We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Boston Chapter meeting on May 9, 2013. Come meet other local professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI education. Our featured speakers will be Ron Wilkinson, Children’s Hospital and John Bair, CTO Launchpoint Corporation. Ron will talk about implementing a completely new BI stack at Children’s Hospital and John will reflect on top trends that are revitalizing BI. Please see our detailed meeting agenda below.
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ATTENTION ALL BI/DW AND ANALYTICS PROFESSIONALS IN THE BOSTON AREA
Dear Boston BI/DW and Analytics Professionals,
We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Boston Chapter meeting on May 9, 2013. Come meet other local professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI education. Our featured speakers will be Ron Wilkinson, Children’s Hospital and John Bair, CTO Launchpoint Corporation. Ron will talk about implementing a completely new BI stack at Children’s Hospital and John will reflect on top trends that are revitalizing BI. Please see our detailed meeting agenda below.
When: |
Thursday, May 9, 12noon – 5:00 p.m. |
Where: |
Children’s Hospital Waltham
Deveber Conference Room
9 Hope Avenue
Waltham, MA 02453 |
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Agenda:
12:00 - 12:45 p.m. |
Registration, Light Lunch & Peer Networking |
12:45– 1:00 p.m. |
Meeting Kickoff by Jens Meyer, TDWI Boston Chapter |
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Presentation: "Implementing a new BI Stack at Children’s Hospital” by Ron Wilkinson, Children’s Hospital Boston |
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Abstract
Children’s Hospital recently implemented a completely new BI stack consisting of Netezza data storage, Informatica ETL processes, and a MicroStrategy front-end. The presentation will cover architectural decisions, experiences migrating from an existing BI implementation to a completely new stack as well as lessons learned |
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. |
Break and Peer Networking |
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. |
Presentation: “Top Trends Revitalizing BI” by John Bair, CTO, Launchpoint Corporation |
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Abstract
Advances in technology are leading us to rethink our whole approach to BI - what data we can manage, how we manage it, and ways to use the resulting information. In this session we will explore some of the most important trends in BI, including Big Data, Advanced Analytics, and Cloud Computing technologies - and the implications to your Business Intelligence and Information Management programs.
You don’t have to be an e-commerce company with petabytes of data to take advantage of these technologies. If your business or IT organization, like most, perceives that your data keeps growing, that your legacy BI platforms struggle to keep up, or that the lack of information is a business disadvantage, then big data, analytics and cloud should be in your radar, regardless of the maturity of your BI programs. Although widely hyped, Advanced Analytics, Big Data and Cloud Computing are nonetheless emerging as tools to enable new applications, lower barriers to use. As a result, these technologies are driving a renewed visibility of BI in the minds of business leaders. This session will share lessons learned by early adopters: applications; architecture alternatives, key challenges encountered; and the resulting implications for BI strategies and programs to transform businesses of all sizes.
Attendees will gain insights into:
- Why Big Data, Advanced Analytics and Cloud Computing technologies matter
- Architectures for building new business analytic services
- Strategies for moving from passive to active analytics
- • Approaches for helping your business stakeholders lead with BI
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3:30 – 4:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: “BI Utilization in Healthcare”, moderated by Jens Meyer
Panel includes industry analysts and BI practitioners |
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. |
Close and Raffle |
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Bios of Presenters
John Bair
John has more than 20 years experience building information management systems and is an inventor on six data management patents. Before joining LaunchPoint, John worked as the lead technologist of the Information Management practice for Hewlett-Packard, where he was responsible for defining HP's technology strategy, reference architectures, and methodologies for business intelligence and information management services. John previously worked as Senior Principal and CTO West for Knightsbridge Solutions, a leading business intelligence consultancy, which HP acquired in 2006. At Knightsbridge, John worked as chief architect on enterprise data integration, data warehousing, and business intelligence implementations for Fortune 200 financial services, health care, retail, and high tech industries. Previously he served as Principal Engineer and Data Warehouse Architect at Amazon.com, where he created high performance scalable e-commerce business intelligence systems including Amazon's enterprise data warehouse and analytic services. In 1995, John co-founded Leep Technology, a developer of data mining, customer relationship management, and data warehouse software. Leep Technology was acquired by Amazon.com in 1999. John is a frequent presenter at business intelligence and data warehousing conferences. He is based in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Upcoming Meetings
June 27, 2013 |
"Data Visualizations – Converting Raw Data Into Useful Information"
A three hour workshop by Michial Scofield, Asst. Professor, Health Information Management, Loma Linde University |
September 19, 2013 |
“Data, Metadata, Compliance”
“Infrastructure Enablers for Effective Large-Scale Data Pipelines” by Jeromy Carriere, Tech Lead, Google |
November 2013 |
TBD |
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