CDW Business Intelligence Seminar

Time	Description
8:00am-9:00am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am-9:15am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Lane Cooper, Contributing Editor, CIO, Computerworld and Network World
9:15am-10:00am	The Future of BI: Why Mobile, Social and Big Data Matter Fredrik Tunvall, Analyst, Software – Information Management, Ovum By now, the stunning complexity and rising volume, velocity and variety of data flooding the enterprise is a familiar challenge for many organizations. Companies must now grapple with overwhelming levels of structured and unstructured data as end users expect to have access to useful data anywhere, anytime and from any device. How are companies devising solutions for the need for immediate, actionable data? Why is the future of BI so important to you and your organization? How can you effectively leverage technologies like Hadoop? Join us as we survey the landscape and how it is unfolding.
10:00am-10:30am	Using Best Practices to Unleash the Power of BI in your Enterprise Nathan Coutinho, Senior Manager - Strategy, CDW There is a plethora of Business Intelligence, Analysis and Big Data solutions on the market today. Once you get past the growing list of options, pricing models and feature/functionality, you will need a solid plan to enable your coworkers to fully utilize the BI platform. Join us for this visionary perspective on how enterprises today can successfully implement BI through best practices, giving users the ability to extract and act upon insights in real-time.
10:30am-11:00am	Networking and Refreshment Break
11:00am-11:30am	How to Enable Powerful and Secure BI and PM Tools for Your Workforce Jim Collins, Performance Management Strategy Executive – Business Analytics, IBM Building a BI and Performance Management (PM) strategy giving users greater access to data and reports in a safe, digestible manner is fraught with challenges and obstacles. Learn how organizations have created a BI and PM strategy that empowers users and gives them access to data on their own terms and in a secure manner.
11:30am- 12:15pm	Emerging Best Practices in BI – A Panel Discussion with Q&A Moderator: Lane Cooper, Contributing Editor, CIO, Computerworld and Network World Jim Collins, Performance Management Strategy Executive – Business Analytics, IBM Nathan Coutinho, Senior Manager, CDW Fredrik Tunvall, Analyst, Software – Information Management, Ovum This interactive session will feature real world examples of how to grapple with the daunting challenge of the volume and velocity of data. Come to hear the key success factors for creating a BI strategy for both structured and unstructured data. Gather actionable tips from our expert panel on how enterprises are building BI processes and technologies that empower users and improve TCO for BI implementations.
12:15pm	Closing Remarks