TDWI World Conference Fall November 7-12, 2010

Prerequisite: This course assumes a basic knowledge of BI and data warehousing.

Claudia Imhoff

Ph.D.

Colin White

Course Outline

To date, business intelligence has been used primarily for tactical and strategic planning and decision making. However, increasing competition and the need to react rapidly to today’s fast-changing business climate is causing BI to play an ever-increasing and important role in driving and optimizing daily business operations. This trend is leading to major changes in both the functionality and the usability of BI-related technologies and products.

Developing an operational BI strategy in this dynamic and constantly changing environment is not simple. Operational BI applications are often mission critical and selecting the right techniques, technologies, and infrastructure is crucial if applications are to meet business objectives. This half-day seminar shows how you can extend the traditional BI and data warehousing environment to enable a smart and flexible business decision-making environment for optimizing operational business decisions and actions.

You Will Learn

• About operational BI
• Types of operational BI
• Determining the right time for the business
• Extending the traditional BI/DW environment for operational BI: faster DW updating, stored models, improved analytic performance, intelligent agents
• Using new operational BI techniques: federated data access, event analytics, embedded BI, automated actions
• The impact of cloud computing
• Getting started with operational BI
• Choosing the right operational BI approach

Geared To

• IT technical staff and managers; BI and DW specialists who are interested in hearing about the latest developments in operational BI and how they can be used for business benefit