Untangling Data Mesh, Fabric, and Lakehouse

[3 half days virtual] Data fabric, data mesh, and data lakehouse offer competing technological solutions for digital transformation. Understanding these approaches and their differences is critical to delivering high-value, consistent, and near real-time information across Cloud and on-premises. Barry Devlin explains and positions these approaches and related concepts, covering technologies, organisational issues, and implementation approaches. Starting from your business needs and existing data warehouse or lake, you can discover if you should adopt one of these new approaches.

Business-oriented Data Modelling Masterclass

This highly participative data modelling workshop by Alec Sharp covers Entity-Relationship modelling from a non-technical perspective, provides tips and guidelines for the analyst, and explores contextual, conceptual, and detailed modelling techniques that maximize user involvement. It provides techniques for improving communication between data modelers and subject matter experts. Topics will be covered with a discussion of the issue, a review of guidelines and examples, a workshop exercise, and a group solution and debriefing.

Cursus Sparx Enterprise Architect 16

[Halve dag online] Cursus waarin de belangrijkste functies van Sparx Enterprise Architect 16 worden uitgelegd, incl. data modelling features. In één intensieve ochtendsessie door BPM-specialist Christian Gijsels leert u alle facetten van Enterprise Architect 16 kennen om zo het optimale resultaat uit de tool te behalen.

Tackling Data Quality Problems

[Virtual half day] In our digital age many organisations aspire to become data driven and are investing heavily in new technologies to make it happen. But this investment will not deliver its promised riches unless the data itself on which it depends is fit for purpose and of the required quality in terms of its accuracy, completeness and reliability. This workshop will help you identify data quality problems and their impact in your organisation. Nigel Turner will guide you through a simple five step approach to deliver and sustain improvements. It really can be as simple as A to E.

Datavisualisatie en Human Data Stories

Hoe gaat u van data naar inzicht? En hoe gaat u om met grote hoeveelheden data, de noodzaak van storytelling, data science en de data artist? Lex Pierik behandelt de stromingen in datavisualisatie, dashboards en grafieken en de rol en functie van visualisatie binnen organisaties. U doet hands-on ervaring op in de workshop Human Data Stories dat onderdeel uitmaakt van deze waardevolle dag.

A Data Strategy for Becoming Data Driven

Becoming data driven will not be achieved by acquiring new technologies and tools alone. It requires a holistic transformation of existing business models involving culture change, process redesign and a step change in data management capabilities. A realistic roadmap which spells out what an organisation must do to achieve its data goals and aspirations is essential. This seminar by Nigel Turner will outline the practical steps needed to produce an achievable data strategy and plan, and how to ensure that it becomes a living and agile blueprint for digital change.

Untangling Data Mesh, Fabric, and Lakehouse

[Virtual – 3 half days] Data fabric, data mesh, and data lakehouse offer competing technological solutions for digital transformation. Understanding these approaches and their differences is critical to delivering high-value, consistent, and near real-time information across Cloud and on-premises. Barry Devlin explains and positions these approaches and related concepts, covering technologies, organisational issues, and implementation approaches. Starting from your business needs and existing data warehouse or lake, you can discover if you should adopt one of these new approaches.

Understanding Graph Technologies

[Half day online] In this half-day workshop Thomas Frisendal will showcase what and how graph technologies imply from practical perspectives. He will also demonstrate how graph solutions are different as well as how traditional databases and graphs are complementary to each other. The combination of the two is really powerful, and, fortunately, relatively easy to implement.

Concept Modelling for Business Analysts

[Half day] This workshop by Alec Sharp introduces concept modelling from a non-technical perspective, provides tips and guidelines for the analyst, and explores entity-relationship modelling at conceptual and logical levels using techniques that maximise client engagement and understanding.

Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence Summit 2022

Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence conference in which we cover topics such as Data mesh, Analytics & Data Science, Cloud Data Warehousing, Data Governance, DataOps, Data modelling. Seize the opportunity to discuss and network with thought leaders in DW/BI such as Alec Sharp, Donald Farmer, Barry Devlin, John O’Brien, Rick van der Lans and many others. Access to the conference recordings.