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IOUG Webinars - Available Online and Live in January 2013


Turbo Charge Your BI Implementation- A technical guide to extracting maximum power from your BI solution
Thursday, January 3, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST

Featured Speaker: Zahid Akhtar, Specialist Leader, Information Management at Deloitte

This presentation will cover an approach to performance tuning, key principles for tuning a BI solution, a deep dive into Oracle Database Tuning and OBIEE server tuning. The presentation will discuss two use cases; 1 for a large and 2nd for a small size implementation and how to modify available OS, Database and OBIEE parameters to extract maximum system performance and response.
Register here. 

Building the Integrated Data Warehouse With Oracle Database and Hadoop
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST

Featured Speaker: Gwen Shapira, Senior Consultant at Pythian, Oracle ACE Director Member, Oak Table Network

From tracking customers in online stores to tweets and blog posts, unstructured data is rapidly growing and businesses are looking for ways to analyze it. In this presentation, learn why storing and processing unstructured data is a challenge best answered by specialized systems such as Hadoop.  Become more familiar with Hadoop and the advantages it has to offer.
Register here. 

Second Annual Exadata Virtual Symposium
Thursday, January 24 and Friday, January 25, 2013

Take advantage of two days of free, online sessions filled with insights and information from real Exadata users and experts. Go beyond the basics of Exadata with information on what's new for Exadata in X-3, what it takes to manage Exadata on a daily basis, and how to optimize your systems to get the most out of your investment. Register today and be notified when the session schedule becomes available.
Register here.

Big Data, Integration, and Governance: Ask-the-Experts
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST

On the Panel:
Jeff T. Pollock, Program Director, Product Management, Information Integration
Aarti Borkar, Program Director, Product Management, Lifecycle Management
Brian Vile, Program Director, Product Marketing, Security and Governance

The explosion in volume, variety and velocity of information is creating new opportunities in the era of big data. With better information integration and governance for big data technologies, you can turn your data into trusted information that can be leveraged to find new insight and to answer questions that in the past were beyond reach. Join us as our panel of experts share case studies and their expertise to help you understand which best practices to prioritize and focus on, including data integration, data quality, data lifecycle, data security, MDM and more.
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Testing the Bounds of Data Governance
Presented by: Kimberly Madia, WW Product Marketing Manager, IBM and Thomas Wilson, President and CEO, Unisphere Media

Join this webcast to review the findings of the (2012 IOUG Test, Development and QA Survey) and discuss the best practices and issues that it highlights. Learn effective ways to deliver quality applications and functionality as a result of improved streamlining and processes. 

This webinar is now available online. Visit the link to watch the webinar and enter your information to receive access to the survey.


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