Administration & Infrastructure 2012

Sessions

Track 6: Data management, quality, and governance

A comprehensive overview of SAP solutions for enterprise information management

Add	Byron Banks, SAP Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:30 am - 9:45 am

Examine SAP capabilities for enterprise information management (EIM) and get tips for exploiting them to add value to your bottom line. Discover the best ways to integrate data from various data sources, including profiling and cleansing tools to improve ...

Best practices for building an effective, actionable, and repeatable data migration strategy

Add	Yosh Eisbart, NIMBL (session is repeated on Friday at 8:30 am) Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Add	Yosh Eisbart, NIMBL (repeat session) Friday, March 2, 2012 8:30 am - 9:45 am

Explore a standardized and proven approach to planning, designing, and implementing a sound data migration strategy. Step through detailed examples to understand how proper data conversion minimizes ...

Customer lessons for managing burgeoning data volumes and minimizing risk with a sound data archiving and retention management strategy

Add	Werner Hopf, Dolphin Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

This session examines the processes and technologies leading SAP customers have leveraged to improve data lifecycle management and achieve faster retrieval of archived data. Explore the success factors and challenges customers have faced when managing high-volume transactional data in SAP ERP, and get tips to...

Expert advice for increasing efficiency and lowering the cost of your data archiving strategy

Add	Jim Malfetti, Brandywine Data Management Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Uncover techniques to overcome common challenges of archiving SAP data, such as identifying dependencies, making documents business-complete, and using archiving objects for SAP systems. Identify where data archiving fits into your overall information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy, which includes ...

Guidelines to improve data lifecycle management with near-line storage technology

Add	Jim Malfetti, Brandywine Data Management (session is repeated on Friday at 10:00 am) Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:15 am - 11:30 am

Add	Jim Malfetti, Brandywine Data Management (repeat session) Friday, March 2, 2012 10:00 am - 11:15 am

Explore the concept of near-line storage and review key features and benefits to understand how it can lead to faster retrieval of archived data and optimized data lifecycle management. Tap into best practices for ...

Hands-on lab: Best practices for SAP HANA operations

Add	Serge Muts, Matt Kangas, and Glen Leslie, SAP Labs (session repeated on Wednesday at 8:30 am) Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Add	Serge Muts, Matt Kangas, and Glen Leslie, SAP Labs (repeat session) Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:30 am - 11:15 am

Get up to speed on SAP HANA operations in this hands-on session! This is your chance to play around in SAP HANA. The session will include ...

Access to this hands-on lab is included in the main conference registration fee.

Seating is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Hands-on lab: Techniques to optimize SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 reporting capabilities with SAP HANA

Add	Patrice Le Bihan, SAP BusinessObjects and Vishal Dhir, SAP (session repeated on Friday at 8:30 am) Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Add	Patrice Le Bihan, SAP BusinessObjects and Vishal Dhir, SAP (repeat session) Friday, March 2, 2012 8:30 am - 11:15 am

In this hands-on session attendees will learn how to exploit the key integration points between SAP HANA and SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 for optimal reporting capabilities. See how to leverage ...

Access to this hands-on lab is included in the main conference registration fee.

Seating is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Improving data quality and reducing database sizes with Gold Client Solutions from Hayes Technology Group

Add	Matthew Hayes, Hayes Technology Group Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00 am - 11:15 am

One of the most frequently cited data challenges is creating and updating non-production systems for development, testing, analysis, and training. This session explores how to overcome this challenge by ...

Lessons for enhancing and cleansing customer data in real time

Add	Don Loden, Decision First Technologies Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm

This session offers best practices for developing a real-time data quality Web service solution using SAP BusinessObjects Data Services to ensure high-quality customer data. Get an overview of the key benefits of a real-time data quality solution, such as cleansing and matching customer data in real-time and avoiding time delays caused by batch processing. Witness the benefits of ...

Managing your data quality initiatives: An essential building block for information governance

Add	Chuck Nardi, BackOffice Associates Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Creating a data quality strategy that can effectively manage complex data-related relationships, roles, and scenarios can be a daunting task, but essential to a successful information governance strategy. This session examines how to leverage the proper tools, a proven methodology, and ...

Step-by-step guidelines for building and deploying an enterprise-wide information governance strategy

Add	Ina Felsheim, SAP Friday, March 2, 2012 11:30 am - 12:45 pm

This session demystifies the concept of information governance and provides a comprehensive overview of the SAP solutions available to help support your overall governance strategy. Discuss key steps for building an enterprise-wide information governance program, such as ...

Tips, tools, and actionable advice to leverage corporate data as a strategic asset for better decision-making

Add	Byron Banks, SAP Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

This session explores techniques and tools to optimize the processing and delivery of voluminous data across a complex technology landscape, including tips to ensure the quality and integrity of the data that feeds your BI solutions. Explore real-world examples for tips to quickly recognize ...

Utilizing SAP Master Data Management solutions to enable consolidated reporting

Add	Klaus David, SAP Labs Friday, March 2, 2012 8:30 am - 9:45 am

This session provides a comprehensive overview of SAP solutions for master data management (MDM) initiatives, including SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management and SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, and offers best practices for leveraging these tools to enable master data consolidation, data integration and cleansing, and data readiness assessments. Learn how ...

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