Like
the ads say “I LOVE NY”. I’ve visit often and have many friends in NY.
If you’re looking for an excuse to visit the big apple, consider some
of these events that are taking place during Data Week.
When: October 22 - October 26. I’ll be in Las Vegas for the IBM Information on Demand Conference, but some of my colleagues will be in NYC at this event.
Where: Various awesome Manhattan locations.
Price: Most NYC Data Week events are free to attend, and anyone can attend.
What is Data Week: According to their website, NYC Data Week is co-produced by the City of New York's Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT) and O'Reilly Media's Strata + Hadoop World Conference.
It celebrates and explores the people, industries, and organizations using data to fuel innovation in New York City. The Data Innovation in Finance Panel on October 24 and Data Innovation Across the City Panel
on October 25 showcase New York City business and government leaders
using data to implement change, and talking frankly about what it takes
to succeed with data initiatives.
Data Week events include:
- A Startup Showcase with Fred Wilson and Tim O'Reilly.
- Ignite NYC @Strata, a hackathon, numerous meetups, and more.
- IBM Big Data Developer Day • Oct 22 • 8:00am–6:00pm • IBM Client Center, 590 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
- Experience
IBM’s enterprise-class big data platform at IBM's Big Data Developer
Day hosted by the IBM Big Data Development team. The morning will
include interactive discussions and live demonstrations of big data for
social media and log analytics, then get hands on with Hadoop scripting
and text analytics with guidance from development experts. Seating is
limited and you must register to be guaranteed a seat. Register today!
- If you can't make this one, see the list of other Big Data Developer Days.
- DataKind DataSprint • Oct 23 • 9:00am–5:00pm • Sheraton New York, Empire Ballroom, 811 7th Avenue 53rd Street, New York
- All-day
hackathon focused on a critical New York City data project. DataKind is
incredibly excited to announce that we will be setting up shop all day
at the Strata NY Conference on October 23rd with a bunch of great data
problems for you to stop by and work on! We will be serving non-profits
and charities, using data to to solve some of their toughest problems,
so bring your data skills and get ready to make the world a better
place. If you're a socially conscious data hacker who wants to make the
world a better place, RSVP now! Entrance to our DataSprint is completely
free.
- The Future of Security • Oct 24 • 9:00am–3:30pm • Theresa Lang Community and Student Center; The New School; 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor
- The
Future of Security: Ethical Hacking, Big Data and the Crowd conference
will convene a daylong series of discussions to highlight the emerging,
disruptive forces changing the landscape of the global community. Key
panels include the following topic areas: Ethical Hacking / Hacktivism;
Big Data and Networks; and The Crowd and Crowdsourced Science. Organized
by the The Parsons Institute for Information Mapping (PIIM), The Center
for Transformative Media (CTM) of Parsons The New School for Design,
and The Richard Lounsbery Foundation
Be sure to see the agenda as there are many choices that may appeal to you. Wish I was going to be there!
Susan
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If you read my blog, you’ll know that this is my conference planning time. The IBM Information on Demand Conference
is a huge event for us and for those of us working at the conference,
we have a one track job this time of year. Many hours are spent making
sure everything will be perfect for next week.So, now for something completely different! Unconference.What “unconference” means to me right now is what I’ll be doing after IOD is over!What it really means is something completely different: An unconference is where YOU do all the planning... rather than people like me :) Sound fair? OK, not all the planning, but certainly the agenda.I
think it is a great idea because those of us who planned IOD may have
missed something that is very important to you. So, let us know!The
unconference will be held during the IBM Information On Demand
Conference October 25 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las
Vegas, NV. The Technical Unconference is open to conference attendees, students, professors, as well as local IT pros, developers, and architects. And... it’s FREE.You and your fellow attendees will lead and participate in discussions around all facets of the future of data.
We invite you to submit your ideas below for what topics should be on
the Unconference agenda and vote on the best of your peers’ ideas. To kick off the participant discussions, here are some big questions to think about:- How should APIs & Programming languages evolve to better serve developer needs?
- What’s so different about big data? How is big data changing your company?
- Should we control how big data is used? Is privacy by design possible?
- What skills & tools do data scientists need? How will the role evolve?
