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Track 1: Reporting, Analysis, and Monitoring

In these introductory sessions, business users and BI managers will learn how to use MicroStrategy 9 to report, analyze, and monitor their business performance. Come and learn how MicroStrategy 9 has significantly improved the overall BI experience with Web, Office, Mobile, E-mail, SAP BW, and Microsoft Analysis Services. Also learn why MicroStrategy has the lowest total cost of ownership in BI, why organizations migrate their BI applications to MicroStrategy, and how MicroStrategy BI applications perform self-maintenance.

• Session 1 – Self-Service BI with MicroStrategy Web
• Session 2 – MicroStrategy 9 BI for SAP BW, Microsoft Analysis Services, and Hyperion Essbase
• Session 3 – Monitoring Business Performance with Alerts and Proactive Report Delivery to E-mail, Printers, and File Servers – MicroStrategy Distribution Services
• Session 4 – Advanced Analytics – Using Data Mining and Predictive Analytics to Improve Business Decisions
• Session 5 – Business Intelligence for the Mobile Workforce – MicroStrategy Mobile
• Session 6 – MicroStrategy Office for Microsoft® Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint
• Session 7 – Why Organizations Upgrade from Business Objects to MicroStrategy
• Session 8 – MicroStrategy Offers the Lowest Total Cost of Ownership in Business Intelligence
• Session 9 – Monitor, Assess, and Support Your MicroStrategy Environments with MicroStrategy Health Center

Track 2: Dashboards, Enterprise Reports, and Advanced Visualizations

Dashboard and report developers learn how to create Pixel Perfect™ enterprise reports, dashboards, and scorecards with MicroStrategy. Through demonstrations and examples, attendees will learn best practices for how to efficiently design and build dynamic dashboards and banded enterprise reports. All sessions will include new MicroStrategy 9 Report Services capabilities.

• Session 1 – Building Interactive Dashboards
• Session 2 – Analyzing Data with Advanced Visualizations: Part 1
• Session 3 – Analyzing Data with Advanced Visualizations: Part 2
• Session 4 – Developing High Performance Dashboards
• Session 5 – Self-Service Dashboard Creation for Business Users
• Session 6 – Building and Deploying High Value DashboardApps
• Session 7 – Designing Visually Appealing Dashboards
• Session 8 – Building Interactive Enterprise Reports – MicroStrategy Report Services: Part 1
• Session 9 – Building Interactive Enterprise Reports – MicroStrategy Report Services: Part 2

Track 3: Advanced BI Application Development

Application developers will learn sophisticated strategies and techniques for designing more advanced BI applications. Learn how to implement new capabilities in MicroStrategy 9, including analytical set math, In-memory BI for high performance, heterogeneous data access, change management, project creation, internationalization, and report distribution.

• Session 1 – Rapid Project Creation with MicroStrategy Architect and Object Manager
• Session 2 – Optimizing In-Memory BI for Stunning Performance – MicroStrategy OLAP Services
• Session 3 – Accessing Heterogeneous Data Sources
• Session 4 – Change Management for Effective BI Deployment – MicroStrategy Object Manager
• Session 5 – Internationalization Part 1 – Delivering a Single MicroStrategy Application in Multiple Languages
• Session 6 – Internationalization Part 2 – How to Develop and Administer a Multi-Lingual Application
• Session 7 – Create Powerful Analytics such as Consolidations and Custom Groups Over the Web – MicroStrategy OLAP Services
• Session 8 – Creating Advanced Information Delivery Services – MicroStrategy Distribution Services
• Session 9 – Supporting Software as a Service (SaaS) Architecture

Track 4: Customizing the User Experience

Customers often need to extend or modify out-of-the-box MicroStrategy functionality to meet the requirements of end users. Through business-focused case studies, developers and systems integrators will learn how to use the MicroStrategy Software Development Kit or SDK to customize the user experience, build advanced visualizations, and extend the out-of-the-box MicroStrategy BI functionality.

• Session 1 – Using the MicroStrategy Web URL API For Customized Report Execution and Integration
• Session 2 – Building Advanced Visualizations with the MicroStrategy SDK Visualization Framework
• Session 3 – Popular Extensions and Customizations to the MicroStrategy BI Platform
• Session 4 – Managing Customizations and Upgrades Using the MicroStrategy Web Customization Editor for Eclipse
• Session 5 – Incorporating Write-back Capabilities Directly From Your BI Applications
• Session 6 – Building Advanced Extensions and Customizations to MicroStrategy Web
• Session 7 – Building Flash Rich Internet Applications Live in under One Hour with Adobe Flex 3/AIR
• Session 8 – Using MicroStrategy′s Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) to Inject BI into Your Enterprise Applications
• Session 9 – Building Composite Applications Using MicroStrategy Software Development Kit

Track 5: Integrating MicroStrategy with Enterprise Applications

Every organization has a number of mission-critical IT systems such as BI, Portals, ERP, and CRM that access operational, relational, and multi-dimensional data sources. Integrating BI with and into these other IT applications provides a comprehensive view into business performance. Learn how to integrate MicroStrategy 9 with other IT systems to ensure a seamless BI user experience.

