Thursday, September 24, 2009, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Meeting

Title:

Data Quality & SOA What are the requirements?

Speaker:

Peter Aiken, founder of Data Blueprint and Research Director, Information Systems Research Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University

Presentation for Download

Deriving a Data Model for Service Architectures

Description:

SOA is a current buzzword and it represents a tremendous challenge. As some say "Everything must become SOA." This of course represents a tremendous challenge to organizations. This session explores the SOA implications from a data quality perspective. Service Oriented Architecture is here for the foreseeable future.

Who should attend:

Business Analysts
Data Analysts
Data Architects
Data Administrators
Data Administration Managers
Data Managers
Data Modelers
Database Adminstrators
IT Managers
SOA Architects

You'll learn:

Specific SOA requirements as they pertain to data quality
How to avoid SOA hype perils during project planning
What specific data quality steps can be taken to ensure success

Speaker Biography:

Peter Aiken is the founder of Data Blueprint and is a Research Director, Information Systems Research Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University. His books include "Data Reverse Engineering", "Building Corporate Portals Using XML". He's written articles for DM Review, Communications of the ACM, IBM Systems Journal. Peter is a popular and frequent speaker at Enterprise Data World and DAMA Symposium and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference. When not consulting, he teaches graduate courses at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Cost:

$25 for non-members (cash or check at the meeting); free for members; includes dinner of pasta and salad.

Preregistration is required for everyone

Note: if you become a member or renew an expired membership at or before the meeting, there's no charge for the meeting. Plus the first 10 people to join or renew receive a free copy of "Data Modeling Theory and Practice" by Graeme Simsion, which sells for $58.95!

Preregistration:

Just email your name to damabostonprereg@yahoo.com by 9pm on Sunday, September 20, 2009 so we can finalize our meal count. If you do preregister and discover you won't be able to attend, please let us know in the same fashion. While we can accept people at the door and late preregistrations, without a preregistration by the cutoff time we can't guarantee you a meal.

Location:

Hilton Garden Inn, Adams Room
420 Totten Pond Rd
Waltham, MA 02451

Meeting Format:

4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Networking, Dinner, and Announcements
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Presentation