Welcome to the latest edition of the Business Intelligence Network UK newsletter!
We're pleased to feature three great articles in this issue. My article, Transitioning to Enterprise MDM – The Change Management Process, Part 2, discusses why introducing master data management requires careful planning for change.
John Hobson, our Retail Channel Leader, has provided Never Stop Moving! The Dynamics of Retail Business Intelligence. This article looks at the reasons retailers need to implant the operational business intelligence systems and processes ever deeper into their organisations.
Barry Devlin continues his series with Part 3 of Business Intelligence is Dead – Long Live the Highly Evolved Business. Barry shares his "best guesses" on how service-oriented architectures and business intelligence may coexist in the future.
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Transitioning to Enterprise MDM – The Change Management Process, Part 2
by Mike Ferguson
This article discusses in detail the changes to data, applications, processes and workflows, user interfaces, documents and people that are caused by the introduction of a master data management system.
Never Stop Moving! The Dynamics of Retail Business Intelligence
by John Hobson
Business intelligence needs to be flexible enough to adapt to the ever-changing questions posed by retailers.
Business Intelligence is Dead – Long Live the Highly Evolved Business, Part 3
by Barry Devlin
Business intelligence plus service-oriented architecture equals what?
Data Warehouse Growth Trends: Are Exabytes/ Petabytes for Real?
3 May at 7 p.m. GMT
Some trends can be ignored, but you certainly can’t ignore the trend of growing data volumes. Are you prepared to deal with this growth? Join Richard Winter as he outlines data warehouse growth trends and what the future holds.
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Data Profiling/Quality Suite and PayAsYouGoDataQuality.com
8 May at 6 p.m. GMT
Special Guest Speaker:
David Loshin – President of Knowledge Integrity
Discover Predictive Data Management™ – the desktop and web-based, pay-as-you-go low-cost solution. Now all the data profiling/quality and compliance technology you need is just $5,000.
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Next Generation BI for the Mid-Market
10 May at 7 p.m. GMT
The next generation of business intelligence (BI) could not have come at a better time. Although a relatively new concept for this market, mid-market companies are increasingly leveraging SaaS (software-as-a-service) BI to level the playing field with their large enterprise competitors. Join Bill Inmon as he outlines the benefits of adopting the next generation of BI.
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Software, at Your Service: Introduction to OnDemand Applications by Business Objects
10 May at 6 p.m. GMT
Attend this espresso briefing to learn how on-demand applications provide a new way to transform data into actionable information that will help you keep pace with trends like globalization, worker dispersion and Web 2.0. Complimentary coffee cards for attendees.
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Using Dashboards to Improve Corporate Performance: Top 10 Best Practices
16 May at 2 p.m. GMT
Join industry expert Wayne Eckerson and executives from Classic Residence by Hyatt and Lowe's Companies for an informative discussion on dashboards. Explore the newest dashboard features with live demonstrations. Discover new techniques for driving change.
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Using Operational Business Intelligence for Intra-Day Analysis and Decision Making
On-Demand Web Seminar
Learn how operational business intelligence (BI) optimizes the business intelligence decision cycle. Join Claudia Imhoff, Colin White and Judith Davis as they discuss the technologies for implementing operational BI.
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