• Session 1 – Integrating MicroStrategy with Enterprise Portals
• Session 2 – Creating Portal Dashboards Using MicroStrategy Portlets
• Session 3 – Creating Flash Mashups Using the MicroStrategy SDK Visualization Framework
• Session 4 – Developing MicroStrategy Applications on SAP BW
• Session 5 – Develop BI Projects Faster Using MicroStrategy Project Jump-Start
• Session 6 – Advanced Visualizations: Extending and Integrating Visualization Controls to Enhance Workflows
• Session 7 – Developing MicroStrategy Applications on Microsoft Analysis Services
• Session 8 – Developing MicroStrategy Applications on Hyperion Essbase
• Session 9 – Implementing External Security Module and Single Sign-On

Track 6: Monitoring, Managing and Tuning Applications

BI applications are now becoming mission-critical and consequently require outstanding data integrity, high up-time, and fast response times. MicroStrategy administrators will learn how to integrate MicroStrategy into existing IT environments, optimize performance, and automate administration.

• Session 1 – Key Technological Enhancements to MicroStrategy Intelligence Server
• Session 2 – Monitoring Your Applications and Usage – MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager
• Session 3 – Automating Administration to Manage BI Environments – MicroStrategy Command Manager
• Session 4 – Ensuring Data and Report Integrity in Your BI Environment – MicroStrategy Integrity Manager
• Session 5 – Tuning MicroStrategy Intelligence Server for Maximum Performance: Part 1
• Session 6 – Tuning MicroStrategy Intelligence Server for Maximum Performance: Part 2
• Session 7 – Managing Statistics to Improve Enterprise Manager Performance
• Session 8 – Creating and Understanding Advanced Integrity Manager Tests, Features, and Prompt Resolution Strategies
• Session 9 – Combining Java Programming with MicroStrategy Command Manager Scripts to Automate Administrative Tasks

Track 7: Advanced Analytics and Modeling

Advanced and predictive analytics help organizations better understand their data to become more competitive. In this track, learn how to create and use advanced and predictive metrics in MicroStrategy 9. See how to improve schema modeling, create queries without models, and tune and optimize SQL generation for faster performance through VLDB settings. Also, learn how to upgrade your applications to MicroStrategy 9 Release 2 to take advantage of all the latest performance enhancements.

• Session 1 – Creating and Defining Customized Analytical Functions
• Session 2 – Segmentation, Cohort, and Reallocation Analysis
• Session 3 – Market Basket Analysis Over Time
• Session 4 – Optimizing SQL Generation Using VLDB Settings
• Session 5 – Data Mining, Part I: Building Regression and Classification Models Using MicroStrategy
• Session 6 – Data Mining, Part II: Building Clustering, Association, and Time Series Models Using MicroStrategy
• Session 7 – Upgrading to MicroStrategy 9 Release 2 for Maximum Performance Benefits
• Session 8 – Advanced Schema Modeling and Project Optimization
• Session 9 – Designing Reports and Analysis from Unmodeled Data Sources with a Graphical Query Builder and Free Form SQL Reports

Track 8: Customer Best Practices

This track will highlight case studies from successful MicroStrategy customers, sharing lessons learned in deploying business intelligence applications in their organizations. Learn how leading companies use MicroStrategy software to improve operations, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance business performance.

• Session 1 – Barclays: Using MicroStrategy to Enact Real-Time Results
• Session 2 – Lowe′s Companies: Lowe′s Store Reporting through MicroStrategy OLAP Services
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• Session 3 – Con-way Freight: The Advantages of MicroStrategy 9 Deployed on a 64-bit Platform
• Session 4 – Cabela’s: Gaining the Highest ROI by Switching to MicroStrategy
• Session 5 – Rite-Hite Corporation: The Marriage of MicroStrategy and Microsoft Excel at Rite-Hite
• Session 6 – Lowe′s Companies: Accelerating BI Delivery with MicroStrategy′s Global Delivery Center Offerings
• Session 7 – Allstate Investments, LLC: Enabling Investment Trade and Risk Monitoring Using MicroStrategy 9
• Session 8 – eBay: Deploying Flash Documents in a Web Portal
• Session 9 – Idearc Media: A Successful Migration to MicroStrategy 9

Track 9: Customer Best Practices

This track will highlight case studies from successful MicroStrategy customers, sharing lessons learned in deploying business intelligence applications in their organizations. Learn how leading companies use MicroStrategy software to improve operations, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance business performance.

