Welcome to the Information Value Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter featuring David Loshin, a recognized expert, author and speaker on information quality and business intelligence. In addition to my article that begins my series on metadata, this issue features an article from David that discusses the importance of communicating the business strategy and engineering the oversight of information in a way that aligns that business strategy with the information architecture.
On behalf of the Business Intelligence Network, I encourage you to use the monthly Information Value Special Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter as your regular source of information and applicable operational processes that will enable you to quantify and elevate the information asset to the balance sheet. Also, please continue to use the Business Intelligence Network as your premier source for information pertaining to business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing and information quality.
To your continued success,
Metadata, Part 1
by Bill Inmon
Why, exactly, is metadata the problem child that it is?
Aligning Information Objectives with Business Strategy
by David Loshin
It is important to communicate the business strategy and to engineer the oversight of information in a way that aligns the business strategy with the information architecture.
The Score: IT-Centric BI – 5, Information Worker – 0
March 22 at 2 p.m. ET
We have plenty of data, but despite the big, IT-centric BI solutions that exist in our organizations, it's the tools and skills for investigating and making sense of "everyday data" that we're missing. Join us for this free Web seminar to learn to empower the "everyday data" analysts.
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Driving Profits with Incentive Pay Programs
March 22 at 2 p.m. ET
Join CFO Magazine, Watson Wyatt, Iconixx and Varicent on a webcast roundtable discussing the results of groundbreaking new research from CFO Research Services entitled "Sales Incentive Compensation: Issues, Problems, and Solutions."
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The Future of Business Intelligence – Delivering Benefits Today
March 29 at 2 p.m. ET
BT, one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services, and Colin White outline the new key trends in business intelligence (BI) and how your organization can benefit from next generation BI systems.
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Fresher Data for the Data Warehouse: What’s the Cost?
April 5 at 1 p.m. ET
What are the costs to deliver fresher data – integrated more than once a day – to the data warehouse? Join industry expert Dr. Richard Hackathorn and GoldenGate Software to hear analyses of 5 data integration architectures that offer low-latency, even real-time, data.
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The Next Generation of Data Warehouse Appliances: From Feeds & Speeds to Solving Real Business Problems
April 5 at 2 p.m. ET
First generation data warehouse appliances made many promises but failed to solve some of the challenging business issues. However, 2007 is ushering in new data warehouse technology that lives up to its expectations. Join Colin White as he discusses the differences and benefits of the next generation.
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Business Intelligence: The Right Fit = The Right Choice
April 19 at 2 p.m. ET
This web seminar will focus on the top “Magic Quadrant” business intelligence platforms and vendors and explain how to select the BI platform that will best address your needs. Colin White will discuss key milestones in BI as he sets the stage for the discussion.
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