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Data Auditing Creates a Foundation for Good Governance and Risk Management
by Murray S. Mazer
This article looks at how a company can institute a data auditing solution and
the benefits it can bring to improve governance, reduce risk and insure
regulatory compliance.
http://www.dmreview.com/editorial/newsletter_article.cfm?articleId=1029290
When Shrinkage is a Good Thing! Three Ways to Shrink Your Batch Window and Save
by Ray Nissan
Innovative job scheduling has the power to meet today's business objectives
of straight-through processing and real-time information.
http://www.dmreview.com/editorial/newsletter_article.cfm?articleId=1029299
AberdeenGroup: SOX Compliance and Automation
by Jim Hurley
AberdeenGroup research shows that firms limiting SOX reviews to a small group of
senior management, auditors and the board of directors have the worst
performance records.
http://www.dmreview.com/editorial/newsletter_article.cfm?articleId=1029291
New Product News
by DMReview.com Web Editorial Staff
http://www.dmreview.com/editorial/newsletter_article.cfm?articleId=1029306
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DataFlux
Using Data Integration to Build a Single,
Accurate and Consistent Customer View
A major challenge facing organizations is the need to create a single,
accurate view of their customers. Learn how to create a unified view
of your customer by using a tightly integrated data quality solution
with a customer data integration initiative.
http://www.dataflux.com/dmdirect0605.asp
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RECENT ONLINE COLUMNS
Performance Management: Making It Work: The First Barrier to Performance
Management: How Do We Get Started?
by Gary Cokins
http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1029020
Unified Business Intelligence in Action: Managing Risk for the Financial
Services Market in a World of Uncertainty
by Ronen Feldman, Ph.D.
http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1029021
CRM: What is Next of the Horizon for Customer Relationship Management?
by Denis Pombriant
http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1029282
Read More Online Columns at
http://www.dmreview.com/editorial/online/column_toc.cfm
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Information Visualization: The New Frontier of Business Intelligence
Date: On Demand
Information visualization skills and tools can effectively mine the value of
your data assets to a degree that finally achieves a BI return on investment
that doesn't require creative accounting. In this Web seminar, DM Review
columnist Stephen Few will introduce you to the emerging domain of information
visualization and then two innovative software vendors, Advizor Solutions and
Tableau Software, will demonstrate its potential through live demonstrations of
their products.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11969/0/
Reporting and Analysis for the Mid-Sized Company
Date: June 7, 2005
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Just like their Fortune 500 competitors, mid-sized companies need ready access
to the data that is trapped in their ERP, CRM and other enterprise systems. Join
QlikTech in this Web seminar to learn more about QlikView reporting and analysis
solutions for mid-sized companies.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11587/0/
IDC Business Intelligence and Business Process Forum
Date: June 7, 2005
Place: Cambridge, MA
This forum is focused on linking business intelligence and operational processes
to identify levers that drive business and deliver strategic value. It is
designed to provide insight into how IT and business professionals have
collaborated to deliver BI solutions by supporting business processes in a
functional area or across functional areas.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/9912/0/
Text Mining Summit 2005
Date: June 7, 2005
Place: Boston
<a
href="http://www.dmreview.com/eletters/clickReg.cfm?URLID=4402">Register
for Text Mining Summit 2005 today and save 20%</a>. This is a mind share
event for tech-savvy users and leading developers. Text Mining has
revolutionized key business processes such as BI and Search, allowing users to
mine the 85 percent of business-critical information which is locked in text.
Claim your discount with your priority code: DMu333.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11521/0/
Is Your Data Modeling Strategy on Target?
