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Visual Analytics — A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Spreadsheet
Cells
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 4:00 PM EST
Is a picture truly worth a thousand words (or more)? When it
comes to high volume data analysis, enabling your data users
to visually consume information can save your organization time
and money. How can you provide your data users with an advantage
that enables them to escape “spreadsheet hell”?
This webinar, presented by TAC Expert David Schmidtknecht, will
focus on visual business intelligence tools, some of which are
traditional dashboards, as well as how companies are moving
business analytics to total visual displays. Hot issues to be
addressed include:
- What are the best means of communicating information to data
consumers?
- How is it possible to display thousands of rows of information
in a single screen?
- When is visual analysis most effective, and when is seeing
the numbers still best?
David Schmidtknecht, TAC Expert, has more than 20 years experience
in corporate management, operations and finance. David was the
VP of Civilian Government and Delivery at a boutique BI firm
specializing in the U.S. Federal Government. In this role he
was responsible for all business capture, financial management
and customer delivery. During this time, he lead many customers
through the selection, implementation and O&M support of
Business Intelligence solutions with a focus on internal government
finance. David has held CFO and other senior financial executive
roles for several firms. David recently led a firm through CMMI
Level II Certification. His blend of financial management technology
expertise has given David a deep understanding of how, with
the right solutions and expert implementation, enterprises can
more easily solve technology-based problems. David is a Certified
Public Accountant, and a PMI-certified Project Management Professional.
http://www.tacadvisory.com/teleconf.asp?strEvent=T120131A
Is RIM BlackBerry a Safe Enterprise Technology Investment?
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 1:00 PM EST
The past year has been one of intense challenges for Research
In Motion as it faces increased competition in smartphones and
enterprise services, a difficult transition to its new BlackBerry
10 software platform, the market failure of its PlayBook tablet,
shareholder pressure for management changes, and major outages
of its services.
All this has created fear, uncertainty and doubt in RIM’s
core enterprise customer base, which remains critical to its
survival. Many enterprises are nervous about committing further
investment to a platform which seems to be under threat, while
also seeing new trends such as “bring your own device”
policies and more robust cloud e-mail offerings.
This webinar, presented by TAC Expert Caroline Gabriel, will
provide a balanced assessment of RIM’s challenges and
opportunities, and of the risk of continuing to base your enterprise
mobile messaging strategy on this platform. Hot issues to be
addressed include:
- How safe is continued investment in RIM technology?
- How likely is RIM to be acquired, and if it were to be, what
impact would that have on users’ current technology investments?
- What are the best alternatives to BlackBerry as an enterprise
mobile messaging platform?
- What should you do to meet demand for mobile devices until
alternatives are evaluated and deployed?
Caroline Gabriel, TAC Expert, specializes in technologies and
business models for service providers and vendors, in the broadband
wireless, 3G, fixed/mobile convergence and wireline broadband
markets. Prior to co-founding Rethink Research Associates, Caroline
spent a large part of her career in various senior positions
at VNU Business Publishing Europe. Most recently, she was European
editorial director with responsibility for editorial and research
strategy, organizational structuring and business development.
http://www.tacadvisory.com/teleconf.asp?strEvent=T120221A
Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Options We Can All Agree On
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 4:00 PM EDT
Public cloud is well established, delivering a spectrum of services
to businesses of all sizes. Many enterprises, however, have
taken a cautious approach to the cloud. While most businesses
are using some kind of public SaaS offering, there is a reluctance
to move core applications and services outside the enterprise
data center. Building a private cloud enables enterprises to
enjoy the benefits of cloud infrastructures without the security
and service issues of the public cloud.
Using a case study of a company that has undertaken a project
to build an enterprise cloud for its internal use, TAC Thought
Leader Beth Cohen will explore the available options and issues
when building an internal cloud IT infrastructure. Hot issues
to be addressed include:
- What are the compelling business reasons for building an enterprise
cloud?
- What are the current enterprise-class cloud products, and
how do they compare?
- What gotchas should be considered when implementing an enterprise
cloud environment for your company?
Beth Cohen, TAC Thought Leader, has more than 20 years of experience
building strong IT-delivery organizations from user and vendor
perspectives. Having worked as a technologist for BBN, the company
that literally invented the Internet, she not only understands
where technology is today but where it’s heading in the
future. Her specific expertise includes building scalable, robust
IT architectures, operating systems, desktop support, process
improvement, program management, IT/business alignment, security,
and integration of networks, applications, and systems.
http://www.tacadvisory.com/teleconf.asp?strEvent=T120313A
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