Opening the Business Intelligence Software Stack
by Pete Loshin
Understanding how interdependence, interoperability and modularity help define BI software stacks can simplify the process of incorporating open source components into your BI stack and reduce the overall cost of managing all enterprise BI components.

The Usefulness of Patents
by Bill Inmon
How does a small company produce innovation and capitalize on the advances made in the marketplace?

Don’t just let your data sit there….make it actionable!
Amazon.com replaced its existing clickstream database with a Netezza data warehouse appliance housing 25TB of data. The NPS system delivers increased responsiveness, new analytic possibilities and, according to Amazon.com, "helps improve the quality of our analysis – a huge win for our business and our customers!"
Read the Amazon.com case study.

Corporate Data – Asset or Liability? Establishing the Connection between Data Quality and the Value of Data
July 26 at 2 p.m. GMT
Organisations frequently struggle with the impact that data quality has on their business. Join DataFlux for a discussion with Ovum’s Ian Charlesworth on the true ROI of good data and the implications of bad data.
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Ten Ways to Improve Data Warehouse Performance, Part II – Kick Your Performance Up a Notch
August 1 at 1 p.m. ET
Dr. Claudia Imhoff shares her experience helping companies achieve a high-performance data warehouse supporting a business intelligence environment.
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Risky Decisions Translate to Risky Business – The Negative Impact of Latency in Your Data Value Chain
August 2 at 2 p.m. ET
Fraud, failed business or HR processes, and liabilities relating to products or services are risky business situations that require real-time business decisions. Join Claudia Imhoff as she explains how operational risk can be identified before it mushrooms into an insurmountable problem.
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