SIG Meeting January

State of the Union - Data Warehousing

On Tuesday, January 19th, Fred Neufeld of SUN Microsystems, will be presenting to the Data Warehouse SIG of IRMAC The presentation is entitled: "State of the Union --- Data Warehousing". Topics to be covered include:

Current Data Warehouse Terminology
Industry Trends · Mergers and Acquisitions
Web Issues
Web Enabled Data Warehouse
Sizing a Data Warehouse for Growth

The session will be followed by a question and answer period.

PROFILE:

Fred's position at Sun Microsystems is to promote data warehousing and support Sun's customers from a technical perspective. Fred is a systems engineer who focuses on the data warehouse arena. Part of his job is to stay current with the latest trends and direction in data warehousing, this includes both software (tools) and hardware development. Since building a data warehouse is a processes and not simply a hardware or software solution, Fred also spends time meeting and working with partners to ensure that Sun Microsystems can provide a total data warehouse solution to their customers. Before joining Sun Microsystems, Fred worked for a data warehouse integrator building data warehouses. Fred worked on a number of data warehouse projects with customers. His major focus was on the data warehouse "discovery phase" of the project. Helping the customer identify and develop the project charter (eg. identify the business drivers, information needs, etc.) and rolling out their first iteration.

About Sun Microsystems:

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer™", has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $10 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.

TIME AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING:

Date: Tuesday, January 19th, 1999.

Location: Beeton West Room (main floor north end of building) Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street at Asquith Ave. (one block north of Bloor)

5:45 pm: Registration
7:45 pm. Expected Finish

No need to pre-register - just show up! Cost: IRMAC members $5: Non-members $15.

Questions? Contact SIG Co-Chairs:
Patrick Sue at (416) 449-0738, or
Betty-Dawn Wood at (416) 947-4591, or
Diane Vint Johnson at