The AS/400 Data Warehouse Forum

One Day In-Depth Seminar
Monday, June 9, 1997 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by

1. The Value of Data Warehousing to Your Business
   

   Van Symons, Data Warehousing Executive, IBM Corporation

2. The Changing Role of IS in a Data Warehouse Environment
   

   Dave Wenz, Founder and Product Manager, ShowCase Corporation

3. The AS/400 Server: Advantages for Data Warehousing
   

   John Fulton, Program Manager-AS/400 Division, IBM Corporation

4. AS/400 Data Warehouse in the Retail Environment — "Live" Client Story
   

   Joe Crenshaw & David Brenner, VP of MIS & EIS Administrator, The Sports Authority

5. Warehouse on the Web
   

   Richard Daley, President & CEO, AppSource Corporation

6. Using MetaData to Populate Your Data Warehouse
   

   Dave Wenz, Founder and Product Manager, ShowCase Corporation

7. Understanding an OLAP Database Engine
   

   Dyke Hensen, Channels Development Manager, Arbor Softwrae

9:00-10:20 a.m.
Van Symons, Data Warehousing Executive, IBM Corporation

This presentation will enlighten you on how data warehousing can help your business and take you down the path of the phases you and your company will need to take as you implement a data warehouse. If you are interested in turning data into information in order to solve business problems and gain an edge over the competition — this will be a presentation you won't want to miss.

Key Issues Covered:

• Business driven data warehouse development examples
• The need for true analysis to overcome the competition
• Costs, benefits & risks to data warehousing

10:30-11:20 a.m.
Dave Wenz, Founder and Product Manager, ShowCase Corporation

Building a data warehouse may be the most important and visible project IS will ever be involved in. Build it right and it will positively impact business processes and revitalize a company's direction, and IS can be the undisputed hero. This session addresses what your paradigm shift should be, new work habits, roles and the steps necessary to be the hero.

Key Issues Covered:

• Developing a project plan for data warehousing.
• Overcoming the cultural challenges and requirements.
• Measuring the success of your AS/400 warehouse project.

11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
John Fulton, Program Manager-AS/400 Division, IBM Corporation

Can you afford to impact the performance and security of your transaction processing machine to build a data warehouse on it? Probably not. So if you are going to build a data warehouse what are you going to want it to do and why is another AS/400 your best choice? Find out why a RISC AS/400 may be the best solution.

Key Issues Covered:

• Benefits of the AS/400 as a viable platform for data warehousing.
• Leveraging your current investment of the AS/400 for data warehousing.
• Overcoming long term challenges for data warehousing.

1:30-2:20 p.m.
Joe Crenshaw & David Brenner, VP of MIS & EIS Administrator, The Sports Authority

Find out how The Sports Authority, one of the world's largest sporting goods retailers, has identified end user issues including sales category management and merchandising analysis. Find out why this company chose to implement their data warehouse on the IBM AS/400.

Key Issues Covered:

• What are the costs, benefits & risks of implementing a data warehouse.
• Managing expectations and change
• The lessons learned: success factors and challenges.

2:30-3:20 p.m.
Richard Daley, President & CEO, AppSource Corporation

This session will cover the impact of the world wide web in a data warehouse environment. Topics discussed will include user expectations, technical implementations and demonstration of current web interfaces. Learn how to take advantage of the web as you improve your business practices with data warehousing.

Key Issues Covered:

• The selection of tools and examples of interfaces.
• Benefits and risks of data warehousing on the Internet
• The increased value of the data warehouse.

3:30-4:20 p.m.
Dave Wenz, Founder and Product Manager, ShowCase Corporation

Data Warehouses contain more than just data. They also contain many types of MetaData that describe data content and structure. This session explains how you can use MetaData to manage and simplify data, set access rules, specify when data is updated, and greatly improve performance.

Key Issue Covered:

• An understanding of what MetaData is and how to take advantage of its benefits.

4:30-5:20 p.m.
Dyke Hensen, Channels Development Manager, Arbor Software

Find out how OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) fits into a data warehousing strategy and learn how to leverage OLAP on the AS/400 server.

Key Issues Covered:

• Educational understanding of OLAP technology.
• The benefits of OLAP on the AS/400.
• How to address future business needs with OLAP.