TDWI Chapters: South Florida

The purpose of the South Florida Chapter of The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) is to enable local BI/DW professionals to:

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  • Share best practices in a small group setting
  • Establish a strong network of peers
  • Gain technical advice and career direction

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January 26, 2012: South Florida TDWI Chapter and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) South Florida Chapter invite you to our 2012 Q1 meeting at Citrix

You are cordially invited you to attend our upcoming South Florida TDWI Chapter and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) joint meeting on January 26, 2012 at Citrix. This event includes presentations information obfuscation and Self Service BI

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DIY BI - South Florida TDWI Chapter

Information Obfuscation - Michael Jay Freer

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ATTENTION ALL BI/DW PROFESSIONALS IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA

Dear BI/DW Professionals,

We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming South Florida TDWI Chapter and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) South Florida Chapter joint meeting on January 26, 2012. This will prove to be a don’t-miss event.

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. Space is limited so please register early!



When:

Thursday, January 26th, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Where:

Citrix Systems, Inc.

851 West Cypress Creek Road

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309

PRE-REGISTRATION (ONLINE) IS REQUIRED BY January 26.

Bring photo ID on check-in.

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Agenda:

8:30 - 9:00

Breakfast and Registration

9:00– 9:05

TDWI South Florida Chapter Board Welcome

9:05 - 9:10

IIBA Chapter Board Welcome

9:10 - 09:30

Meet Our Sponsors

9:30 - 10:15

Information-Obfuscation (Masking Corporate Data-Assets)

By Michael Jay Freer, President, TDWI South Florida

With Corporate Data breaches occurring at an every alarming rate, management at all levels are struggling with the length, width, and breathe of protecting their corporate data-assets. There is no shortage of options, firewalls, virus controls, access & authentication controls, separation of duties, multifactor authentication, data masking, remediation of “MS-Access Databases,” data encryption (in-flight and data-at-rest), secured emails, secured folders, disabling jump drives, limiting web access, etc., etc., etc.



For this presentation, the Information-Obfuscation framework includes access management, data masking, encryption of data-at-rest (DAR) and encryption data-in-transit including principles for protecting business communications.



We will explore defining a common data-masking language, defining standard masking business-rules, defining best practices for manipulating the data, and how to get started without attempting to “Boil-the-Ocean.”

10:15 - 10:30

Networking Break

10:30 - 11:30

DIY BI and Analytics: Reaping Rewards and Avoiding Chaos with Self-Service BI

By Claudia Imhoff Ph.D., President and Founder, Intelligent Solutions, Inc.



As the velocity of business increases, business users are less willing to wait for the IT department to create custom reports and analytics. Many users now expect to be able to interact with information and create their own views of data to address pressing business issues. At the same time, BI teams would like to offload report and analytics creation duties to users and focus on more value-added activities. Fortunately, a new crop of self-service BI and analytics tools promises to empower users while liberating the BI team from ad hoc reporting tasks. To work, these tools must be easier to use than previous generations of BI tools, and give the BI team a measure of control over the semantic representation and use of back-end systems and oversight of the creation of standardized reports and dashboards for decision making.

This session will describe business drivers behind self-service BI and analytics. Imhoff will discuss the tools, techniques, and technologies that leading-edge BI teams are deploying to improve users’ ability to create ad hoc reports and analytics. They will offer guidance for setting up governance practices to ensure that self-service BI and analytics deployments reach their objectives and don’t degenerate into chaos.

11:30 - 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 - 12:00

Closing Updates

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Bios of Presenters

Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D. President and Founder at Intelligent Solutions, Inc.

A thought leader, visionary, and practitioner in the rapidly growing fields of business intelligence and customer focused-strategy – Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D. is a popular and dynamic speaker and internationally recognized expert on analytical CRM, business intelligence, and the infrastructure to support these initiatives – the Corporate Information Factory (CIF Dr. Imhoff has co-authored five highly-regarded and popular books on these subjects and writes monthly columns (totaling more than 60) for technical and business magazines. She has served on the Board of Advisors for DAMA International and was chosen by the DAMA organizations to receive the 1999 Individual Achievement Award. She is an advisor and a faculty member for The Data Warehousing Institute and serves as an advisor for several technology and commercial companies. Dr. Imhoff delivers keynote addresses at conferences sponsored by software companies and their user groups, The Data Warehousing Institute, The Economist, COMDEX, and many international organizations. She has appeared repeatedly on World Business Review, Microsoft’s Getting Results programs, and web casts sponsored by DM Review, Better Management, and several technology vendors. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver and is on several technology companies’ advisory councils. Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D., is the President and Founder of Intelligent Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of customer-focused technology and strategy. She may be reached at CImhoff@IntelSols.com.

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