On-Demand Webinar

Getting Big Value From Big Data….Fast

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The exponential growth of data is putting a strain on traditional business intelligence and analytic solutions. New strategies to manage this information and leverage greater business value are top of mind with both business users and IT management. Supporting the needs of self-service users and connecting to a wider assortment of data adds hurdles to achieving a stronger business intelligence environment but are critical for success.

Attend this webinar and learn:

  • Why Big Data demands a different approach
  • The necessary components to better managing Big Data
  • Criteria to enable successful social/ collaborative business intelligence
  • How to reduce latency so you get immediate business value from large real-time data

Shawn Rogers, VP of Research, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), will review the elements of a successful Big Data strategy such as self-service analytics, in-memory data processing and augmenting corporate data. In addition, he will profile Yahoo!’s approach to large amounts of advertising data in a real-world, interactive example.

About the speaker

Shawn Rogers

VP of Research, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)

Shawn has more than 19 years of hands-on IT experience, with a focus on Internet-enabled technology. In 2004 he co-founded the BeyeNETWORK and held the position of Executive Vice President and Editorial Director. Shawn guided the company's international growth strategy and helped the BeyeNETWORK grow to 18 Web sites around the world, making it the largest and most read community covering the business intelligence, data warehousing, performance management and data integration space. Today he continues his relationship with the Network in the capacity of Technology Advisor and remains a partner in the firm.

Prior to co-founding the BeyeNETWORK, Shawn was Internet Business Development Director at Thomson Media (now SourceMedia), President of Achieve Communications and a partner at DMReview magazine (now Information Management) – where he was Vice President as well as Publisher and Editorial Director of DMReview.com, a leading business intelligence and data warehousing Web site.

Shawn's passions are rooted in the online world, focusing on analytics, social media, business intelligence, enterprise 2.0, SaaS and open source. He applies his nearly two decades of experience to every client engagement.

Shawn studied fine arts and photography at Columbia College, Chicago Illinois.