Webinar : Beyond ETL - Universal Data Integration

Date : 29-jun-2007
Attendees : 12

In this web seminar replay Dr. Ralph Kimball defines Universal Data Integration (UDI) and its importance as it relates to data integration projects such as data conversion/migration and data warehousing.
Ralph Kimball, founder of the Kimball Group, is known worldwide for his practical and innovative work in dimensional data warehousing as developed in his Data Warehouse Toolkit series of books, the all time best sellers in the field. He teaches dimensional data warehouse design for Kimball University, critiques data warehouse designs.

Train The Trainer - Training

Date : 25-06-2007
Attendees : 6
Trainer : Y.V.Anand
It was a replay of CD recording of a training conducted by Mr. Keshav Kuthiala to a selective group of resources having prior experience as trainers.The focus is on the intricacies of the role of a trainer and its impact on the overall training scenario.
YV Anand who was part of the initial training by Keshav was the trainer in this case.

DI Bootcamp Graduation Ceremony

Date : 26-jun-07

Total No Certified : 11 Resources

It was a great moment of satisfaction for all the 11 resources who received their DI Certificates from Sudha Gopal after their successful completion of the DI Bootcamp Training.Sudha gave a small talk on the role played by these resources so far and what should be their aim as a DW developer going forward. She also stressed on their broader role as BI consultants and how to pursue it.
We wish all of them the very best in all their future endeavours.
There were some inputs given by Abhishek Kumar and Madhanprasad about the Training they received.To put it in their own words:

PHONETICS TRAINING

Date : 22nd June, 2007
No of Attendees: 10
Trainers : Anandh Sridhar and Geitah Chamate

A one hour interactive session where the participants were taught about the importance of words pronunciation and the impact it has in our day to day communication. Also, the methods and techniques that can be applied to this were very aptly dealt with.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Webinar : The Ins and Outs of Datawarehouse Appliances

Date: 18-06-2007
No. of Attendees: 11
Summary : The strengths and weaknesses of datawarehouse appliances and how they are affecting the economics of terabyte-scale datawarehousing were dealt with.

According to Madhan Prasad, This webinar titled “Ins and outs of Data wareHouse Appliance” throwed light on the following things

> Awareness level of people regarding Data warehousing appliances
> what is Data Warehouse appliances , data warehouse bundles
> Pros and Cons of Data warehouse appliances
> sweet spots for data ware house appliance
> Trend of Data warehouse appliances
> Future of data warehouse appliances
> Challenges faced in first generation Data warehousing and how it could be reduced in new generation Data warehousing.

Thank you Madhan.

Web Seminar : The Convergence of SOA and BI

Going forward Systech Academy is planning to host series of web seminars on various technologies. Subsequently, we had the first successful screening on the subject ` The Convergence of SOA and BI` to a selective audience on 07-Jun-2007.
Suggestions and demands from resources on topics covering different technologies will be welcomed.

Learning Tracks

Our strategic approach is to impart indepth domain expertise to the associates, focusing on technology, business and interpersonal skills. We concentrate to provide a platform for every individual to explore and evolve as a successful BI consultant.

The 'learning tracks' has tremendous benefits to offer to the individuals and the organization together providing:

Individual career path: We team up with the individuals in identifying their interests and helping them to succeed in their career goals.

Project delivery: We impart the project team with best practices and methodologies to produce quality deliverables on time with optimum resources.

Skills inventory: We support the Resource Management Group to maintain a balance in skilled resource inventory level.


Systech Academy – Learning Tracks

1.1 Project Support

On demand training is offered to build necessary skills and competencies for the ongoing and upcoming project team.

1.2 Technology

Here, we train the consultants on various tools and technology to develop BI solutions. Based on individuals interest, different levels of certification programs are conducted across BI verticals.

Data Integration: This offers hands-on training in ETL tools such as Informatica, Data Integrator and Data Stage.

Data Analysis: This offers hands-on training in reporting tools like MicroStrategy, Business Objects and Cognos.

Data Design: This discusses the data modeling and database development techniques specific to Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Teradata and Netezza.

Best Practices: This is a cognitive process that can be obtained through thorough knowledge and experience of project execution. We persist associates to understand, learn and incorporate best practices in their project tasks.

1.3 Management

BI projects are multidimensional with high level of interaction between various teams and high visibility to senior management. By focusing on all these requirements we help associates evolve as a strong contender in business environment. For which, the individuals would be exposed to communication and interpersonal training workshops, time and project management programs and team building activities.

1.4 Business Track

We understand that functional knowledge helps our associates to better understand the client requirement and deliver personalized solutions. So we have designed this course with interactive workshops, field experience and case studies.