Join TDWI in Las Vegas, February 12-17, and learn practical business intelligence and data warehousing knowledge that you can apply immediately. The TDWI World Conference in Las Vegas brings together leading industry visionaries to deliver a unique program of cutting-edge education, best practices, one-on-one consulting, and more. At the conference you will interact with experienced instructors, network with hundreds of peers, and get product information with a minimum of hype and hassle. Learn more about the TDWI World Conference in Las Vegas and sign up for courses today!

Attend IBM's 2012 PULSE conference - focusing on the innovation behind optimizing the world's infrastructure to build a smarter planet.

During the conference, you will learn how IBM helps make the world smarter by looking at the walls, streets and floorboards of the world, optimizing diverse physical objects and their operations.  Through strategic acquisitions, such as MRO's Maximo, ILOG, Micromuse's Netcool, and TRIRIGA, combined with IBM's research and development engine, IBM has created a software portfolio that creates a fabric of intelligence for the world's physical infrastructure. 

The conference will include a keynote session with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak; more than 7,000 IBM executives, business partners and clients participating in breakout and panel sessions; networking opportunities with peers, experts and industry leaders; and world-class entertainment.

This year's conference is loaded with in-depth training and education that will help you extend the value and capability of Informer throughout your organization.

ICON 2012 is an excellent opportunity to receive cost-effective, in-depth Informer education delivered by our development and support teams and customers, and a great way to remain up-to-date with the latest upgrades and functionality.  The agenda will include breakout sessions with members of the Informer product development team, panel discussions on best practices and methodologies, and customer-led use cases demonstrating how Informer is being deployed by customers. Each session will be focused on skill-building with several sessions offering hands-on opportunities using a web-based demo database where you can practice exercises at your own pace. 

SHARE in Atlanta, March 11-16 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, offers the broadest coverage of industry topics, including Big Data, Cloud, Virtualization, z/OS, z/VM, CICS, Network Management and much more!

Featured sessions include:

• The Cloud Computing Cookbook: The Linux Side
• Search? Analytics? Big Data? Which to Use? So Many Choices!
• Mainframe Optimization: Making System z the Center of Enterprise Computing
• CICS TS V4.2 User Experience
• Fit for Purpose Platform Architecture Selection and Design
• Linux for Beginners Hands-on Lab
• Everything a z/OS System Programmer Needs to Know to Exploit a zEnterprise (z196 or z114) Server

Visit the online Session Schedule to view the full list of content available at SHARE in Atlanta, and browse by day or topic area to find sessions relevant to you.

Data Warehousing has taken hold throughout the business world and  is providing great insight into business performance, and timely information to allow decision makers to enhance this performance. There are similarities between designing databases for operational systems and data warehouses, but there are also significant differences. Organizations have skilled technology personnel that have been modeling data and building databases for years in support of the business. How can  the current skills of these technologists be leveraged to produce an effective data warehouse? What are the differences between data modeling for a production environment vs. a data warehousing environment? How should historical data be maintained in the data warehouse? What role do ER models and dimensional models play in data warehouse development? Are snowflake schemas appropriate? What database design options facilitate end user access?

This DMForum tutorial highlights all aspects of Data Warehousing and Data Marts from Architecture, Design, Data Modeling to Warehouse Management Roles and Responsibilities, Data Accessing and  Reporting. Practical approaches and techniques are contained throughout the presentation on the business, technical, and organizational aspects of data warehousing.  The seminar format is very interactive with attendee questions encouraged throughout the day.

Architecting for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing: Integrating the Structured and Unstructured Data World

This DMForum seminar is the definitive tutorial guide that will overview how to integrate both structured and unstructured information that permeates throughout every organization. Using "Real World" Case Studies, Bill will show in a simple straight forward fashion how to tap into the rich sources of data that  need to be managed in order to truly capture your enterprise data assets, from one of the World's Leading Information Management Experts. "In order to architect your organization to optimize your data warehousing and business intelligence capabilities, you need to capture and organize all your enterprise information." 

Bill Inmon will cover all you need to know to make unstructured data work for your organization. You'll learn how to bring it into your existing structured data environment, leverage existing analytical infrastructure, and implement textual analytic processing technologies to solve new problems and uncover new opportunities. Bill Inmon will introduce breakthrough techniques covered  in no other seminar, including the powerful role of textual  integration, new ways to integrate textual data into data warehouses, and new SQL techniques for reading and analyzing  text, whether in emails or spreadsheets, Word documents or Communities of Interest (COI) web data. Bill will also present "real-world case studies that are indispensable" to every organization trying to make sense of a large body of unstructured text. 

Theme: Enterprise Architecture and Data Warehousing - Strategic Directions for your Organization

Hear presentations on user experiences in the field including:

• eBay Overviews their Agile Enterprise Data Warehouse and Global Directory, one of the world's largest,
• NASA Space Flight Center - The Enterprise Architecture and Data Warehousing Story supports Unmanned Missions from Hubble to Earth Observatory, Master Data Management -
• Key to Data Warehousing Success by Peter Aiken, President of DAMA International,
• IBM's Award Winning Data Warehousing and Data Marts Drives Decision-Making with Executive DashBoards,
• and Bill Inmon's Keynote on "Next Generation Strategies for Success" from the "Father of Data Warehousing."

Join Bill Inmon and Scott Hirst as they discuss the two leading approaches to building the data warehouse environment - DW 2.0 "hub and spoke" architecture and the dimensional model/bus architecture. Both have their advantages and disadvantages - places where one fits best. But that's not always the case. What if you want a blended solution?

