An internal training presentation from May 2012 Social Networks such as Facebook are everywhere. They gather a wide range of data about each and everyone of us who joins their ranks. This presentation looks at what…
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This presentation outlines six governance processes that we believe cover the entire Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Lifecycle Data Lifecycle Data Models Data Quality Data Security Data Warehousing Metadata And describes our people and process template approach…
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An internal training presentation from March 2012 that looks at how the choice of technology affects the choice of data modelling strategy It start with a review of the current state of the art: The concept…
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A presentation from an internal training session about the storage characteristics of call data records in Column Store Databases such as InfoBright, Sybase IQ and Actian Vectorwise It describes: What a Call Data Record is What…
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This ETIS presentation from Cyprus in October 2011 This presentation describes what Agile really means for Business Intelligence and then describes some ways in which large organisations can make themselves more agile including: Team Structures Wiki-fy…
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An ETIS presentation from Istanbul in March 2011 This presentation looks at what metadata is and when it is created, it then identifies some strategies for managing it. Metadatais defined as data providing information about one…
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Another ETIS presentation from Stockholm in October 2010 This presentation looks at what it takes to develop good business requirements for business intelligence projects. It starts with the proposition that “70% of all documented requirements are worthless” –…
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An internal training presentation on implementing Netezza Spatial functionality What is Spatial Technology? It’s the ability to analyse information in a geographic context: Where is the nearest petrol station? Which road am I on? How many…
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An presentation to ETIS from April 2010 in Athens This presentation looks at what makes a successful model for implementing Business Intelligence Governance within an organisation. It builds on the white paper Data Warehouse Governance published in 2007…
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This presentation to the IRM Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence 2009 conference looks at the why IT faces problems in delivering Business Intelligence to the Business and asks the question “Is the business really ready for…
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