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Don't Miss Our "Data Quality" Event
 What problems lurk within your organization's data? Disorganization? Duplication? Inconsistencies? Gaps? Lack of compliance? Data quality affects every aspect of your business, from routine transactions to long-term planning, but it is often overlooked within CRM, data warehousing, business intelligence, and enterprise applications.
Data quality software can turn your raw data elements into quality information by providing:
» Data Profiling to quantify defects and check for
completeness, validity, and compliance.
» Matching and Consolidation of records according
to your specific business rules.
» Data Cleansing & Standardization to parse and refine data.
» Address Correction for the U.S. and over 195 countries.
» Learn More About Data Quality software
» The Golden Data Cleanse — Try Before You Buy
Clean House: Improve Data Quality
& Turn Data Into Insight
On June 3, join Golden Consulting for a free webinar and to learn how BusinessObjects Data Quality can revolutionize your data management. You'll enjoy:
» A live demo of BusinessObjects Data Quality
» Real life "before and after" examples of cleansed data
» Details about how you can "try before you buy."
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It's Here: BusinessObjects XI 3.0
The new BusinessObjects XI 3.0 platform ensures that every person connected within an organization has trusted, immediate access to the business information they need to do their jobs—just as easily as they have access to e-mail or the Internet. It is the first and only BI platform to provide a full spectrum of BI capabilities—ranging from reporting, query and analysis, and dashboards and visualization, to intuitive discovery and advanced predictive analytics capabilities.
Built on top of BusinessObjects Enterprise, BusinessObjects XI 3.0 is the first platform of its kind to combine data integration and data quality in the same single offering.
» Watch the Video (choose Learn More - Faster/Slower)
» What's New in XI 3.0? (pdf)
» Migration Information for Existing Customers
» Product Information
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SQL Server 2008: Compelling Enough to Upgrade?
On April 17, Golden Consultant/Developer Stephen Brouillard attended "Heroes
Happen Here," the Microsoft Product Launch for SQL Server 2008, in Hartford, CT.
Here are his reflections.
With MS SQL Server 2008 expected to release in Q3, the obvious question is "Should I bother to upgrade me BI infrastructure?" While SQL 2008 is not a revolutionary upgrade, here are a few things to consider when you try to decide.
In the past SSIS has always had performance issues doing Lookup Transformations, particularly when operating against large (1 million plus rows) tables; SQL 2008 has improved performance here dramatically. If there has been one major complaint about the SSRS architecture, it's that you needed to load IIS to utilize this feature; no more, the Report Repository and Report Manager have been implemented as Windows Services. Ever wanted to let some power users design reports for you? The most common reason to avoid this was the need to install a Visual Studio instance on the user's PC which generally involved a steep learning curve and intimidated even power users. Microsoft's answer is a stand-alone report designer.
These features are just the tip of the SQL 2008 BI iceberg. For more detailed information visit Microsoft's SQL and BI websites.
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Life at Golden: Planning a "Boot Camp"
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Who makes up Golden Consulting? What
do Golden team members do on a daily basis to keep Golden on the
cutting edge and provide
top-notch service to our clients?
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Instructors Nancy Golden and Moe Gray are Golden's resident mainframe technologies
experts. In addition to teaching standalone mainframe classes, they also
work together to design and deliver "mainframe bootcamps." Based upon a
client's needs, Nancy and Moe prepare the right mix of training materials around
COBOL, MVS/ESA JCL, TSO/ISPF, File-aid, and more, and then deliver comprehensive
programs ranging from several days to several months.
Do you need mainframe training? Check out
Golden's May mainframe classes. Does your organization need
a custom mainframe training package? Contact
Bill Lee at (860) 242-7704 x106 today for information
about your very own "boot camp."
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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View our public class schedule
Mainframe Classes in May:
Space is Limited —
Don't Miss Out!
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Programming Concepts & TSO/ISPF (DEV1210)
May 12-13
Course Outline: PDF, Webpage |
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COBOL Programming Workshop (DEV1110)
May 14-20
Course Outline: PDF, Webpage |
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MVS/ESA JCL (DEV1320)
May 21-23
Course Outline: PDF, Webpage |
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Oracle 10g Architecture
for Developers
May 27-28
Course Outline: PDF, Webpage |
Register here or call Denise at (860) 242-7704 x103.
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Golden has been named a Platinum Level Solution Partner for 2008 by
Business Objects, an SAP company, the global leader in business
intelligence (BI) software and solutions.