Pentaho Shows Off "Cool Business Intelligence" at TDWI World Conference
The Data Warehousing Institute World Conference, New Orleans, LA – Nov. 3, 2008 – Pentaho, the commercial open source alternative for business intelligence (BI), will join other business intelligence industry leaders to discuss the latest industry innovations that allow BI to reach more users. Lance Walter, vice president of marketing for Pentaho, will represent open source business intelligence during the TDWI session entitled, “Cool BI: The Latest Innovations,” led by Cindi Howson, founder of BIScorecard, at this year’s TDWI World Conference in New Orleans on Nov. 4 from 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. In addition to the Cool BI panel, Pentaho and BeyeNetwork will co-host two webcasts from the TDWI World Conference show floor. The first, at noon on Nov. 4, will be an interview with Jared Cornelius, product marketing manager at Pentaho. This Q&A session will cover how the latest release of the Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition delivers on the commercial open source promise of a fully supported, enterprise-class solution at a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. The second podcast, at 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, will be an interview with Richard Daley, founder and CEO of Pentaho. Daley will discuss what’s new and exciting at Pentaho, the company’s view of the future of BI, the role that commercial open source BI can play during the economic downturn, and insights gleaned from the current TDWI World Conference show. In related news this week, Pentaho announced expanded relationships with partners, bringing more choices to joint customers: Infobright released a new optimized connector for Pentaho Data Integration, and Pentaho has achieved certification of the Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition with the Netezza Performance Server data warehouse appliance. · Infobright Releases New Connector for Pentaho Data Integration: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Infobright-915997.ht...
· Pentaho Partners With Netezza to Deliver Complete Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Solutions: http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20081103/AQM0...
The Latest Innovations” Panel: BI tools often are perceived as being tools for power users and analysts. BI has changed significantly in recent years, bringing the vision of "BI for everyone" closer to reality. This course will review some of the latest industry innovations that will allow BI to reach more users, based on the right tool for the right person. Topics covered include BI Search, Office integration, rich reportlets (flash, ajax), mobile, advanced visualization, dashboards, in-memory analytics, mash-ups, SaaS, and open source BI tools. Mini demos will be incorporated to illustrate concepts and capabilities. Representatives from Business Objects, eThority and Information Builders will all participate in the panel.
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Jared Cornelius Podcast Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
12:00 p.m. Richard Daley Podcast Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
2:40 p.m.
Where: TDWI World Conference New Orleans Marriott 555 Canal Street New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov. 2-7, 2008
Both Podcasts will be available within 48 hours of their recording here: http://www.b-eye-network.com/podcast/archive/index.php?show_... and will be available via subscription on iTunes here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcas... Contact: Samantha Hallock, Eastwick Communications, (650) 480-4071, samantha@eastwick.com About Pentaho Corporation Pentaho Corporation is the commercial open source alternative for Business Intelligence (BI). Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition provides comprehensive reporting, OLAP analysis, dashboards, data integration, data mining and a BI platform that have made it the world's leading and most widely deployed open source BI suite. Pentaho's commercial open source business model eliminates software license fees, providing support, services, and product enhancements via an annual subscription. In the years since Pentaho's inception as the pioneer in commercial open source BI, Pentaho's products have been downloaded more than three million times, with production deployments at companies ranging from small organizations to The Global 2000. For more information, visit http://www.pentaho.com. |
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