WI .NET Users Group > Home ( DNN 1.0.9 )

Home

Meetings

SIGs

Jobs

Resources

Sponsors

About Us

March 11, 2010

Member Services

	Account Login

Username:

Password:

Remember Login

	Our Next Meeting

March 9, 2010

BI: From Database to Warehouse to OLAP to Excel with SQL Server 2008 & Excel 2007
with Christopher J. Barwick

Business Intelligence (BI) has become increasingly important in today's marketplace, from the smallest businesses up to the largest firms. Understanding what makes good BI starts with proper foundations.

Those foundations are best understood by asking "What is BI?", working through a few common approaches and finishing by diving into building a real BI solution. We'll use Microsoft technologies to build many of the common BI foundational components including a warehouse, an ETL process, an OLAP database with dimensions and a cube and Excel Pivot Tables.

Another important foundation of a successful BI project is the organization of the project collateral during the development lifecycle. This session will cover the usage of Visual Studio 2008, building up all of the BI collateral into one VS2008 solution.

About Christopher J. Barwick
Christopher J. Barwick (Chris) is the Enterprise Data Analytics Team Lead for Big Hammer, a division of Edgenet. There he manages data for Fortune 500 clients and oversees many multi-terabyte projects in SQL 2005, SQL 2008 and SQL 2008 R2.

Because of these high profile projects and his passion for digging into new technologies, he is often engaged in early adopter programs with Microsoft. From a recent deep dive training at Microsoft on StreamInsight, a new product in SQL Server 2008 R2, to being an early adopter of the very first beta of the .NET Framework, Chris went on to start and run the largest F# Forum site www.hubfs.net. (Microsoft's F# Developer Center on MSDN actually uses his site for their forums!)

Chris also has interests in WCF, F#, C#, XAML Workflows and WPF, especially in the new and upcoming VS2010.

When not digging into new Microsoft Technologies, he spends time teaching Unsupervised Machine Learning algorithms to his Jack Russell Terrier "Elsa".

Date / Time
March 9, 2010, 7PM

Meeting Sponsors
Direct Supply Inc

Event Location
Direct Supply Inc
6663 N Industrial Road
Milwaukee, WI 53223
Map & Directions

Register now!

	Pluralsight On-Demand! Training Offer

I am pleased to announce that Pluralsight has partnered with INETA to provide a $500 discount to all group members on a subscription to their On-Demand! training product.

Also, are you currently unemployed? They are offering a FREE 1-month On-Demand! subscription to help you sharpen your resume!

You can view a list of the available courses here. Visit this link (PDF) for more information about these promotions.

	IMPORTANT NOTE

Hello Everyone -

Direct Supply has been graciously hosting and sponsoring our group for well over a year now, and we are very appreicative. Due to a variety of reasons that have asked that all guests not arrive more than 30 minutes prior to the meeting. If you are coming to the Architecture SIG before hand, this especially applies to you. It is disruptive to have many people there early while people are still working. They have also asked that I announce that they will be closing the gates at 7:30 PM as well so that their security staff can go on about their regular business, so please be there before that or you may not be able to get into the building.

Also, I wanted to remind you that Direct Supply has always been very accomodating to our group. It goes without saying that we should remember to show their staff and property the highest respect. They don't have to host us, but they choose to. Please keep that in mind while you are on their campus.

Thank you.

Scott Isaacs
President, WI .NET Users Group

Search: Go

	Show Your Support

Show your support for the WI .NET Users Group. We are now accepting donations via PayPal.

	TekPub - A Sponsor

High quality technical screencasts created by experts on the latest and most important technologies. Buy access to a single series or subscribe for as little as $19 a month.

	SQL Sets - A Sponsor

SQL Sets 1.5 is a Portable Data Set Document Software for SQL Server. Download a trial and support our supporters.

	Feedback

Email:
Your Name:
Subject:
Message:
	Send Cancel