Enterprise Information Management (EIM) webinar

Doing a webinar on Enterprise Information Management (EIM) next week, the 30th of January. The EIM toolset covers Master Data and Data Quality Services, both of which are really important to a successful BI initiative.

This topic are a bit funny in one way. Most IT personnel aren’t excited by the subject and often don’t really get the subject. On the other hand, business users are really excited by the tools and the opportunity they offer to add value. For me, even though I’m a technologist, I always believe in adding value to the business. So, I’m excited by this area which offers real value to a business and is often a pre-requisite to building data mart and warehouses which really is the area I’m most interested in.

We’re planning to do a webinar most months on an interesting BI topic so watch this space…


Webinar link: http://www.storm.ie/insights/enterprise-information-management-webinar

Speaking events in March 2014

I have a number of speaking events coming up in March. Starting on the first I'm in Budapest for SQL Saturday 278 and on the twenty second I’m in Exeter for 269. For both if these, I’ll be covering the use of dynamic SQL for searches. I’ve done this presentation a few times and I’m looking forward to doing it again, it always seems to hit the mark. It’s useful, relevant and a good fit for the SQL Saturday attendees.

On the twenty seventh I'm in Belfast presenting on delivering a successful BI project. This is a non-technical event focusing on the challenges implementing a BI solution raises and how to address these. This will be the first time I’ve done this presentation so I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes and what the reception is. I'm excited as I feel this topic really adds value and can help people in the real world.

Links to the sites:

SQL Saturday Budapest: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/eventhome.aspx

SQL Saturday Exeter: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/269/eventhome.aspx

Belfast SQL User group: http://belfast.sqlpass.org/Home.aspx?EventID=964