Dimensional Modeling

Data Modeling and Data Management
in a SOA Environment Seminar
Tom Haughey
September 15, 2008
Hilton Woodbridge, Woodbridge, NJ

This one day interactive seminar will address the issues data and information management professionals encounter in a SOA environment

Is data modeling different in a SOA environment? How and why is it different?
Does the level of granularity of the data have to be adjusted for SOA?
Are there issues with data that is too highly abstracted?
What is a canonical model and why is one needed?
How important are standards?
Can data itself be considered a "service" under SOA?
How does SOA alter data warehousing?
How can organizations benefit from integrating the data warehouse within SOA?
Can SOA simplify delivery of business intelligence?

These are just some of the topics this seminar will address

Agenda

What is SOA?
SOA and data modeling
- How SOA changes data modeling
- Data as a service
SOA’s effect on different types of models
- The enterprise model, the subject area model, the canonical model, the common data model
Data model refinements due to SOA
- Granularity of data
- SOA and generalizing data in the data model
- Loose coupling and managing state changes
Data standardization
Best Practices for the canonical model
- Canonical models and integration architectures
- Canonical model implementation
- Conceptual ER model to physical XSD
The Tools to use
Schema versioning, governance, and change management
Data integration and SOA
- Integrated data vs. distributed data
- SOA and shared databases
- SOA and database autonomy
- Using SOA for data integration
- Data integration web services
- Implications for the business
SOA and the Data Warehouse
- Using SOA for Business Intelligence
- Extract, transformation and load and SOA
- SOA, scorecards and dashboards
- SOA, metrics and key performance indicators
- Using SOA for operational BI and integrating with business processes
- Integrating BI with business processes, portals and applications
On-demand intelligence

Tom Haughey is currently President of InfoModel, Inc., a training and consulting company specializing in practical and rapid development methods. His courses on data management, data warehousing, and software development have been delivered to Fortune 1000 companies around the world. He has worked on the development of seven different CASE tools, over 40,000 copies of which have been sold to date. He was formerly Chief Technology Officer for the Pepsi Bottling Group and Enterprise Director of Data Warehousing for Pepsico. He wrote his own CASE tool in 1984.He formerly worked for IBM for 17 years as a Senior project manager. He is the author of many articles on Data Management, Information Engineering and Data Warehousing.

Tuition
$545
$495 if registered by August 10, 2008

Additional $50 discount for members of DAMA, MPO, IDMA and ERwin user groups

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To register by phone call (973) 379-7212
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Seminar Location and Hotel Accommodations

Hilton Woodbridge
120 Wood Avenue South
Iselin, New Jersey
Tel: 1-732-494-6200

Amtrak Train/Metropark Station is walking distance from the hotel. Shuttle service is available from the train station to the hotel.

Seminar attendees are eligible for a discounted hotel rate of $159 per night.