IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow 2010 Prioritizing for Renewed Opportunities Konferencja Sofia September 16, 2010 | Kiev September 23, 2010 | Prague October 19, 2010 Almaty October 21, 2010 | Zagreb October 21, 2010 | Belgrade October 26, 2010 Ljubljana October 28, 2010 | Bratislava November 09, 2010 | Budapest November 11, 2010 Moscow November 18, 2010 | Athens November 19, 2010 | Warsaw November 23, 2010 Istanbul December 02, 2010 | Bucharest December 07, 2010 | Nicosia December 10, 2010 Ankara December 15, 2010

Business intelligence (BI) can play an instrumental role in a business's success by enabling and facilitating the business to use its valuable information and data to obtain answers to business questions. The latest trends and innovations enable us to tap into a greater reservoir of sources, including unstructured data, and to deliver actionable information to managers for better and faster business decisions. Most simply put, BI helps an organization become a more competitive market player - one that can quickly grasp opportunities as they emerge.

IDC's ninth BI roadshow addresses key topics in the area of BI, presenting solutions to the most pressing problems and bringing together third-party experts, independent analysts, industry leaders, and end-users from all sectors of the economy to discuss the latest developments and share unique experience and expertise.

Thomas Vavra, Research Director, IDC CEMA Tom Vavra joined IDC CEMA in June 2000 and currently holds the position of Research Director for the CEMA region. Vavra has had numerous articles published in the IT press in the CEMA region covering topics such as business intelligence, outsourcing, and enterprise software. He is regularly quoted in IT trade publications, newspapers, and has been interviewed by various television news programs. He is a sought after speaker at IT events across the region and has delivered presentations on a wide array of IT topics and themes.

Timo Elliott Mr. Elliott has spent 20 years working with organizations around the world on information strategies used in the real world. His popular BI Questions blog at timoelliott.com tracks innovations in analytics and social media, including topics such as augmented corporate realities, collaborative decision-making, and social network analysis. He regularly advises and presents to IT and business audiences at international conferences, discussing future trends in business intelligence and how to make BI projects a success.

The roadshow will cover the following main topics to reflect the latest trends in business analytics, information access, and performance management:

• Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
• Unified Information Access (UIA)
• Enterprise Search
• Rich Information and Internet Applications
• Corporate Performance Management
• Next-Generation Analytics
• Data Warehousing and Advances in Database Technology
• Data Quality Standardization with ISO 8000
• Cloud-Based and Service-Oriented Technologies in BI

This event is best suited for:

• CIOs, COOs
• Business Intelligence Managers
• Business Development Managers
• Application Architects
• Data Warehouse Managers
• IT Directors/Managers
• C-Level Executives
• Financial Executives
• Project Managers
• Technical Specialists

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