TDWI Chapters: Chicago
The purpose of the Chicago Chapter of The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) is to enable local BI/DW professionals to:
- Meet regularly with each other on a regional basis
- Share best practices in a small group setting
- Establish a strong network of peers
- Gain technical advice and career direction
Everyone is welcome. We encourage you to join TDWI, but you do not need to be a member to attend.
You may browse previous events using the page buttons at the bottom of the page.
We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Chicago Chapter on November 18th, 2011. Come meet other local professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI education. See our meeting agenda below.
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ATTENTION ALL BI/DW AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS IN THE CHICAGO AREA
Dear Chicago BI/DW and Marketing Business Professionals,
We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Chicago Chapter meeting on November 18th, 2011. Come meet other local professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI education. See our meeting agenda below.
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When: |
Friday November 18th, 2011 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
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IBM
71 South Wacker
6th Floor
Chicago IL 60606
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Agenda:
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8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Arrivals and Networking |
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8:30 – 9:00 a.m. |
Opening remarks by Rick Biederstadt, TDWI Chicago Chapter President |
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9:00 – 10:15 a.m. |
Presentation: "Hadoop Overview for Big Data"
by Dr Phil Shelley |
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Abstract
Hadoop is a technology stack that has gained momentum over the past 24 months to a point of general adoption in some progressive larger Enterprises. Hadoop is a departure from traditional relational databases, with radically different approaches to infrastructure, data modeling, data storage, data formatting, queries and use-cases. Hadoop should not be compared to these traditional approaches to BI, but rather thought of as a toolset to unleash the massive potential to explore data in ways that have been previously impossible. With Hadoop, storage is orders of magnitude cheaper, large batch queries run many times faster and parallel processing is enabled automatically; at the same time other things we traditionally do in a data warehouse are impossible: These concepts will be explained. Getting started with Hadoop is not trivial however; there are approaches and services that will be discussed that are making Hadoop a powerful solution for medium and larger companies.
Objectives:
In this presentation, you will learn high-level concepts about:
1. What Hadoop is and is not
2. What Hadoop can be used for and why
3. How to get started with Hadoop
4. How to use Hadoop – Getting data in and out, running production workloads
BIO
Dr. Shelley has a PhD in bio-medical engineering, having worked in the UK, Germany and USA, he has led Research and Development, Quality and IT organizations and held positions in various technical and business leadership roles including CIO. As Chief Technology Officer at Sears Holdings, Phil is leading Sears Holdings IT Operations and is focusing on Innovation and the modernization of IT across the company. Phil is active in the migration of workload off mainframes, large-scale private open-source cloud computing, Hadoop for Big-Data BI and infrastructure modernization, helping Sears Holdings be an ever stronger real-time digital enterprise. Phil is co-chair of the cloud computing chapter of the IAOP.
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10:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 - 11:45 a.m. |
“Agile BI” A Panel Discussion with Industry Experts from the Chicago Area. |
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11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Closing Comments & Wrap-Up |
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Bios of Presenters
Dr. Shelley has a PhD in bio-medical engineering, having worked in the UK, Germany and USA, he has led Research and Development, Quality and IT organizations and held positions in various technical and business leadership roles including CIO. As Chief Technology Officer at Sears Holdings, Phil is leading Sears Holdings IT Operations and is focusing on Innovation and the modernization of IT across the company. Phil is active in the migration of workload off mainframes, large-scale private open-source cloud computing, Hadoop for Big-Data BI and infrastructure modernization, helping Sears Holdings be an ever stronger real-time digital enterprise. Phil is co-chair of the cloud computing chapter of the IAOP.
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