Date: June 9, 2005
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
In today's world of changing priorities, reduced resources and disparate IT
systems, aligning your data management strategy with the overall strategy of the
organization is key! Please join Graeme Simsion, data management expert and
author of <i>Data Modeling Essentials</i> (Morgan Kaufmann), and
David Dichmann, Sybase PowerDesigner Product Manager, as they present key
elements you need to make sure your organization is staying ahead of this
never-ending curve.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/6903/0/
Greater Scale and Speed of Integration: Change Data Capture
Date: June 14, 2005
Time: 2 p.m. ET
The pace of business is increasing so your ability to make operational decisions
should increase too. Data volumes continue to grow while your integration
windows get shorter. You need access to today's data in order to stay
competitive. Find out how to solve these business data problems. Join industry
thought leaders from DataMirror and Forrester for an interactive Web seminar
about Change Data Capture technology for effective data integration.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11737/0/
Reporting and Analysis for SAP - with or without BW
Date: June 17, 2005
Time: 1 p.m. ET
QlikView gives SAP users powerful, easy-to-use analytics - with or without SAP?s
BW being deployed. Learn how QlikView delivers the best of BI - dashboard-based
analytics applications that drill down to the transaction level - without the
time, cost and limitations of OLAP-based solutions.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11643/0/
QlikView - Business Analysis and Reporting for JD Edwards
Date: June 22, 2005
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Join QlikTech online for 45 minutes and see how QlikView Business Intelligence
Software can take your JD Edwards data and give timely access to information -
in applications that take just days to deploy and just minutes to learn to use.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/12084/0/
Seeing Clearly: Enabling Rapid Insight Via End-to-End Financial and Management
Reporting
Date: June 22, 2005
Time: 2 p.m. ET
This Web seminar will discuss how companies can enable rapid insight via
end-to-end financial and management reporting. Kathleen Wilhide of IDC will
provide the market implications for implementing a robust reporting
infrastructure, followed by Rafael Marrero-Gonzalez, who will provide a
firsthand account of how MasTec is delivering robust reporting infrastructure to
the business users.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/12120/0/
Applebee's Evolution of Metrics
Date: June 23, 2005
Time: 11 a.m. ET
<i>Choosing the right metrics for the right business decisions</i>
Join DM Review and Teradata for this free Web seminar with experts from
Applebee's International and learn how to identify the metrics you
"should" be using to measure your business. You'll hear real-world
results on the challenges of maximizing the value of metrics to grow your
business and improve customer satisfaction.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11903/0/
Data Mining: Levels I, II & III
Date: June 20-24, 2005
Place: Washington, DC
If you are data-rich, yet information-poor, attend this vendor-neutral course
series and learn how to leverage valuable predictive insights hidden within your
data. Level I presents best practices, strategy and applications. Level II
illustrates data mining methods, tools and techniques. Level III is a hands-on
application workshop. Choose the orientation that's right for you, or attend
the full progression.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11483/0/
Business Intelligence for Sustainable Compliance and Risk Management
Date: June 21, 2005 - Dallas
June 23, 2005 - Boston
June 28 - London
This one-half day executive roundtable discussion is sponsored by DM Review,
Oracle and HP and features industry analysts: Henry Morris and Kathleen Wilhide
of IDC, Frank Buytendijk of Gartner and Nimitt Desai of BearingPoint. You will
hear a variety of perspectives on sustainable compliance management, robust
business continuity and rapid access to critical data. Get actionable ideas that
support your organization's compliance and risk management initiatives. For
more information and to register, call (888) 203-9868 or visit
www.dmreview.com/risk
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11743/0/
Terabyte-Scale Data Analysis - Rapid Deployment on Low-Cost Hardware
Date: June 29, 2005
Time: 1 p.m. ET
QlikView combines the speed of in-memory processing with the flexibility to
handle terabyte-scale business intelligence - all on low-cost hardware. This 45
minute for this Web seminar will present a customer case study. Learn how your
company can apply powerful, easy-to-use business analysis and reporting from
multiple data sources with literally hundreds of millions of records - quickly,
easily and affordably.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/12085/0/
Brainstorm's Business Process Management Conference
Date: June 28-29, 2005
Place: San Francisco
Co-chaired by Janelle Hill of META Group and Brett Champlin of the Association
for Business Process Management Professionals (ABPMP), this conference will
provide guidance and insight to business and IT leaders looking to apply process
thinking to critical business processes for organizational effectiveness. DM
Review has secured as limited number of complimentary 1-day guest passes ($795
value). For details or to register, visit the site and enter Priority code:
DMRSFN.
Click here to register: http://list.thomsonmedia.com/t/1879989/3262516/11447/0/
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