Thursday, December 7, 2006
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Data Warehouse Stabilization
by Bill Inmon
While a data warehouse is truly never finished, it will reach a point of semantic stabilization.

The Linux Liability Problem
by Pete Loshin
The greatest differentiator between OS vendors is no longer a question of features, function, performance, customer support, security, reliability or any feature of the product itself. The future of computing may depend on the lawyers.


FEATURED CASE STUDY

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!"
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WEB EVENTS MORE > 

Competitive BI & Risk Management
Using Data Mash-ups

December 14 at 12 p.m. ET
What you don’t know can hurt you! 90% of Business Intelligence is outside data warehouses or enterprise systems – competitive, regulatory, technological. Data Mash-ups bridge enterprise systems with unstructured and user-generated data to provide holistic views, risk management and proactive alerts.
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The Data Mart Performance Paradox
On-Demand Web Seminar
While data marts may improve end-user query performance, they often negatively impact an organization’s information needs. Join Bill Inmon, the authority on data warehousing and integration, and Arthur Phidd, CIO of Cable & Wireless, as they explore this paradox.
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INDUSTRY NEWS AND EVENTS MORE > 

2007 DAMA International Symposium + Wilshire Meta-Data Conference
March 4-8, Boston, MA
Join 1000 data management and business professionals as they learn how to harness corporate data strategy to improve business performance. Conference features over 40 practitioner-led presentations and case studies, plus keynote speakers Don Tapscott, Mike Hawley and Jill Dyché. Click here to learn more!


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