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Open Source DW Meeting in SF This Week

There's going to be an open source session with some presentations, demos and networking at the Silicon Valley TDWI chapter meeting on Thursday, February 28 from 2:00 - 5:30 in San Francisco. This event is open to the public (and it's free!) but you do need to register first.

The announcement and agenda is listed below:

Attention All Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Professionals in the Silicon Valley Area

We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Silicon Valley Chapter meeting on February 28, 2008. Come meet other local BI/DW professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI events. TDWI Chapter meetings are open to all BI/DW professionals and are FREE of charge. In addition, when you attend a TDWI Chapter meeting, you are eligible for a 10% discount towards a new, renewed, or extended TDWI Membership. Don't forget the prizes! At each event our sponsors graciously donate fantastic prizes. Past giveaways include Apple iPods, TVs, DVD Players, and more. Please see the agenda below.

When: Thursday, February 28, 2008, 2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Where:
A.P. Giannini Theater at the Bank of America Building
555 California Street, San Francisco, CA
(Theater is on the ground floor off the California Street Entrance)

Agenda:
2:00 - 2:25 p.m. Mingle with your colleagues over light refreshments
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Welcome, Chapter Intro, TDWI Goals
2:45 - 3:15 p.m. The State of Open Source BI - Mark Madsen
3:25 - 3:45 p.m. Vendor Demo - JasperSoft
3:45 - 4:05 p.m. Vendor Demo - Talend
4:05 - 4:20 p.m. Networking Break
4:20 - 5:15 Panel Discussion on Open Source Software moderated by Mark Madsen. The panel includese professionals from JasperSoft, Pentaho, and Talend as well as other users of Open Source technology.
5:15 - 5:20 p.m. Close

Labels: BI, business intelligence, etl, open source, oss

Posted by Mark Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:28:00 PM | permalink |

Comments:

I am from Edmonton, Alberta and am a Principal at Sierra Systems. I have been working in BI/DW for about 10 years.

I have been angsting of late about the current rate of change in the BI space and how best to serve my clients. I recently built a data mart with 6 dimensions and 2 fact tables in about 40 hours. The interface was a simple Excel pivot table front end but was leap years ahead of what they had been doing.

My point is that the mature BI technology stack (SQL Server 2005)facilitated a quick and effective implementation. My angst is trying to confirm where I go next. I grew up a developer but today's world of mashups, takeovers, standards posturing, and an inability to wrap my head around the user culture has got me wondering what to do next. Your webcast on future BI architectures only validated my angst.

Is open source the way? I am not convinced. I believe open source, the concept, will be pushed down to the lowest common denominator; the user. However, I believe that open source will be built and implemented using tools that are built and implemented by leaders already in the space. Yes, they could be open source but Microsoft, Oracle, SAS, BO, and like are firmly entrenched to take over the technical and mind space of the user.

# posted by  Michael Smith : 10:21 AM

 

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