Three major factors in enterprise computing are combining to rewrite how data is stored, accessed and managed: 1) the demand of analytics that now spreads across hundreds, even thousands of users; 2) the pervasiveness of Big Data in all its forms and sizes; and 3) the rise of the commodity data center, aka, Cloud computing. The convergence of these forces calls for a new data foundation, one that can handle the scalability and workload issues that face today's information managers. Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to learn from veteran Analyst Barry Devlin, one of the very first architects of data warehousing, who will explain how today's information architectures require a radically different approach.

The power of Hadoop cannot be denied. But Hadoop is not a data warehouse, nor ever will it likely be. Rather, it's ideal role is to augment traditional data warehousing and business intelligence. As an adjunct, Hadoop provides an amazing mechanism for storing and analyzing Big Data. The key is to manage expectations and move forward carefully. Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to hear veteran Analyst Mark Madsen of Third Nature, who will explain how, where, when and why to leverage the open-source elephant in the enterprise.  

An organization's efficiency hinges on its ability to leverage information assets at all times. In this world of global competition and 24/7 transactions, continuous availability to the database is paramount. Moreover, the ability to scale has become more important than ever. SQL alone is not the answer, but when coupled with the right architecture and a server that never quits, it can produce a highly scalable, highly performant database solution. Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to hear veteran Analyst Robin Bloor who will explain the advantages of using a SQL engine in an information architecture.  

During his 20 year tenure at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC), Darren Taylor held positions in both business and IT, including serving as a business analyst and running the company's successful data warehousing and analytics programs. The culmination of his career happened this year, when Blue KC appointed Darren as the President and COO. Register for this Webcast to hear Darren's secrets about running an award-winning analytics program.