Topic: Best Practice in Business Intelligence
Description: Open source BI is revolutionising the way BI applications are built and deployed. In a business environment with tight budgets, limited headcount and more requests for vital information than ever before, new approaches are needed to solve both old and new IT and business challenges to avoid the costly BI implementations of the past. Zachary Zeus of BI consulting firm BizCubed will describe how the Pentaho commercial open source business model enables organisations to overcome these roadblocks and deliver effective BI solutions to business users more efficiently.
Presenter: Zachary Zeus is the Managing Director of BizCubed, a business intelligence consulting firm based in Sydney, NSW. He has 15 years experience as a business data expert working with the likes of MetLife (the US insurance giant). Zachary holds an MBA from New York University and is a certified Pentaho trainer. His firm is business intelligence enabler for ASX 100 companies and government agencies.
Date: 11 Nov 2010
Time: 5:30pm for a 6pm start
Venue: ACS Pearcey Room Level 2, 120 Clarendon StreetSOUTHBANK VIC 3006
Cost: Member: Free Non-Member: Free
Registeration: Register
Refreshments and drinks will be provided.
Contact Info:
Convenor: Pengchea Ngo
Mobile: 0403709613
Email: pengchea@yahoo.com
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The Story of how University of New England and Altis Consulting partnered together to deliver a student load and income executive Dashboard 21/09/2010
Topic: The Story of how University of New England and Altis Consulting partnered together to deliver a student load and income executive Dashboard
Description: What happens when you combine a mature data warehouse and a committed development team and ask them to turn a visualization dream into reality within 5 weeks? The story of how University of New England and Altis Consulting partnered to deliver a student load and income executive dashboard – in record time. Incorporating disparate stakeholder requirements and working at locations 500km apart, the joint Altis and UNE team collaborated to deliver an outcome that everyone involved still enthuses about today
Presenter: Peter Hopwood is a Principal Consultant with Altis Consulting and has extensive experience across the entire Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence (DW/BI) spectrum. He has delivered DW/BI solutions to multi-national clients both in Australia and the United Kingdom. Widely considered an authority on data management technologies he has presented at various conferences including the International Data Warehouse Institute.
Date: Tuesday 21th September 2010
Time: 5:30pm for a 6pm start
Venue: Emirates BuildingCentre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation Innovation@257 (up the escalator) 257 Collins Street, Melbourne
Cost: Member: Free Non-Member: Free
Registeration: Register
Refreshments and drinks will be provided.
Contact Info:
Convenor: Pengchea Ngo
Mobile: 0403709613
Email: pengchea@yahoo.com
Description: What happens when you combine a mature data warehouse and a committed development team and ask them to turn a visualization dream into reality within 5 weeks? The story of how University of New England and Altis Consulting partnered to deliver a student load and income executive dashboard – in record time. Incorporating disparate stakeholder requirements and working at locations 500km apart, the joint Altis and UNE team collaborated to deliver an outcome that everyone involved still enthuses about today
Presenter: Peter Hopwood is a Principal Consultant with Altis Consulting and has extensive experience across the entire Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence (DW/BI) spectrum. He has delivered DW/BI solutions to multi-national clients both in Australia and the United Kingdom. Widely considered an authority on data management technologies he has presented at various conferences including the International Data Warehouse Institute.
Date: Tuesday 21th September 2010
Time: 5:30pm for a 6pm start
Venue: Emirates BuildingCentre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation Innovation@257 (up the escalator) 257 Collins Street, Melbourne
Cost: Member: Free Non-Member: Free
Registeration: Register
Refreshments and drinks will be provided.
Contact Info:
Convenor: Pengchea Ngo
Mobile: 0403709613
Email: pengchea@yahoo.com
Monday, August 2, 2010
Agile Business Intelligence Overview 24th August 2010
Topic: Agile Business Intelligence Overview
Description: This session will discuss the origin, core concepts and the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology. This approach is becoming more widely adopted by the industry so the need to have a working knowledge of the subject is important. This session is ideal for project managers, development staff, testers, DW/BI practitioners and business leaders wanting to gain a broad understanding of this topic.
The event will finish up with the panel session.
Presenter: Paul Roder is a Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing specialist with almost 30 years in IT who has worked in the UK, Europe and Australia. His involvement with the Agile approach is relatively recent but he has worked on several projects that utilised Agile methodologies with varying degrees of success. He is employed by Prima Consulting in Melbourne as a Senior Consultant.
Date: Tuesday 24th August 2010
Time: 5:30pm for a 6pm start
Venue: Emirates BuildingCentre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation Innovation@257 (up the escalator) 257 Collins Street, Melbourne
Cost: Member: Free Non-Member: Free
Registeration: Register
Refreshments and drinks will be provided.
Contact Info:
Convenor: Pengchea Ngo
Mobile: 0403709613
Email: pengchea@yahoo.com
Description: This session will discuss the origin, core concepts and the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology. This approach is becoming more widely adopted by the industry so the need to have a working knowledge of the subject is important. This session is ideal for project managers, development staff, testers, DW/BI practitioners and business leaders wanting to gain a broad understanding of this topic.
The event will finish up with the panel session.
Presenter: Paul Roder is a Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing specialist with almost 30 years in IT who has worked in the UK, Europe and Australia. His involvement with the Agile approach is relatively recent but he has worked on several projects that utilised Agile methodologies with varying degrees of success. He is employed by Prima Consulting in Melbourne as a Senior Consultant.
Date: Tuesday 24th August 2010
Time: 5:30pm for a 6pm start
Venue: Emirates BuildingCentre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation Innovation@257 (up the escalator) 257 Collins Street, Melbourne
Cost: Member: Free Non-Member: Free
Registeration: Register
Refreshments and drinks will be provided.
Contact Info:
Convenor: Pengchea Ngo
Mobile: 0403709613
Email: pengchea@yahoo.com
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Fundamentals 20th July 2010
Topic: Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Fundamentals
Description: This session will discuss concepts and best practice commonly associated with today’s Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence solutions. From discussing the need for DW/BI to the role of Metadata, this session is ideal for business analysts, solution architects, DW/BI practitioners and business leaders wanting to hear the latest trends and approaches in this field.
Presenter: Paul Skaife is a Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing specialist who has implemented solutions in The UK, Europe and Australia over the last 10+ years. These solutions have spanned multiple industries including Telecommunications, Finance, Manufacturing, Logistics and Media. His experience has been gained through practical involvement in multiple projects incorporating both Kimball and Inman techniques. Paul stands very firmly in a camp between business and technology, ensuring that business can leverage technology and realize business benefits. He has previously presented at national and international conferences.
Date: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Time: 5:30pm for a 6pm start
Venue: ACS Office Level 2, 120 Clarendon Street Southbank Vic. 3006
Cost: Member: Free Non-Member: Free
Refreshments and drinks will be provided.
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