do with BI? Existing BI technologies are becoming obsolete. The gap between leading and trailing edges of technology infrastructure continues to grow, as indicated by the trend to label everything "2.0." At what point does it become a generational shift with wholesale change? Cutting-edge technology comes from the periphery--not from the center--similar to the PC revolution of the 1980s. Today?s data-centric BI model is becoming a thing of the past, with a shift toward user-centric BI. Are IT organizations prepared for future BI? Or will we cheerfully assume that things will continue as they have been? This keynote address will uncover the clues to the future of BI.
 
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Featured Topics
 
While TDWI conferences always cover the full spectrum of business intelligence and data warehousing, the conference in Orlando will have additional emphasis on these areas--master data management/customer data integration, data quality, and data governance.
 
>> Master Data Management/Customer Data Integration Courses
 
Master data management (MDM) and customer data integration (CDI) are hot topics both for practitioners of data integration and for business people who seek a single version of the truth from data. Many in IT are excited by the promise of new technology to reduce the cost and complexity of managing enterprise reference data, especially customer data. Complex business environments, increasing demand for high-quality data, and critical dependencies of regulatory compliance are among the reasons that MDM/CDI captures the attention of IT and business people alike. MDM utilizes people, processes, and tools to pull together disparate sources of core data and provides a service for an integrated version of essential data. From high level to in-depth, you will learn from experienced instructors about the definitions, benefits, challenges, architectures, and implementation strategies of MDM and CDI.
 
MDM/CDI courses offered in Orlando:
-- Integrating Master Data Management and Data Quality Using Enterprise Data Modeling
-- Beyond the Data Warehouse: Architectural Options for Data Integration
-- The Advanced Course in Data Governance
-- CDI and MDM in Practice
-- Defining and Understanding MDM
-- Understanding MDM Technical Deployment: Architecture and the Vendor Landscape
-- CPM and MDM
 
 
>> Data Quality Courses
 
High-quality data positions you for a healthy and high-impact BI program that keeps your organization agile and competitive. Data of poor or unknown quality leads to misinformed decision-making processes, flawed business actions, process inefficiencies, and lost opportunities. Because TDWI recognizes the critical role that data plays in BI systems, the 2007 TDWI Orlando conference brings you a number of intensive data quality courses. Recognized data quality experts offer you guidance and practical skills to assess your organization?s data quality requirements and make specific plans to meet those requirements.
 
Data quality courses offered in Orlando:
-- Integrating Master Data Management and Data Quality Using Enterprise Data Modeling
-- Data Quality for Data Warehousing: A Practical Guide
-- Monday Keynote: Why Isn?t Data Quality Getting Any Better?
-- The Advanced Course in Data Governance
-- Data Quality Assessment--Practical Skills
-- Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration--Practical Skills
-- Data Conversion, Consolidation, and Cleansing--Practical Skills
-- Using the Data Model Scorecard to Improve Data Model Quality
 
 
>> Data Governance Summit
http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42730
 
TDWI will clear the confusion around data governance in a two-day summit consisting of lectures, case study presentations, panels, and interactive exercises. You will hear first-hand from experts and practitioners from a variety of industries about the strategies and techniques for successfully governing data on an enterprise scale. The TDWI Data Governance Summit is an ideal opportunity for business and IT executives to get a quick and pragmatic overview of challenges, opportunities, and critical success factors.
 
By attending this summit, you will learn:
-- Where to start and where to go with data governance
-- How to align business and IT through data governance
-- How data governance helps with compliance, mergers, and business transformation
-- To coordinate data governance with IT and corporate governance
-- How to tackle data governance problems and opportunities in specific industries
-- The role of data governance in business intelligence and data warehousing
-- Governance?s links to data quality, integration, architecture, and so on
-- Staffing and organizational approaches that ensure success
-- What to look for in technologies and tools
-- And much more!
 
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CBIP Credential
http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42731
 
The Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) program is designed for those who have knowledge and experience within a particular specialty and need a respected credential that communicates that expertise to others. This exam-based certification program tests industry knowledge, skills, and experience within five areas of specialization, providing the most meaningful and credible certification available in the industry. TDWI will offer new exam preparation courses as well as testing opportunities at the conference in Orlando. Click here for more information on CBIP: http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42731.
 
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* Register Today *
http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42725
 
Register by September 28 and receive an early registration discount and bonus gift.
Priority Code: TDAN1OR07
 
For more information, visit:
http://www.tdwi.org/info.aspx?id=42724 
 
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