You'll hear how the two architectures compare and contrast, and how they can be blended yielding a "best of all worlds." You'll learn from the experts about:

• What is DW 2.0? Dimensional modeling/bus architecture?
• Dimensional modeling and building reports quickly
• DW 2.0 and the life cycle of data within the data warehouse
• Dimensional modeling - a case study
• DW 2.0 - building the unstructured data warehouse

Register by Wednesday, March 7, 2012 for early discount pricing at www.inmoncif.com.

During these economically challenging times you can’t afford not to attend this four-day information packed event.

Top reasons to attend the International Infomix Users Group Conference April 22 – 25, 2011:

• Interact directly with IBM executives, Informix developers, and users at the largest gathering of Informix professionals in the world
• Learn more about Informix products and future product enhancements
• Become IBM Informix Certified by taking the IBM Informix Professional Certification exams or almost any other IBM Information Management exam for free (a savings of $150 per test) 
• Attend in-depth Sunday tutorials including, but not limited to, topics on database administration, application development and tools for $175 per one half-day and $275 per full day or two half-day
• Select from three full days of technical sessions to meet the needs of novice through experienced IBM Informix users
• Review IBM Informix products by attending sessions presented by product sponsors, IBM partners, IBM Informix developers, support staff and fellow users
• Increase your knowledge and skills allowing you to add value to your organization
• Hear the latest marketing and strategy directions from IBM executives
• Discuss user enhancement requests with IBM Informix developers
• Meet with IBM Informix corporate sponsors and third-party vendors to find solutions that could  improve your business processes
• The conference price includes all meals from Sunday evening through Wednesday lunch with afternoon snack break

The word is out. There is one event that delivers the full spectrum of Oracle technology and applications education that you need to boost results and drive efficiency all year long. Designed and delivered by users just like you, COLLABORATE 12: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community offers:

• Sessions, interactive panel discussions and hands-on learning opportunities packed with first-hand experiences, case studies and practical “how-to” content
• Breaking product news and insider information from Oracle executive management and developers
• Ample opportunities to build your personal and professional networks, including special interest group (SIG) meetings, geographic networking events and receptions
• Informative and inspiring keynotes
• An exhibitor showcase packed with products and solutions providers who can help you solve your specific challenges
• Unique events such as the Women in Technology Forum- connect with key women who are examples of success in a fast-changing environment

The Premier Conference for Business and IT Leaders

This annual conference on SOA and WebSphere offers unparalleled technical education about SOA and IBM thought leadership for LOBs, CIOs and practical application for users. From IT practitioners to senior business leaders, you'll get more value from the one conference that brings it all together with technical sessions that span the entire WebSphere Portfolio from WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere ESB, WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Business Modeler to CICS.ess and IT leaders.

Online registration is now open for IDUG DB2 Tech Conference, in Denver, Colorado, May 14-18. Click here to register for the conference. And don't forget to book your rooms at the official conference hotel - The Hyatt Regency by clicking here. If you have any questions, please contact IDUG Headquarters.

With more than 100 speakers across 30 sessions, Streaming Media East is still the one online video show that is solely focused on giving you real information you can apply immediately in your business. Forget shows that cram too many speakers on a session or fill the agenda with vendor sales pitches. At Streaming Media East, nearly 75% of our speakers are customers who are buying and deploying these services and products today. Get real-world advice of what is and isn't working from those whose businesses rely on online video products and services.

The Streaming Media East show is the number-one place to come see, learn, and discuss what is taking place with all forms of online video business models and technology. Content owners, viral video creators, online marketers, enterprise corporations, broadcast professionals, ad agencies, educators, and others all come to Streaming Media East to see and hear the latest online video technology but, more importantly, to discuss the business models that are coming of age.

Streaming Media East combines cutting-edge exhibitors and intensive conference sessions, giving you the chance to hear and see the best and the brightest minds in the online video industry—at the podium, in the Exhibit Hall, and among the attendees.

Enterprise Search Summit is a highly intense, in-depth, 2-day conference that covers how to develop, implement and enhance cutting-edge internal search capabilities. If you are an information manager or IT or search professional, Enterprise Search Summit is where you will learn strategies and build the skill sets you need to make your organization’s content not only searchable but "findable" and actionable so that it delivers value to the bottom line.

We've all heard the age old adage, "Work smarter, not harder." The good news is that search tools can help make that lofty goal a reality. Enterprise Search Summit 2012 will focus on Intelligent Search. We will bring together the best and brightest minds in the industry to help attendees learn how to make the most of their content and knowledge assets and empower employees through the effective use of search tools and techniques.

Based on real-world experience, case studies, and expert insights, Enterprise Search Summit delivers the skills and knowledge you need to implement, manage, and enhance search in your organization. Join us for the premiere event in enterprise search!

Join us at the Marriott Marquis in August as we continue to explore the many ways CRM can improve the way you do business.

This year’s CRM Evolution conference is co-located with SpeechTEK 2012, featuring the latest speech technology tools and services and how voice and speech recognition are being used in businesses today.

PASS Summit is the world's largest and most intensive technical training conference for Microsoft SQL Server and BI professionals. But more than that, it's your conference - planned and presented by the SQL Server community for the SQL Server community. Join us and get the top-notch training, technical tips and tricks, and networking and connections you need to take your SQL Server skills to the next level.