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Knowing What's Next: Use Cases for Predictive Analytics

Date: February 11, 2010
Sponsor: SPSS, an IBM Company

Mind readers aren't the only people who can predict the future these days, thanks in part to the maturation of predictive analytics. Use cases vary widely -- from integrating supply and demand chains, to finding new vaccines, to figuring out which customers will be the most profitable. Tune into this episode of DM Radio to hear how the experts do it. We'll talk to James Kobielus of Forrester Research, plus Tony Rathburn of The Modeling Agency, Joydeep Das of Sybase and Eric Brethenoux of SPSS, an IBM Company.

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Keeping Score with Dashboards and Scorecards

Date: February 18, 2010
Sponsor: Birst

Knowing what time it is makes all the difference in business. These days, that calls for a dashboard, ideally one tied to a scorecard that depicts the key performance indicators of your business. Getting to that point takes lots of thoughtful development, careful consideration, and decent technology. Tune into this episode of DM Radio to learn how today's top-notch firms keep tabs on what matters. We'll hear from Boris Evelson of Forrester Research, Allan Wille of Klipfolio, Alexander Chiang of Dundas and Brad Peters of Birst.

Quality Is as Quality Does: The Importance of Data Integrity

Date: February 4, 2010
Sponsor: DataFlux

Getting the big picture with information quality calls for a holistic view of enterprise data. In turn, data quality requires a whole host of sound procedures, starting with data lineage, and extending through cleansing, transformation, delivery and usage. All together, these processes encompass a sound data governance strategy. Failure at any control point can result in serious errors that can undermine a organization's fundamental operations. Tune into this episode of DM Radio to learn from several data quality experts, including industry luminary Larry English, along with independent consultant Phil Simon, plus Yves de Montcheuil of Talend, Darrin Clement of Maponics and Dan Soceanu of DataFlux.

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A Tactical Approach to Enterprise Data Integration

Date: January 28, 2010
Sponsor: Jitterbit & Composite Software

On the front lines of enterprise data integration, practitioners employ a whole host of tactics in order to deliver timely, trusted, valuable data. These days, a wide range of options are available for gathering, cleansing and delivering enterprise data. From Web scraping to federated data management, ETL to ELT, open-source to the traditional heavy lifting done by major vendors – the data integration practice is more mature than ever. Tune into this episode of DM Radio to learn how the modern enterprise can mix and match tactics to suit practically any information need. We'll talk to industry analyst Philip Russom of TDWI, plus Ilan Sehayek of Jitterbit, Peter Tran of Composite Software, and Stefan Andreasen of Kapow Technologies.

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Customer Analytics and the Promise of New CRM

Date: January 21, 2010
Sponsor: MDM Summit

Knowing what your customers want has always been a key to success. These days, that knowledge can be woven right into operational systems, and in near-real-time, greatly improving customer relations, and thus cashflow. Still, significant decisions must be made throughout an organization to ensure that appropriate customer data is gathered, then leveraged. Tune into this episode of DM Radio to hear several CRM experts describe the current state-of-the-art, and lament areas where many companies are still sorely lacking in the critical process of improving customer relations. We'll hear from Lisa Pierce of Strategic Networks, Mark Angel of KANA and Rob Rose of Big Blue Moose, and John Strabley of Quaero, a CSG Solution.

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Taking Master Data Management to the Next Level

Date: January 14, 2010
Sponsor: Siperian

Taking Master Data Management to the next level requires a combination of technology, process and key people -- especially a strong leader. Register for this episode of DM Radio to hear from Rob Karel of Forrester Research, Ravi Shankar of Siperian, Jinesh Radadia of EMC, Umesh Hari of Deloitte and Marty Moseley of Initiate Systems. Attendees will learn: How to take a departmental solution to the next level; Why executive sponsorship is critical; Best practices for different architectural approaches; Pitfalls to avoid in scaling out a solution.

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More than Performance: The Strategic Role of Data Modeling

Date: January 7, 2010
Sponsor: eLearningCurve

Effective data modeling can help enterprise applications run very efficiently, both for operations and analytics. But the value of data modeling goes even deeper. By getting a handle on a logical model, companies can find efficiencies in the business itself, which can yield strategic value to the enterprise. Register for the first episode of DM Radio in 2010 to learn how data modeling can help your organization get off to a good start in the new decade. We'll hear from Donna Burbank of CA ERwin, David Dichmann of Sybase, Bert Scalzo of Quest Software and Jason Tiret of Embarcadero. Attendees will learn: How data modeling can improve business processes; The difference between evolutionary and revolutionary approaches; The value of maintaining a comprehensive Information Architecture; How to avoid "media gaps" in your decision support systems.

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Say What? Corporate Taxonomies and Semantic Technologies

Date: December 17, 2009
Sponsor: eLearningCurve

Semantic technologies are on the rise... finally. Helpful in determining customer sentiment -- a key component of CRM -- semantics are also useful for defining corporate taxonomies, which are increasingly seen as invaluable for managing enterprise metadata. Tune into this episode of DM Radio to learn how semantics could provide the long-elusive glue to hold together ever larger and more complex information systems. We'll talk to Robin Bloor of Hurwitz Group, Dr. Chris Harding of The Open Group, Tony Shaw of Semantic Universe and Leslie Owens of Forrester. Attendees will learn: How semantic technologies actually work; Why corporate taxonomies are good for metadata; Which use cases for semantics are most popular; Whether the Semantic Web will be here soon.

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