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SAS executives not afraid to sweat

Administrator — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:59:00 +0000

Contributed by Beverly Brown It’s fashionable these d

PASSMN June 15, 2010 Monthly Meeting

Administrator — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0000

The next Minnesota SQL Server User Group meeting is coming up in a couple of weeks on Tuesday, June 15. This month Lara Rubbelke will be presenting on the new features in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2

Videos about using and installing STpivot

Administrator — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

Informacion util para empresas tecnologicas

Administrator — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

SAS BI Clients 4.3 and SAS 9.3

Administrator — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:59:00 +0000

Source: Blogging about all things SAS [link]

I caught up with James Foster from SAS Australia last week and got a bit of an insight into where the SAS products are going in the next few months. At the moment we are at SAS 9.2 M3 for the SAS Platform (eBI, eDI, EM etc). Later this year (Mid Q3 ish?) a new set of the BI Clie

Thoughts on Analysis Services in the Cloud

Administrator — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:58:00 +0000

Source: Chris Webb's BI Blog [link]

So far this year I’ve indulged myself a few times in a bit of futurology (here and here, for example) regarding directions the

ODTUG Kaleidoscope Scores John Heffron (and other social events)

Administrator — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Source: Look Smarter Than You Are [link]

There's a ton of new social news for ODTUG Kaleidoscope this year, but let's not bury the lead:

Resources for developing analytic talent

Administrator — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:59:00 +0000

Source: The sascom magazine blog [link]

In a recent

Gartner 2010 Business Intelligence Tools Magic Quadrant

Administrator — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:59:00 +0000

Source: Laura Gibbons Scorecard Application & Six Sigma Blog [link]

For those of you who prefer not to register to receive this information, here is the 2010 Gartner Magic Quadrant rating the latest and greatest BI Platforms.

The ‘Function XXXX only works with contiguous date selections’ Error

Administrator — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:58:00 +0000

Source: Chris Webb's BI Blog [link]

In my last post on DAX, I mentioned I’d come across the following error when running a query in PowerPivot: ERROR - CALCULATION ABORTED: MdxScript(Sandbox) (22, 4) Function 'DATEADD' only works with contiguous date selections. The DAX expression I was using was as fo

Eight data prep lessons for advanced analytics

Administrator — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Source: The sascom magazine blog [link]

Are you using advanced analytics to discover relationships and anticipate the future? According to TDWI, only 38 percent of organizations already are but 85 percent plan to do so in the next three years. If you're among that 85 percent, be sure to read and follow these data pr

PASSMN May 2010 Follow-up

Administrator — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Source: Dan English's BI Blog [link]

This past month I presented at our local Minnesota SQL Server User Group. I was a tad bit exhausted from presenting at TechFuse 2010 and the

Comparativa entre Kettle y Talend

Administrator — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

STpivot, Jpivot with steroids

Administrator — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

Oracle Financial Analytics Presentations and Photos

Administrator — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:58:00 +0000

Source: Rittman Mead Consulting [link]

Rittman Mead Consulting have recently initiated a series of seminars that combine the companies in-depth technical knowledge with a greater focus on the business perspective. The first of these was held last September and focused on commercial considerations for BI Project Delivery. The secon

A man called [Sun] Barry (The Verve, circa 1992)

Administrator — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:59:00 +0000

Source: The sascom magazine blog [link]

A common theme throughout the recent

Data mining in Excel 2007

Administrator — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Source: Ella Maschiach's BI Blog [link]

Mr. Donald Farmer gave a lecture yesterday, May 31st 2010, at the Israeli BI User Group. This is what I summed up from the session. Predictive AnalyticsA good predictive analytics project would have:Actionable - you get useful information from it

I don’t like a reclaimable database disk copy

Administrator — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:58:00 +0000

Source: Weblog for the Amis technology corner [link]

As of Oracle 10g it’s possible to recover (or wind forward) a RMAN disk copy of the database to a specific time in the past. This type of backup is quite suitable for big databases (> 100GB), because you have to perform a time consuming full backup only once. All other backups to disk

Oracle BI EE 10.1.3.4.1 – Do we need measures in a Fact Table?

Administrator — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:58:00 +0000

Source: Rittman Mead Consulting [link]

I know this blog title can be classified as a deviation from my more conventional ones but i have been planning on writing this for a while now, so hopefully this should be of some interest to everyone. As we start working with BI EE more and more, we get to know what its good features are an

Algunas normas en el trabajo

Administrator — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

SSIS 2011 – what’s planned for the new version

Administrator — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Source: Ella Maschiach's BI Blog [link]

This is continued live blogging from the Donald Farmer seminar from the SQL & BI convention in Tel Aviv of Data Integration in Large Organizations. The roadmap for SSIS 2011 - what will exist in the future version of Integration Services 11 Today everything e

SSIS 2008 Performance and Scalability

Administrator — Sun, 30 May 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Source: Ella Maschiach's BI Blog [link]

