Making Sense of Oracle’s Business Intelligence and Analytics Offerings

There is no best way to build BI systems and significant tradeoffs exist. The BI gurus at Vlamis will compare and contrast alternative strategies for integrating different data sources into OBI systems and use scenarios to outline best practices and to evaluate the costs and ROI.

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Forecasting, Prediction Models, and Times Series Analysis with Oracle Business Intelligence and Analytics

Most BI and analytical systems deliver decision making value to their organizations when they are used to look forward into the future, not back into the past. Join us as we break down the dos and don’ts of forecasting, prediction models, and time series analysis.

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Using Maps for BI Analysis at the USDA

Unisys works with some of the largest government organization in the US. Vlamis has been using maps in BI applications since the 11g release of Oracle Busines! s Intelligence. Unisys and Vlamis are using maps as a key portion of the interface for a project for the US Department of Agriculture.

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Forecasting, Prediction Models, and Times Series Analysis with Oracle Business Intelligence and Analytics

Most BI and analytical systems deliver decision making value to their organizations when they are used to look forward into the future, not back into the past. Join us as we break down the dos and don’ts of forecasting, prediction models, and time series analysis.

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Oracle Data Mining Hands On Lab

Oracle Data Mining is part of the Oracle Advanced Analytics Option to the Oracle Database. If you learn by doing, come get your hands on Oracle Data Mining and build your own workflows in a step-by-step exercise led by Oracle University instructor for ODM, Tim Vlamis. You’ll use the SQL Developer 3.1 Data Miner extension to evaluate data and build data mining workflows in an intuitive GUI interface.

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Data Visualization Best Practices in Oracle Business Intelligence 11g

Packed with tips from real-world implementations, this session features two data visualization gurus who will break down the visualization options in Oracle Business Intelligence 11g and detail when and how to use each. You’ll learn the appropriate use of specific graphs and charts, how to effectively design dashboard templates, how to maximize the impact of pivot tables, and how maps can convey more information than other visualization techniques

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Vlamis Process and Maturity Model: BI Project Best Practices

The Vlamis Method is a disciplined methodology and is derived from the Department of Commerce Architecture Capability Maturity Model (CMM). It is adapted to serve three contexts of business intelligence and analytics, Executive, Business Line and Technical.

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