Enzee Universe Conference

Here are the important details:

WHO: existing & prospective Netezza users, partners, and employees from all around the globe
WHAT: the premier data warehousing and analytics conference of 2010
WHEN: June 21-23, 2010
WHERE: Westin Boston Waterfront - 425 Summer St., Boston MA 02210
WHY: a value-packed agenda, complimentary pre- and post-conference education, priceless networking opportunities, and more

Here are the top 10 ways Enzee Universe will benefit you!

1) Learn about Advanced Analytics at Enzee Universe 2010

Join several sessions where you'll hear about Netezza's new TwinFin i-Class and trends in advancing analytics, including:

• Keynote Presentation from Stephen Baker, author of The Numerati
• Next-Generation Insight with TwinFin i-Class
• Panel Discussion: Predictive Analytics throughout the Enterprise - featuring Boulder BI Brain Trust members Claudia Imhoff, PhD, President & Founder of Intelligent Solutions, Inc., Dr. Richard D. Hackathorn, President, Bolder Technology, Inc. and Shawn Rogers, President, Analytic Response
• TwinFin i-Class Tutorial & Technical Underpinnings
• Leveraging Advanced Analytics for Competitive Differentiation with Usama Fayyad, CEO of Open Insights
• Panel Discussion: The Value of In-Database Analytics on Netezza
• Using Embedded Scoring Analytics with Netezza
• Other guest speakers including: Donald Feinberg, VP & Distinguished Analyst, Gartner, James Kobielus, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc., and Garth Sundem, author of Geek Logik: 50 Foolproof Equations for Everyday Life
  

2) Pre-Conference, Half-Day Best Practices Session

Enzee Universe 2010 attendees can sign up to participate in a pre-conference Best Practices forum led by David Birmingham - author of the Netezza Underground book and Gather 'round the Grill blog, and Senior Principal Consultant at Brightlight Consulting.

During this half-day session from 8:30am to 2:30pm EST on Monday, June 21, 2010, David will share insights and best practices on the topics outlined below and then open each for discussion and QA.

Topics for discussion will include:

• Migrating an Existing Data Warehouse to Netezza
• Super-charged Data Models 
• Holistic Performance Planning 
• Flexible Hierarchies, Dynamic Alignment, Snapshot Fact Views 
• How-to Examples 
• MViews, Views, and Aggregations 
• ELT How-to's 
• Recovery 
• Data Intake and Staging Strategies 
• Schema Switching, Replica Tables 
• Data Management, Horizontal and Vertical Partitioning, High-traffic Denormalization

3) Post-Conference Training

Netezza users and partners that attend Enzee Universe 2010 have the option to take one of three post-conference training courses:

• Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance Usage – for DBAs, system administrators, application developers and data warehouse architects that are new to Netezza

• Advanced Analytics Inside Netezza – a brand new, limited availability course that will show analytic developers and data miners how to write and use compute-intensive analytics within Netezza

• Mantra for Data Compliance – another newly available course to teach Netezza users how to leverage the Mantra product for data compliance

Post-conference training will take place between 12 noon EST Wednesday, June 23 and 5pm EST Friday, June 25, 2010.

Space is limited, so register today to hold your spot.

For more information about Enzee Universe 2010, please click here.