The BI Conference-where business meets intelligence

By siliconindia   |   Friday, 29 July 2011, 01:25 IST
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Bangalore: The BI market in India is predicted to reach revenues of $65.4 million (about Rs 290+ crore) in 2011, an increase of 16 percent over 2010, according to Gartner's annual global CIO survey. The market for BI platforms in India will remain one of the fastest growing. After 8 successful editions in 6 cities across India, SiliconIndia is back with the most topical and exciting Business Intelligence Conference, in Bangalore this Saturday, 30th of July where some of the biggest names in BI assemble together to discuss the challenges, solutions and future of business intelligence, data integration and data warehousing. Organizations vying to learn how to turn their data into information which will help drive their company forward, making the best use of their single biggest asset -- information systems and the knowledge they hold. With all the latest developments around the BI world, one thing is clear, BI is here! The event has an elaborate agenda which focuses on a panorama of topics from Emerging Trends and Technologies in the Business Intelligence Market to Performance - The Biggest Issue in BI Projects to Enhancing Business Process Effectiveness through Analytics. Business Intelligence Conference will offer ten sessions in two tracks, One, a technical track and the other on Customer Business Value which will focus on case studies from enterprises using BI products. We have lined up some of the best speakers and the sessions & networking will be of the highest order. You'll experience a complete technical immersion, shared with a developer community that is passionate about all exciting developments in the business intelligence world. We have an exciting panel discussion on "Business Intelligence: An Insight" which will be chaired by Muthu Ranganathan, Director - EPM, Global Center of Excellence from SAP, Venkata Phani Kumar Veluri, Head-MIS & BI-EDW from IBM Global Technology Services and Sai Belaganti, Solution Architect, Dell Services Following the panel discussion we have lined up exciting sessions for you. Hari Prasad Devarapalli, BI Solution Architect, Tata Consultancy Services will reveal the truth behind single version of truth and how to manage client expectations. Ashok kannan, AVP - IT Head, Ashok Leyland will be speaking on effectively utilizing the innovative packages offered by SAP in BI domain and Vivek Bhatnagar, Country Director & Global Alliances, Ingres Corporation will speak on Performance being the biggest issue in BI projects! Sai Belaganti, Solution Architect, Dell Services will shed light on the potential integration challenges that need to be overcome for Cloud based implementations. You will be introduced to the different kinds of BI and data analytical services that are currently used in the pharmaceutical industry by Prakash SM, Director- Research,Analytics and Insights,Indegene Lifesystems. Gone are the "post facto" days of BI and analytics, when BI merely was the name given to generation of reports at the end of the month. Now analytics is to be used to detect fraud, to choose the level of attention to each claim being processed, or to cross sell better! And Rajgopal Kishore, Vice President - Business Information Management, Capgemini Financial Services knows all about it. So will you, at the end of his session! The other speakers lined up for the event are: * RV Ramanan, Executive Director & President Global Delivery, Hexaware * Bhavish Sood, Research Director, Gartner * Inderjith Davalur, CIO, Global Hospitals * Ashok Kannan, AVP - IT Head, Ashok Leyland John Deere Construction Equipment * George Philip, Practice Head, Wipro Technologies * Chandu Mukkavalli, Director, Deloitte Consulting You wouldn't want to be anywhere else for three reasons One, for the incredible amount of knowledge and tips on offer which you just cannot afford to miss Two, excellent networking opportunity to interact with your peers over lunch and during breaks and making new contacts & Three, For the uber cool 16GB Wifi version of the iPad2 you could walk away with. Yes, Actuate, 'The people behind BIRT' are giving away the iPad2 to a lucky winner at the end of the conference. The event is sponsored by Deloitte, ARC Plan, Nalgan Technologies, Tiara Consulting Services, Actuate, DefTeam, ElegantJ BI, Lancet India, Aritha Consulting Services, Techinfinity Software Solutions and TDWI Chapter. Hurry up before the Registration closes! DATE: July 30th, 2011 TIME: 9.00 AM to 5:30 PM VENUE: NIMHANS Convention Center, Near Diary Circle, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560 029 You can register on https://www.siliconindia.com/events-register/asia-bi-conference-Bangalore-BIConf_Asia_Bangalore.html Or reach out to lakshmi@siliconindia.com or call 080 43112120 See you at the event!