For more information and to register, see Unconference.I
hope you choose to take advantage of this opportunity to share how you
are shaping the future of data and learn how your peers are doing the
same. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to join – and create – the
conversation.I found a few other blog entries about the Unconference that you may wish to view:Susan
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As you’ve noticed, I’m promoting the upcoming IBM Information on Demand Conference via my blog. Many Europeans are unable to afford the time or money to go all the way to Las Vegas for a conference, so the good news is there is an amazing conference planned for Prague in November. I’m hoping that I can attend in order to set up a bookstore for attendees. IDUG DB2 Tech Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, 13-18 November 2011, at the Clarion Congress Hotel Prague Registration Deals: - Register on or before 17 October 2011 and receive a discount of EUR 275.
- Multiple Delegate Discount: For every three individuals who register from the same organization, a fourth may attend at the discounted rate of EUR 730.
- Mentor Program: If you have attended three previous IDUG DB2 Conferences, you are eligible to bring a first-time colleague to Prague for an 80% discount off the full registration fee.
How you can hone your expert DB2 skills at IDUG EMEA - Members of IDUG get 45% off IBM Press books. New books include Data Integration Blueprint and Modeling: Techniques for a Scalable and Sustainable Architecture, The New Era of Enterprise Business Intelligence: Using Analytics to Achieve a Global Competitive Advantage, and The Art of Enterprise Information Architecture: A Systems-Based Approach for Unlocking Business Insight.
- On 13 November, receive FREE IBM certification training, DB2 migration workshops and sessions for CA customers.
- IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 10 DBA for z/OS certification Preparation Seminar - Susan Lawson
- DB2 UDB V9.7 for LUW Advanced Database Administration certification Preparation Seminar - Guy Przytula
- One-Day Educational Seminars - Friday, 18 November 2011
Registration for paid full conference delegates is EUR 450; the cost for just the one-day seminar is EUR 495. Select from the following session topics:
- DB2 10 for z/OS - In Depth, Phil Grainger, Cogito
- DB2 Intermediate and Advanced SQL, Daniel Luksetich, Yevich Lawson & Assoc Inc.
- I Didn't Know DB2 did THAT!, Bonnie Baker, Bonnie Baker Corporation
- Optimising DB2 for z/OS System Performance Using DB2 Statistics Trace, John Campbell, IBM Corporation
- Rocket Science: DB2 for LUW Performance Analysis and Tuning Workshop, Scott Hayes, DBI
- Some of the top rated speakers:
For the complete agenda and speaker list, see this site: http://www.idug.org/p/cm/ld/fid=102 Register Today! Susan
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Author Robert Laberge is flying in from Ireland to meet people who are interested in having him sign copies of his book at the IBM Information on Demand 2011 Conference. Come to the Conference bookstore Tuesday October 25 from 10:30 – 11:30 am to meet Bob. Soon you’ll be able to add this signing and others to your Smart Site schedule. The book: by Robert Laberge What’s in the Book? In The Data Warehouse Mentor: Practical Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Insights, business intelligence and data warehousing expert Robert Laberge explains the components and different alternatives in building a data warehouse and describes pros and cons for choosing one path over another. Building a data warehouse is unique for each organization but can be guided by the author’s years of knowledge obtained from working on many differing data warehouse and business intelligence environments in organizations around the world. The book covers practical and technical aspects of current data warehouse and business intelligence issues with views on realistic solutions within the management and technical arenas. Data warehousing topics are first presented from a high-level overview to ensure the terminology and context is understood, and are then covered in deeper detail to clarify the specifics. These topics all pertain to data warehousing, business intelligence, and performance management. The Data Warehouse Mentor - Explains the proper implementation of the many available technologies and practices
- Shares the author’s nearly 30 years of data warehouse and business intelligence experience in more than 20 countries worldwide
- Mentors you to success in determining and deploying the most effective data warehouse and business intelligence solutions for your business
- Helps you anticipate future data requirements and usage to ensure the design and build environment for your solution is flexible and open to change
Complete coverage:
Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Overview; Data in the Organization; Reasons for Building; Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Strategy - The Plan; Project Resources – Roles and Insights; Write it Up – Overview; Business Intelligence: Data Marts & Usage; Enterprise Data Models; Data Warehouse Architecture; ETL and Data Quality; Project Planning; Working Scenarios - Hands On; Data Governance; Post Project Review About the Author Robert Laberge is a lead principle consultant for the IBM Industry Models and Assets Lab in Dublin which focuses on data warehousing and business intelligence solutions. He has helped more than 50 large organizations in 20 countries by mentoring, training, and demonstrating data warehouse and business intelligence solutions, including Target, Qwest, ING, Mayo Clinic, Canadian Tire, Shoppers Drug Mart, BMW, Korea Telecom, Scotiabank, Capital One, Reliance Infocomm, and Tata Group. Robert has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Durham (UK) and has nearly 30 years of experience in IT. Proven strategies for implementing the right data warehouse and business intelligence solutions for current and future business needs: order the book now! Other Warehouse events taking place at IOD: The best way to find out the warehouse specific sessions that are available at IOD this year is to review the roadmaps that were put together to guide you. Here is the mega list! Other blog entries about IOD Events: Susan
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I think this is the first Data Warehouse book that we’ve had published in quite some time: by Robert Laberge The book will publish on June 2nd, but you can pre-order now at a low discount price that is being offered at this time by amazon.com. What’s in the Book? In The Data Warehouse Mentor: Practical Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Insights, business intelligence and data warehousing expert Robert Laberge explains the components and different alternatives in building a data warehouse and describes pros and cons for choosing one path over another. Building a data warehouse is unique for each organization but can be guided by the author’s years of knowledge obtained from working on many differing data warehouse and business intelligence environments in organizations around the world. The book covers practical and technical aspects of current data warehouse and business intelligence issues with views on realistic solutions within the management and technical arenas. Data warehousing topics are first presented from a high-level overview to ensure the terminology and context is understood, and are then covered in deeper detail to clarify the specifics. These topics all pertain to data warehousing, business intelligence, and performance management. The Data Warehouse Mentor - Explains the proper implementation of the many available technologies and practices
- Shares the author’s nearly 30 years of data warehouse and business intelligence experience in more than 20 countries worldwide
- Mentors you to success in determining and deploying the most effective data warehouse and business intelligence solutions for your business
- Helps you anticipate future data requirements and usage to ensure the design and build environment for your solution is flexible and open to change
Complete coverage:
Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Overview; Data in the Organization; Reasons for Building; Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Strategy - The Plan; Project Resources – Roles and Insights; Write it Up – Overview; Business Intelligence: Data Marts & Usage; Enterprise Data Models; Data Warehouse Architecture; ETL and Data Quality; Project Planning; Working Scenarios - Hands On; Data Governance; Post Project Review About the AuthorRobert Laberge is a lead principle consultant for the IBM Industry Models and Assets Lab in Dublin which focuses on data warehousing and business intelligence solutions. He has helped more than 50 large organizations in 20 countries by mentoring, training, and demonstrating data warehouse and business intelligence solutions, including Target, Qwest, ING, Mayo Clinic, Canadian Tire, Shoppers Drug Mart, BMW, Korea Telecom, Scotiabank, Capital One, Reliance Infocomm, and Tata Group. Robert has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Durham (UK) and has nearly 30 years of experience in IT. Proven strategies for implementing the right data warehouse and business intelligence solutions for current and future business needs: order the book now! Congratulations Bob! I’m looking forward to reading your book & providing a review of it! Susan
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Just published:
MDM for Customer DataOptimizing Customer Centric Management of Your Business
Author: Kelvin K. A. Looi
ALL THIS FOR $14.95!
Book Description:
Master Data Management (MDM) is a fascinating, up-and-coming IT
solution approach that allows an organization to run a customer-centric
business operation. Since MDM is a relatively new concept in the IT
world, its real capabilities, purposes, and values are easily
misunderstood. If you’re looking for an easy way to understand what MDM
really is and how it came about, then this is the book you’ve been
after. Beyond providing a simple understanding of MDM, it also
describes how an organization can implement an MDM solution in phases
to enable the business operation
to be customer-centric, with each phase showing a positive return on
investment (ROI).
