| 1:00 - 1:30 |
DAMA National Capital Region Annual Business Meeting
DAMA-NCR will be having a general membership meeting. Business will include
- Elections for open board positions
- Information from the EDW conference
- Raffe for copies of Business Rule Concepts by Ron Ross and Data Modeling Essentials by Graeme Simsion as well as Numerati by Stephen Baker.
All individuals interested in contributing their time to DAMA-NCR are welcome contact Loretta Mahon Smith, Loretta@dama-ncr.org for further information. |
| 1:30 - 2:45 |
Trends in Data Integration - Dave Nahmias
Data performance problems occur within even the most carefully planned and well executed
data integration environments. Large and growing data sets combined with shortened operational timeframes often
create unacceptable bottlenecks and latencies in processing and accessing data. The business ramifications of
these data bottlenecks can be severe, resulting in lost revenue opportunities, increased costs, impaired
decision making, and customer attrition.
A lack of understanding of the characteristics of data performance problems and of the advantages and disadvantages of
various solutions can lead to approaches that are neither cost-effective nor scalable. Some of the most common approaches
companies take to address data performance problems include:
- More software licenses
- More hardware resources
- Custom coded solutions
All three of the above are suboptimal. For organizations experiencing these data performance problems, it is
crucial to minimize or eliminate them before they impact the business. Ideally, the solutions will be implemented
in such a way that they are cost-effective, do not require significant investments in additional software and
hardware, and are not disruptive to the company’s existing, core data integration environment. We’ll discuss
an alternative path and specific cases where organizations dramatically improve performance and reduce their
overall cost structure. |
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:00 - 4:15 |
SyncSort Product Demonstration
Syncsort is a global software company that speeds data processing, data integration, and data protection & recovery.
They will walk through their sort, integration and protection products. |
| 4:15 - 4:30 |
Wrap-up |
