Dean Furness

Bridian

Founder

Saint Charles, Iowa

  • So You Wanna Build a Cube...

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    Owning Microsoft SQL Server and using its relational engine is a staple of many organizations. But owning SQL Server means you really own many other pieces of technology. One of those is SQL Server Analysis Services and having the ability to build multi-dimensional cubes to provide new analytics capabilities for your organization. The goal of this session is to provide an introduction to the cube building process and to help the audience take the foundational steps in delivering business intelligence – pushing the attendees to ‘take the leap’ and begin a new way of serving business users with information. Topics will include a comparison of relational and multi-dimensional data storage, data warehouse design, cube building, and related components that Analysis Services provides.

    Level: 200

    Speaker: Dean Furness

    Topics: Database Development

  • Introduction to Data Mining with SQL Server Analysis Services

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    While this topic is listed as an introduction and perhaps doesn’t have a catchy title, the effort to use statistical analysis and algorithms to peer into data does take a ‘deep dive’ approach. Luckily, Analysis Services provides us with some easy-to-use tools, making the use of data mining outcomes easier to approach. In this session, attendees will learn basic data mining methodology, learn the Analysis Services tools, and gain an introduction to the various algorithms used by SQL Server data mining. Additionally, the creation of prediction queries will help developers put to use information that might otherwise be more difficult to come by, or perhaps even avoided.

    Level: 300

    Speaker: Dean Furness

    Topics: Database Development