Back to newsletter listIn this month's TDWI Education & Research Update:
- TDWI World Conference in Chicago
- Webinar: Lessons Learned by MDM Early Adopters
- Improved Search Functionality
- Webinar: Successful Business Intelligence
- New Data Governance Resources
- New Monograph
- Upcoming Events
TDWI World Conference in Chicago
May 11-16, 2008
Chicago, IL
Register before April 11 and Save $200
The TDWI World Conference in Chicago 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. TDWI's program of more than 50 full- and half-day courses offers something for your entire team.
Conference Benefits
- Gain practical knowledge that you can apply immediately
- Interact with the most knowledgeable and experienced instructors in the industry
- Get product information with a minimum of hype and hassle
- Network and share best practices with your peers
Webinar—Lessons Learned by MDM Early Adopters: Reflections from TDWI's MDM Insight Conference
Date: April 15, 2008
Time: 9:00 am PT/12:00 noon ET
Presenters: Wayne Eckerson, Director of Research, TDWI & Jill Dyche, Partner, Baseline Consulting
There is an explosion of interest in Master Data Management (MDM) as organizations race to reconcile disparate reference data across operational and analytical systems. Early MDM adopters-many of whom presented at TDWI's recent MDM Insight event-have already taken the first steps towards deploying MDM solutions to harmonize customer, product, supplier, organization, financial, and other core data sets. This Webinar will summarize the key findings from the presentations and discussions that took place at the TDWI event, providing practitioners contemplating an MDM initiative a roadmap for delivering a successful solution.
Attend this Webinar and recieve a copy of the MDM Insight conference report.
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Improved Search Functionality on TDWI.org
We have improved our search functionality on www.tdwi.org. Discover a wealth of pertinent education resources, research, publications, and articles designed to energize your professional growth. Visit our new search page today: http://www.tdwi.org/search.aspx?srcrequest=&Submit=Go.
Webinar—Successful Business Intelligence
Date: May 1, 2008
Time: 9:00 am PT/12:00 noon ET
Presenter: Cindi Howson, Founder, BIScorecard
To be successful with business intelligence, it takes more than a powerful BI tool or technical architecture. It takes quality data, executive level support, a strong business-IT partnership, and a culture that supports fact-based decision making. In this session, Cindi Howson highlights findings from her new book, Successful Business Intelligence: Secrets to Making BI a Killer App, on the state of the industry and how some companies have achieved exceptional success. The book includes case studies from seven leading companies and results from an industry survey. Webinar participants can benchmark where their BI deployment stands in relation to best in class BI companies and take proactive steps to bring greater success to their BI initiatives.
Attend this Webinar, and you will learn:
- The state of BI adoption and success
- What the most important technical and organizational aspects are that affect BI success
- Who the ideal executive sponsor is and how to garner his or her support
- The role of the LOFT effect (Luck, Opportunity, Frustration, and Threat) and how to use it to improve BI success
- How to make BI relevant
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New Data Governance Resources on TDWI.org
Check out TDWI's new Data Governance Solution Portal, which offers a collection of data governance resources and information, including white papers, Webcasts, and popular TDWI resources, all brought to you by the gateway sponsor—DataFlux. Inside the portal, you'll find:
White Papers
- The Data Governance Maturity Model
- Data Ownership and Enterprise Data Management: Is Your Data Under Control?
- Data Governance for Master Data Management and Beyond
Webcasts:
- Data Governance: Building a Framework for MDM
- Burning Questions on Data Governance: Establish Ground Rules and Business Standards for Quality Information
Access these and other data governance resources: Visit the new Data Governance Solution Portal
New Monograph: The Unique Requirements of Product Data Quality
The majority of data quality software implementations have long been focused on customer data-more so than on other data domains, like product, financial, asset, location, and so on. The focus on customer data helps explain why most data quality software techniques-the most common being data standardization, verification, and matching-were originally designed for customer data whether built in-house by IT or built into a software vendor's tool. That's great for customer data, but not so good for other data domains. Customer-oriented data quality techniques and tools can be retrofitted to operate on other data domains, but with limited success. There's a need to redesign standard data quality techniques-and design new ones-that address the unique requirements of non-customer data domains, especially product data.
Upcoming Educational Events
TDWI provides a comprehensive source for the highest quality business intelligence and data warehousing education on the market today. If you are looking for unbiased, hype-free education for every member of your BI and DW team, take advantage of our unique educational opportunities, listed below.
2008 Event Schedule
| UPCOMING EVENTS | LOCATIONS | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Seminar | Minneapolis, MN | Apr. 7–11 |
| World Conference | Chicago, IL | May 11–16 |
| Seminar | Boston, MA | June 9–12 |
| Seminar | Toronto, ON | June 23–26 |
| Seminar | Vancouver, BC | July 14–17 |
| Seminar | Washington, DC | July 28–Aug. 1 |
| World Conference | San Diego, CA | Aug. 17–22 |
| Seminar | Chicago, IL | Sept. 22–25 |
| World Conference | New Orleans, LA | Nov. 2–7 |
| Seminar | Seattle, WA | Nov. 17–20 |
Save time! Register for multiple Webinars here.
| UPCOMING WEBINARS | DATES | |
| Data Governance Strategies | Apr. 9 | |
| Lessons Learned by MDM Early Adopters | Apr. 15 | |
| The Secrets of Building an Agile, Adaptable BI Environment | Apr. 16 | |
| Developing a Data Integration Strategy | Apr. 23 | |
| Data Warehouse Appliances: An Update on the State of the Art | Apr. 30 | |
| Successful Business Intelligence | May 1 | |
| Architecting Your Data Warehouse Platform | May 7 | |
| Taking BI to the Next Level | May 21 | |
| The State of Data Quality | May 28 | |
| When Search and BI Collide | June 4 | |
| Convergence of SOA and Business Intelligence | June 10 | |
| Second Generation Collaborative Data Integration | June 11 | |
| Complex Data: A New Challenge for Data Integration | June 18 | |
| Text and Unstructured Data for Business Intelligence | June 25 | |
| Enterprise Business Intelligence | July 9 | |
| Optimal BI | July 23 |
Upcoming TDWI Chapter Meetings
| UPCOMING CHAPTER MEETINGS | DATES | |
| Colorado Chapter Meeting | April 8 | |
| South Florida Chapter Meeting | April 18 | |
| Washington, D.C. Chapter Meeting | May 9 |
