Blog: William McKnightFebruary 18, 2008"Modernizing and Advancing Information Management Across the Enterprise" Webinar in one weekRegistration Link. Join me Tuesday, Feb. 26 to learn about the modern components of information management and how these innovations can be put to work in today's ever more complex IT environment. This seminar looks at those items that a cross-section of best practice information management programs are doing to innovate and continually justify their existence, budgets, and high value to their organizations. I'm going to be talking about: I'll be providing checklists in each area of those items that every organization needs to be answering in order to have information leadership. January 26, 2008Data Warehouse and MDM classes coming on the GRIDOn March 10, I will be giving my Introduction to Data Warehousing course and on March 11, I will be giving my Introduction to Master Data Management for the Enterprise course. Both are full-day courses. Both will be held live at SetFocus in Parsippany, NJ. However, they will both be available on "The GRID", which means you can be ANYWHERE in the world and attend remotely. It's very cool technology - you will feel "in the class." Information on The GRID can be found at this link. Continue reading "Data Warehouse and MDM classes coming on the GRID" » November 27, 2007Data Quality, Modernizing Information Management and SQL Server 2005 webinars availableI noticed that I currently seem to have 3 webinars available on the web. I've listed them, with abstract, below. You can access them by clicking here and scrolling to Webcasts. "Best Practices for Designing and Implementing Sustainable, Long-term Data Quality Programs" The volume of data coming into organizations is growing exponentially. Effective data quality management must be sustainable and designed for the long term. In this expert Webcast, discover best practices for designing and implementing data quality management programs that will stand the test of time and learn: Best practices for successfully designing and implementing data quality management programs from start to finish. Why periodic batch cleansing is no longer enough for most organizations to maintain data quality for the long term. Secrets of successful data quality management programs, common mistakes and how to avoid them. "Microsoft SQL Server 2005" William McKnight presents a Microsoft on-demand web seminar on how Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides a robust, scalable, and enterprise-ready data warehouse environment. Join this session to learn how you can take advantage of the new enhancements in partitioning, manageability, and query optimizations to streamline your data warehouse operations and increase performance. "Modernizing and Advancing Information Management across the Enterprise" William McKnight, renowned information management architect, outlines the modern components of information management and helps participants understand how innovations can be put to work in today’s ever more complex IT environment. If you prefer, you can see and hear the last presentation through a streaming presentation at this link. March 20, 2007Modernizing and Advancing Information Management across the EnterpriseI'll be giving a webinar on the Subject topic this Friday at 11:30 Eastern. You can register here. The abstract is: Making effective use of information is a central focus of organizations both large and small in our contemporary competitive landscape. Information is an asset to exploit without restrictions on bringing in new data, manipulating that data, or accessing that data. In this Web seminar, we will discuss the following: * Multiple, complex applications serving a variety of users It’s the most time-consuming, yet critically important, component of most corporate projects. For the past few decades data warehousing, and the struggles to centralize data, have been the center of the universe for information management professionals. Recent advances in information management technology such as Master Data Management, EII and operational Business Intelligence have allowed for a more nuanced, yet effective, strategy for information management to complement data warehousing. In this webcast, William McKnight, renowned information management architect, will outline the modern components of information management and help participants understand how to these innovations can be put to work in today’s ever more complex IT environment. February 25, 2007Unlocking information from SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Oracle ApplicationsI have a webinar coming up with Michael Douroux, EIM Specialist from Business Objects, on March 13. It's about extracting information from SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel and Oracle Applications for analytical use, which is something many shops need to do, yet struggle with. Can packages help get the data out and make sense of it? I'll be talking about what to watch out for and how you'll need to complement the solutions in the market. You can register here. Technorati tags: Business Objects, SAP, Peoplesoft, Siebel, Oracle Applications, December 12, 2006Microsoft SQL Server 2005 webinar availableRam Ramanathan, Senior Product Manager of SQL Server at Microsoft, and I, have prerecorded a webinar on the topic of SQL Server 2005. "In this webcast, we describe how Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides a robust, scalable, and enterprise-ready data warehouse environment." A demo is included. It is available at this link. The format is Windows Media Player. Enjoy. August 2, 2006RFID podcastI'm back from the Pacific Northwest Business Intelligence Summit where the energy and information sharing on our industry was at an all-time high. The topic I introduced from the panel was RFID. I know I've been blogging a lot about it, but if you want to hear about a 15-minute speil on RFID for the BI professional, check it out right here on the B-eye-network. I tried to distill an introduction to RFID, still needed for most BI professionals, and some learnings from my RFID-sourced BI projects into this podcast. January 10, 2006On Demand Web Seminar: Operationalizing BI - Turning Insight into ActionOn Demand Web Seminar: Operationalizing BI - Turning Insight into Action, exclusively at DMReview.com. Hear James Taylor from Fair Isaac and I discuss how to derive more value from existing BI investments and turn insight into action at this DM Review's website. November 9, 2005Upcoming webinar on Master Data ManagementOn November 17th at 2:00 ET, I will be giving a webinar on the B-EYE-Network with Mark Smith of Ventana Research titled "Justifying and Implementing Master Data Management for the Enterprise." You can sign up for it at this link. Here is the abstract: Continue reading "Upcoming webinar on Master Data Management" » |