This is continued live blogging from the Donald Farmer seminar from the SQL & BI convention in Tel Aviv of Data Integration in Large Organizations. SSIS 2008 Performance and Scalability

SSIS 2008 improvements over SSIS 2005

Administrator — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:00:00 +0000

Source: Ella Maschiach's BI Blog [link]

This is continued live blogging from the Donald Farmer seminar from the SQL & BI convention in Tel Aviv of Data Integration in Large Organizations. SSIS 2008 improvements over SSIS 2005 C# scripting can reference all .net assembliesVSA replaced by VSTA Pipeline

Live Blogging Data Integration in Large Organizations

Administrator — Sun, 30 May 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Source: Ella Maschiach's BI Blog [link]

This is live blogging from the Donald Farmer seminar from the SQL & BI convention in Tel Aviv. I would really like to thank Hamada who lent me his netstick so I can blog - Thanks Hamada! Business Intelligence is about people not about IT.Your data is always connected to real

VM Ware Networking Options

Administrator — Sat, 29 May 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Source: Blogging about all things SAS [link]

How does networking inside a virtual machine work? Your VMware Fusion virtual machines talk to your network using a virtual network adapter. Inside your virtual machine, the guest operating system (Windows, Linux, etc.) believes that it is equipped with an ordinary (wire

It’s a love thing…

Administrator — Sat, 29 May 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Source: Ella Maschiach's BI Blog [link]

It's been three years that me and the blog have been together (truthfully, the date was on the 15th, and I didn't forget honey, I was just really busy with work, so you understand now don't

Apple App Store vs FSF

Administrator — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Source: James Dixon's Blog [link]

Aanmelden AMIS Query “An Evening With…”: Doug Burns

Administrator — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:58:00 +0000

Source: Weblog for the Amis technology corner [link]

Op Donderdag 17 juni, vanaf 18:00 uur, zal Oracle Database Expert en Oracle ACE Director Doug Burns(Schotland), een kennisavond vullen met live demo’s op basis van de Oracle Enterprise Manager Diagnostic en Tuning Pack. Deze bijzondere avond, geheel zonder slides, met de naam “How I Learned

Aangeboden: ADF 11g Training – 7-11 juni (Nieuwegein)

Administrator — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:59:00 +0000

Source: Weblog for the Amis technology corner [link]

Van maandag 7 tot en met vrijdag 11 juni verzorgen Luc Bors en Lucas Jellema een 5-daagse ADF 11g training – in het kantoor van AMIS in Nieuwegein. Deze training is bedoeld voor ontwikkelaars die met ADF 11g aan de slag zijn of willen gaan en behandelt alle onderdelen van het framework: AD

Analytical marketing roadmap - part 2

Administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:29:00 +0000

Source: The sascom magazine blog [link]

This is the second entry in my series interpreting what it means for Chief Marketing Officers to become analytical marketers.

Realtime Data Warehouse Challenges – Part 1

Administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:59:00 +0000

Source: Rittman Mead Consulting [link]

In a previous part of my notes on Realtime Data Warehousing I mentioned some of the challenges of reducing latency. The piece picked up quite a few comments – to which I say thanks to all that posted responses. One of the comments from Matt Hosking mentioned some of the points I was to

Hadoop on Azure?

Administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:59:00 +0000

Source: Chris Webb's BI Blog [link]

Here’s something interesting I’ve just seen on James Dixon’s blog: apparently Microsoft is preparing to provide Hadoop on Windows Azure. Here’s the article James links to:

The 2010 BI Forum Quiz

Administrator — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:04:00 +0000

Source: Rittman Mead Consulting [link]

Last week at the BI forum I ran a quiz. It was a a light hearted affair with specialist subject questions mixed with general knowledge. The winning team overall was JEH, and the most obiee skilled team was the Dream Team. Top prizes included some Brighton rock and a pencil!!

Don’t mess with Mom, especially if she is on Facebook

Administrator — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:01:00 +0000

Source: The sascom magazine blog [link]

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal shows

מפגש מעניין ב BI User Group

Administrator — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Source: Ella Maschiach's BI Blog [link]

קהילת ה BI כולה בבאז ממפגש ה BI User Group הקרוב. המפגש יהיה ביום שני הקרוב, ה 31 לחודש. אישיות בכירה ממיקרוסופט עומדת להגיע ולהרצות על Data Mining. המפגש הוא לל

Interesante review de soluciones BI Open Source

Administrator — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

Presentación cartográfica de SpagoBI

Administrator — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

Las 5 principales tendencias en Business Intelligence

Administrator — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

Como instalar el plugin output para Alfresco en Pentaho Kettle

Administrator — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:59:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

Rittman Mead BI Forum 2010 Round-Up

Administrator — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:58:00 +0000

Source: Rittman Mead Consulting [link]

Well it’s the Monday after the week of the BI Forum in Brighton, and as promised here are some photos, and a link to the presentations, for anyone that couldn’t make it. The three days went very well, starting with the Mastercla