This
book will also clear up the many misconceptions of what MDM is and how
it is different from Client Information File, CRM, and Data Warehouse
solutions. The differences are clearly explained, and the authors
further show how MDM can co-exist with these other solutions with and
optimize their operations by providing them with trusted data.
With MDM for Customer Data, you will:
• Know the different MDM implementation styles and approaches
• Understand the importance of data governance for successful implementation
• Be prepared to implement the first phase of an MDM project
• And much, much more
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Elusive Customer-centric Operation
Chapter 2: The Application Agenda Era
Chapter 3: The Information Agenda Era
Chapter 4: MDM for Customer Data
Chapter 5: How Other Organizations Use MDM for Customer Data: Case Studies
Chapter 6: Data Governance
Chapter 7: Be Careful What ou Ask For: Your IT Might Actually Deliver
Chapter 8: Other Master Data Management Data DomainsCongratulations to Kelvin on this amazing accomplishment! Susan
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Data in Action, the second semi-annual virtual conference August 19 at 8:00 AM PDT / 11:00 AM EDTThis is the premiere data management event for IT managers and executives. What is a virtual conference?I attended a few earlier this year and was extremely impressed! This new technology delivers live audio and/or video with award winning speakers AND allows you to interact with speakers, product experts and other attendees.... all WITHOUT leaving your office! Really... all you need is a computer, speakers or headphones... and a bit of time. Time is the difficult one in this list, but this is a far shorter commitment on your time than attending a conference live. Conference Details:This conference will feature effective data management solutions for smarter business outcomes. Hear from Donald Feinberg, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst from Gartner, about the state of the DBMS software market and data management challenges facing businesses today. The topics that Mr. Feinberg will examine include; the problem of exploding data volumes, new computing paradigms for handling this explosion, data management cost reduction techniques and technologies, and the perspective of the DBA now and in the future. Following Mr. Feinberg will be a moderated panel of customers and partners who are leveraging the unique and desirable features only available in DB2 9.7. This is one event you won't want to miss. Get your questions answered through 2 interactive (webcast) sessions, 8 exhibit booths, and live chat. IBM and it's business partners are helping companies around the globe with industry-leading data management technologies and their world-class expertise. Learn how your company can achieve smarter business outcomes and reduce underlying IT costs. Attendee incentives include a complimentary memory stick for the first 97 attendees, which includes information on the cost savings of DB2 over Oracle. IBM employees are not eligible for this incentive. Also a DB2 9.7 Discovery DVD for everyone who completes the event survey. The DVD includes trial code and tutorials. I look forward to seeing you there. If you do come... please ping me and tell me you read my blog :)Agenda:8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT General Session: Current Trends in the Data Management Market Donald Feinberg, Gartner, VP Distinguished Analyst 9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT General Session: Learn From Your Peers: Moving to DB2 in Days Not Weeks IDUG Moderator with DB2 Early Adopter Customers and Business Partner Panel 10:00 am PDT / 1:00 pm EDT Chat: Where do you find training and information about DB2 9.7? IDUG Moderator Exhibit Zone8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT to 12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT Explore the Booths and Solution Provider Pavilion including: - DBA Efficiency
- Developer Productivity
- Optimized Infrastructure
- Innovation Hub: Featuring DB2 9.7
- zSeries Data Management
- Mid Market Cost Efficiency
- and so much more...