• Session 1 – 24 Hour Fitness: Building a BI Solution Leveraging Analytical Reporting
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• Session 2 – The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Implementing an Institutional Data Plan
• Session 3 – AARP: Deploying and Managing a Modern Enterprise BI Service
• Session 4 – Pacific Sunwear: Creating a Strategic BI Solution with MicroStrategy
• Session 5 – Coca-Cola Customer Business Solutions (CBS): Expanding Insights, Enabling Intelligence, Driving Action
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• Session 6 – Ryder System: Improving Object Migration Management with Ease
• Session 7 – GUESS?, Inc.: Designing Sexy, Successful Dashboards
• Session 8 – Unisource Worldwide Inc.: Sales Performance Management
• Session 9 – Novation: Leveraging MicroStrategy Training Services to Kickstart BI and Drive User Adoption

Track 10: Customer Best Practices

This track will highlight case studies from successful MicroStrategy customers, sharing lessons learned in deploying business intelligence applications in their organizations. Learn how leading companies use MicroStrategy software to improve operations, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance business performance.

• Session 1 – Intel Corporation: Server Consolidation with Intel 64-Bit Architecture and MicroStrategy
• Session 2 – American Express: Adding Value to Business Requirements thru Ad-Hoc Reporting
• Session 3 – Payless ShoeSource: Ensuring Report Accuracy with MicroStrategy Integrity Manager
• Session 4 – Citi Financial Services Canada, Inc.: Leveraging BI Across a Leading Financial Services Provider
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• Session 5 – Travelers Insurance: Agile Continuous Integration for MicroStrategy
• Session 6 – Yahoo!, Inc.: Advanced Visualization using MicroStrategy Web SDK
• Session 7 – AutoTrader.com: Migration to Dynamic Dashboards for Sales Force Enablement
• Session 8 – Intel Corporation: Delivering on Business Intelligence
• Session 9 – Edmunds.com: Driving BI Demand with Highly Intuitive Dashboards

Track 11: Customer Best Practice Deployments With Enterprise Partners

MicroStrategy partners will feature customer case studies for maximizing performance and ROI that directly impact the bottom line.

• Session 1 – Teradata: Real Questions, Real Answers, Real Fast
• Session 2 – Sybase: Change Your Approach to BI and Move from Risk to Reward
• Session 3 – Deloitte: Deloitte Consulting LLP Presentation
• Session 4 – Netezza and Estée Lauder: Making Women Look and Feel Beautiful with Best-of-Breed Business Intelligence
• Session 5 – HP: CONNECT: New Generation BI is Here!
• Session 6 – Greenplum: Fox Interactive Media Increases Online Ad Click-Through Rates with
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• Session 7 – iOLAP: Driving Higher Value from Business Intelligence
• Session 8 – KXEN: KXEN and MicroStrategy Integration: Use Cases and Lessons Learned
• Session 9 – Microsoft: Microsoft PowerPivot – In memory Analytics with Excel and Sharepoint Services
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Track 12: Customer Best Practice Deployments With Enterprise Partners

MicroStrategy partners will feature customer case studies for maximizing performance and ROI that directly impact the bottom line.

• Session 1 – InfoCepts: Delivering on the Promise of MicroStrategy′s Dynamic Dashboards in 18 Days – A Program and Methodology for Success using a Healthcare Case Study
• Session 2 – Invexer and MedAssets: Improving User Experience Through Advanced Customizations, In-memory BI, and the Custom Visualization Framework
• Session 3 – Wherescape: SUBWAY® Purchasing Cooperative IPC uses Prototype-Iterate Approach to Build Dynamic Data Warehouse in Rapid Fashion
• Session 4 – Visual Crossing: Using Visual Crossing to Add Maps to Your MicroStrategy Deployment
• Session 5 – Carpio and DASA: Improving the Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting Process Using the MicroStrategy-based CPM Solution from Carpio
• Session 6 – Lancet and Carmichael Lynch: How to Get Your CMO to Pay Attention
• Session 7 – Informatica: Allstate Taps Informatica and MicroStrategy for Financial Reporting and Investment Analysis
• Session 8 – Talend, Vertica Systems, and GUESS?, Inc: Data Warehousing at Lightning Speed
• Session 9 – Aster Data and ShareThis: BI and DW in the Cloud