Next Meeting: Netezza capabilities & performances; and a best practice framework

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IBM Corp, Auditorium, 1 Rogers St., Cambridge, MA

Meeting Agenda

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Networking and Refreshments

6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Netezza Customer Implementation Experience

David Whiting,-Director Data Warehousing and Product Owner,- Constant Contact

Stephen Camera-Murray,-Manager Analytic Solutions,-Constant Contact

A customer of NES, Constant Contact, will share with NENUG the story of their successful implementation of Netezza, including why they selected the technology and how it has positively impacted their business. Constant Contact also leverages Infosphere Datastage, IBM Cognos and IBM Big Insights. This customer is integrating these solutions to create a comprehensive analytics/big data platform.

7:00 PM – 7:30 PM Optimizing Netezza Performance

Kris Brown, Vice President and Data Integration Practice Lead, Stream Integration

Kris Brown will be sharing best practices, tips, techniques, and lessons learned from various Netezza client implementations he has worked on. This discussion will include specifics on configuration, tuning, data-loading, and reporting.

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM SQL Maestro for Netezza- First Public Demonstration

Dan Wiley, CEO & Chief Data Warehouse Architect at IQ Associates and NES, and Project Manager/Developer of SQL Maestro

Zealot Gurung, Sr. Developer of SQL Maestro

Designed to leverage the unique strengths and features of the latest Netezza platforms, IQ Associates and NES will premiere their newest data transformation and integration platform, SQLMaestro. SQLMaestro incorporates a best practices framework for data integration and data warehouse operations. It is especially suited for low-cost, ultra-high-performance data transformation & integration. Come see this new product and learn its best practice framework and how you can apply its concepts.

Please RSVP to Kerry Parker at kerry@iq-associates.com.