FREE... but you must REGISTER. Susan
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Just published by O'Reilly Media: Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data SolutionsBy Toby Segaran, Jeff HammerbacherJuly 2009 Pages: 382 IBM's Jeff Jonas, Chief Scientist, Entity Analytics; and all-round amazingly fun guy co-wrote chapter 7 with Lisa Sokol, Senior Managing Consultant - Entity Analytic Services. PS... I love the cover... it is beautiful just like the topic! From the publisher: In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be. Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video. With Beautiful Data, you will: * Explore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the vast number of datasets made available by the Web * Learn how to visualize trends in urban crime, using maps and data mashups * Discover the challenges of designing a data processing system that works within the constraints of space travel * Learn how crowdsourcing and transparency have combined to advance the state of drug research * Understand how new data can automatically trigger alerts when it matches or overlaps pre-existing data * Learn about the massive infrastructure required to create, capture, and process DNA data That's only small sample of what you'll find in Beautiful Data. For anyone who handles data, this is a truly fascinating book. Visit Jeff's blog to get your hands on a PDF version of chapter 7 while it is still posted. Congratulations Jeff & Lisa :) Susan
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I ended up getting several comments after my blog entry Do you know an IBM Data Champion published. In that entry I had specifically mentioned the authors in the group, but beyond authors of retail books, I'd like to mention some of the other ways Data Champions have been very active. IBM Redbooks in the DB2 area: Cristian Molaro Suresh Sane  | 1. | Data Integrity with DB2 for z/OS, SG24-7111-00
Redbooks, published 10 July 2006, Rating:  (based on 3 reviews) |
| 2. | DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 : Squeezing the Most Out of Dynamic SQL, SG24-6418-00
Redbooks, published 31 May 2002, Rating: (based on 6 reviews) |
| 3. | DB2 9 for z/OS: Packages Revisited, SG24-7688-00
Redbooks, published 2 March 2009, last updated 2 June 2009, Rating:  (based on 5 reviews) |
| 4. | DB2 for z/OS Stored Procedures: Through the CALL and Beyond, SG24-7083-00
Redbooks, published 29 March 2004, last updated 22 February 2006, Rating: (based on 20 reviews)
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Roger Sanders  | 1. | DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition V8.1: Basic Performance Tuning Guidelines, REDP-4251-00
Redpapers, published 12 June 2007, Rating:  (based on 2 reviews) |
| 2. | Using the IBM System Storage N Series with Databases, SG24-7292-00
Redbooks, published 21 August 2007, last updated 24 August 2007, Rating: (based on 3 reviews) |
| 3. | DB2 UDB Exploitation of NAS Technology, SG24-6538-00
Redbooks, published 31 July 2002, Rating: (based on 1 review) |
Book reviewers for DB2 content:Again I know I'm going to miss several people who were very active in reviewing either IBM Redbooks or Retail books to ensure that they were accurate before they published. I thank you all! I'd like to specifically mention Fred Sobotka who was the key influencer and reviewer on the following book:
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Excerpt - Copyright: "... Lead Editor: Jonathan Gennick Technical Reviewer: Fred Sobotka Editorial Board: Clay Andres, Steve Anglin, Ewan Buckingham, Tony Campbell, ..." Fred Sobotka I've enjoyed writing about these people and have ideas for future entries... ie, those critical for conference successes, those who contributed in areas beyond DB2, and more! Send me ideas if you have them. Thanks again to all current Data Champions and be sure to nominate any people who you think are strong contributors who are not recognized yet. Susan
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IBM Data Champion Program
Recognizing exceptional contributions to the Data Management community
 I've been blessed with many friends and I'm happy to say that many of the IBM Data Champions are friends of mine! I know I'm not unique since likely most of us in the data community know these well-known, friendly, outgoing people! Beyond friendship, one of my primary connections with these people are books. Many, if not all, of these people are authors of retail books, IBM Redbooks, articles, courses, presentations, exams, forums, websites, blogs and more!
What exactly is a Data Champion?Data Champions are objective experts. They have no official obligation to
IBM. They simply share their opinions and years of experience with
others in the field, and their work contributes greatly to the overall
success of Data Management. For 2009,
IBM honors the commitment of 88 individuals with a special designation
— Data Champion — as a way of showing our appreciation for the time and
energy these exceptional community members expend.
Check out our Data Champions!In the photo above, I recognize Scott, Dave, Judy, Sheryl, and Julian. Check out the photos and profiles for each of the Data Champions.... Want to become or nominate a Data Champion?Click here for information on how this works.
Books by Data Champions:I've listed a few of the retail books that were recently published by one or more of our Data Champions. Many others acted as reviewers of these books and others not listed. I thank each and everyone of you for your help in building our retail book projected and want you to know that you are greatly appreciated for everything that you do!
by Roger E. Sanders and Dwaine R Snow (Paperback - Nov 3, 2008)
Judy Nall is also working on a book that is not yet listed on amazon. Susan
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