Software Council of Southern California

Technology SIG

Business Intelligence in the Real World

February 27, 2003

The term Business Intelligence (BI) gets used a lot these days. But what are people really doing today and what should you be doing? Are they creating the 500 Terabyte Data Warehouse that delivers a stack of reports to the Finance Manager each day, or is it that graph on a web page that lets the CEO know how close they are to his revenue estimates as of that second? And because most data needs to be thought of relative to BI, what are the things that I should be doing as a software decision maker to ensure that I'm planning for BI?

We are privileged to have two industry experts from Oracle and Conexant come share real world experience. They've recently completed a book called "Internet Enabled Business Intelligence" and have scars to prove they've been through it all. Their discussion will focus on what Business Intelligence really means, what companies are doing today, and what you should be doing to plan for it in your enterprise software architecture.

Presenters:

William (Bill) Giovinazzo, Director of Business Intelligence, Oracle

Bill is a well-known expert in data warehousing and Business Intelligence. In his twenty-five years of experience in the computer industry he has participated in the design, development, implementation, marketing, and sales of data warehouses and BI systems. In his current role as a Director of Business Intelligence with Oracle Corporation, William has traveled around the world lecturing on BI and computer technology. He is also the author of three books, two of which specifically deal with BI, "Object Oriented Data Warehouse Design," and "Internet Enabled Business Intelligence," and is working on a fourth "Analytical CRM."

Eric Hanson, Manager of Architecture and Technology, Conexant Systems

At Conexant, Eric leads a team responsible for the design and development of the principal components of the Enterprise Software Architecture - enterprise application integration (EAI), B2B integration, application security, directory management, custom application design and Data Warehousing. Prior to Conexant, Eric served as the lead designer for Ontek Corporation, a developer of next generation Process Management tools for the manufacturing industry. He has degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration from the University of California, Irvine, and recently collaborated on the book "Internet Enabled Business Intelligence."

Moderated by Tony Karrer, CEO/CTO, TechEmpower