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TDWI World Conference & BI Strategies Program, Orlando

What: TDWI World Conference -- Fall 2002 & Business Intelligence Strategies

When: November 3-8, 2002

Where: Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center

How: For more information visit TDWI's Website at: www.dw-institute.com/education/conferences/orlando2002/y.asp.

Conference Highlights Include:

A Comprehensive Program Of Full- And Half-Day Courses. Hot Course Topics This Fall Include:

• Taking Your DW to the Next Level
• Building Data Marts with Limited Resources
• Dimensional Modeling
• Evaluating ETL and BI Tools
• Building Real-Time Data Warehouses
• Practical Meta Data Management
• Analytic Applications---Build or Buy?
• Implementing Scorecards and Dashboards
• Rules for Data Quality Validation
• Reconciling Distributed Data Marts

Business Intelligence Strategies, November 5 & 6, 2002

The Business Intelligence Strategies program is designed to keep senior IT and business executives abreast of new and emerging business intelligence technologies, solutions, and issues. The two-day program brings together the industry's leading thinkers and implementers for an extended dialogue on the key issues facing IT and business executives who are responsible for delivering strategic, enterprisewide business intelligence solutions.

KEY THEMES:

Building a Metrics-Driven Organization

• Business Performance Management
• Balanced Scorecards, Dashboards, and Analytic Applications
• Build, Buy, and ROI
• Enterprise Deployment Issues

Deploying Enterprise Analytics

• Real-Time Analytics
• Deep Analytics
• Collaborative Analytics
• Impact of Web Services

World-Class Advisory Board Includes:

• Program Chair: Wayne W. Eckerson, Director of Education and Research, TDWI
• Louis Barton, executive vice president, Frost National Bank
• Thomas Legere, Enterprise Architect, Pfizer Global Research and Development Group
• Bob Moran, research vice president and Managing Director, Aberdeen Group Inc
• Dr. Henry Morris, Research Director, IDC
• Philip Russom, Research Director, Giga Information Group
• Mark Smith, president, Full Circle Strategies
• Frank Sparacino, Senior Analyst, First Analysis Securities
• Colin White, president, Intelligent Business Strategies

A Hype- And Hassle-Free Exhibit Hall

More than 42 data warehousing and business intelligence solution providers will showcase their cutting-edge solutions in TDWI's exclusive educational exhibit format, on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 5 & 6, 2002.

For more information on the TDWI World Conference -- Fall 2002, visit TDWI's Website at:
www.dw-institute.com/education/conferences/orlando2002/y.asp.

Contact: Meighan Berberich, Marketing Manager, 206-246-5059x104, fax: 206-246-5952, email: mberberich@dw-institute.com.