October Program: Cloud Computing

Event Details

Time: October 8, 2009 from 5:15pm to 8:30pm
Location: NC State University Club
Street: 4200 Hillsborough St.
City/Town: Raleigh, NC
Website or Map: http://ncsuclub.com/
Event Type: program
Organized By: AITP RTP
Latest Activity: Apr 15

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Event Description

Cloud Computing

Ric Telford, Vice President, IBM Cloud Services

Ric is responsible for defining and coordinating delivery of IBM’s broad portfolio of Cloud services. His professional business career highlights 25 years of product and service development experience and is noted for bringing innovative approaches to the design and development of key technologies. During his tenure at IBM, Ric has played a number of key roles in various software and service initiatives for IBM, including e-mail and document management, networking, security software, systems management, and IT infrastructure services.

Business Intelligence as SaaS – The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing an Enterprise Scale BI Shared Service

Many organizations recognize the benefits that can be achieved through the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Why not apply this model to your data warehousing and business intelligence strategy? Organizations can save money and improve service levels through efficiencies gained by a shared infrastructure and support staff. These and other benefits are common and compelling for any shared service, however, we believe that the greatest value proposition of a shared data warehouse and business intelligence service lies in its ultimate use as an enterprise data integration platform.

This presentation will provide a practical look at a successful data warehousing and BI shared service. Valuable lessons learned and strategies for success will be discussed, focusing on the following topics: business case, planning and design, service capabilities, assessment of readiness, vendor management, HR considerations, architecture, application software installation and configuration, infrastructure virtualization, third party software integration, security, cost recovery, service level management practices, and the development of a customer-driven service governance framework.

Tim Walters, Lead Consultant, Collaborative Consulting

Tim has over 20 years of experience providing innovative solutions to complex information needs including the development and implementation of financial and performance management applications and decision support systems. Tim is an experienced business and IT leader, consultant, product manager, project manager, accountant, data modeler, as well as programmer and analyst, with a logical thought process. Tim provides technical system design, data modeling, implementation, project management, and support to our customer base and is certified in the ITIL framework and SAS programming.