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Will Messaging Infrastructures Ultimately Displace Older Information Integration Schemes? Part 2
by John Mehers
How does messaging technology fit within the broader area of business intelligence and information architectures?

Will Messaging Infrastructures Ultimately Displace Older Information Integration Schemes?
by John Mehers
This article explores business activity monitoring – reviewing the benefits of integrating BAM and BI architectures and considering if ETL technology remains a requirement for success.

Top 10 Trends in Business Intelligence, Part 2
by John Ruddy
What Do They Mean to the Energy Industry?
This article continues the discussion of the implications of the top 10 business intelligence trends.

Top 10 Trends in Business Intelligence, Part 1
by John Ruddy
What Do They Mean to the Energy Industry?
What are the implications of the top 10 BI trends for the energy sector?

Information Quality in Communication
by Larry P. English
As shown by last week’s tragic coal mining misinformation, ambiguous language must be avoided when reporting or communicating critical information.

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InforSense Virtual Machine Announced
InforSense Virtual Machine (IVM) can be effortlessly installed and is simple to maintain, eliminating the complexity typically found with traditional software installations.

Teradata and SAS Announce Strategic Partnership
Customers will be able exploit the best of both companies' core strengths.

Business Objects to be Acquired by SAP
SAP AG and Business Objects S.A. announced that the companies have reached an agreement that will bring together two of the information technology industry’s leaders.

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Companies highlighted in the solutions spotlights serve the Energy industry.

Yves de Montcheuil, VP of Marketing of Talend
Yves de Montcheuil explains how Talend shatters the traditional proprietary model by supplying open, innovative and powerful software solutions with the flexibility to meet the data integration needs of all types of organizations.

Bill Baker, Distinguished Engineer and the General Manager of Business Intelligence applications for the Microsoft Office Business Platform team for Microsoft
Bill Baker explains how Microsoft Business Intelligence offers a complete, fully integrated set of BI technologies that can help make building, managing and using BI less complicated and more economical.

Don Parker,Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for SAS
Don Parker describes why an integrated financial intelligence platform is a strategic investment with a potential for generating significant competitive advantages across the organization, and discusses the benefits of performance management.

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Petroleum Network Education Conferences
Philip C. Crouse and Associates, Inc. is an international petroleum and management practice founded 26 years ago by Philip C. Crouse. The company has specialized in unique engineering design projects in the exploration and production sector, market and engineering studies, project management, expert witness and technology research.  Petroleum Network Education Conferences (PNEC) was formed in 1993 as a separate effort of Philip C. Crouse and Associates, Inc.  This division of Philip C. Crouse and Associates, Inc. runs 100% owned petroleum conferences and provides conference and complex event management services to the wider international petroleum industry.

Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) is a not-for-profit professional association whose members are engaged in energy resources development and production. SPE serves 69,000-plus members in 112 countries worldwide. SPE is a key resource for technical knowledge related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry and provides services through its publications, conferences,workshops, forums, and website.

Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the science of geophysics and the education of applied geophysicists. SEG, founded in 1930, fosters the expert and ethical practice of geophysics in the exploration and development of natural resources, in characterizing the near surface, and in mitigating earth hazards. The Society, which has more than 25,000 members in 129 countries, fulfills its mission through its publications, conferences, forums, Websites and educational opportunities.

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TDWI World Conference Fall
November 2, 2008 - November 8, 2008
New Orleans, LA
Hosted by The Data Warehousing Institute

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