Welcome to the latest edition of the Business Intelligence Network UK newsletter!

In this issue of our newsletter, I begin a two-part series entitled Integrating Master Data Management and Business Intelligence. John Mehers, a guest author for our energy channel, looks at several emerging technologies that have the potential to revolutionise the way business intelligence solutions are developed and delivered.

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Integrating Master Data Management and Business Intelligence, Part 1
by Mike Ferguson
The first part of this two-part series provides an explanation of master data management and the various types of master data management systems.

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.

Competitive BI & Risk Management Using Data Mash-ups
10 January at 5 p.m. GMT
What you don’t know can hurt you! 90% of Business Intelligence is outside data warehouses or enterprise systems – competitive, regulatory, technological. Data Mash-ups bridge enterprise systems with unstructured and user-generated data to provide holistic views, risk management and proactive alerts.
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How To Optimize Health Care Research and Patient Treatment
11 January at 6 p.m. GMT
This one-hour Web conference, led by noted expert Bill Inmon, will quickly get you up to speed on the latest strategies for collecting and transforming health care content, and then utilizing it in ways that can bring you tremendous benefits.
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