1. PASS BA Virtual Chapter Presents: “Data Analytics Explained for Business Leaders” January 15, 2015 Email - passbavc@sqlpass.orgpassbavc@sqlpass.org

2. PASS Business Analytics Updates Chapter Leader – Dan English Dan is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, author, on the leadership team for the MN Microsoft BI User Group, and is the Business Intelligence Practice Manager at Superior Consulting Services in MN. Chapter Co-Lead – Paras Doshi Paras is a consultant at SolidQ, Microsoft Community Contributor awardee and Blogger. He is passionate about helping businesses extract valuable insights from data. PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter http://tinyurl.com/linkedinpassbavc https://twitter.com/passbavc Twitter handle @passbavc http://www.youtube.com/user/PASSBAVC YouTube Channel

3. Jan 15 – Business Analytics Explained for Business Leaders Abstract The world is becoming more efficient. Today, seventy percent of the companies that graced the Fortune 1000 list a mere decade ago have vanished. Agility and survival are function of innovation, culture, and the ability to predict the future. To that end, data analytics offers a lifeline, a means of survival that will drive productivity and continue to disrupt and redefine business. However, the resources available to today’s business leaders sit on two vastly different ends of the spectrum. On the one hand, highly technical academic resources and on the other largely fluffy overviews of value propositions and potentials. The state of the industry shouldn’t be surprising. The same dynamics played out in early years of the internet. Software providers, technical leaders, and consulting firms greatly benefit from mystifying the world of data analytics into something that is incomprehensible. That lack of conceptual understanding is incredibly risky and propels the cost of analytics initiatives upwards. This webcast aims to bridge that gap between the technical data scientists and business leaders. Ultimately, this understanding will help to: – Connect the strategic goals of business leaders with the capabilities of technical advisers – Focus investments and initiatives within analytics and technology – Distill immensely complex subject matter into comprehensible examples – Accelerate the path to value and increase the ROI of analytics initiatives Presenter – Alex Jones is a Predictive Analytics Architect in the Oil and Gas industry with a passion for distilling complexity into insights and evangelizing data science. His work has been featured on KDNuggets and he was recognized by DataScienceCentral as a top 180 blogger in 2014.

4. PASS Virtual Chapters Listing http://www.sqlpass.org/PASSChapters/VirtualChapters.aspx Check out sqlpass.org for more information on Virtual Chapters: Application Development Big Data Book Readers Business Analytics Business Intelligence Cloud Data Architecture Database Administration Data Science* DBA Fundamentals Excel BI Healthcare High Availability and Disaster Recovery InMemory *coming soon Oracle SQL Performance Powershell Professional Development Security Virtualization Women in Technology Global Chinese Global French Global Hebrew Global Italian Global Portuguese Global Russian Global Spanish

5. Select Virtual Chapter Meetings VIRTUAL CHAPTERMEETINGTOPIC DBA FundamentalsJan 6 11:00-12:00 (GMT-06:00)Performance Tuning Pit Stop for DBA’s presented by Ayman El-Ghazali Business IntelligenceJan 12 13:00-14:00 (GMT-05:00)Inside xVelocity In-Memory Engine (VertiPaq) presented by Marco Russo High Availability & Disaster Recovery Jan 13 12:00-13:00 (GMT-06:00)What SQL Server DBA’s need to know about Windows Server 10 Technical Review presented by Dave Bermingham Business AnalyticsJan 15 12:00-13:00 (GMT-05:00)Data Analytics Explained for Business Leaders presented by Alex Jones DBA FundamentalsJan 20 11:00-12:00 (GMT-06:00)Statement Execution and the Plan Cache presented by Kimberly Tripp Global HebrewJan 26 17:30-18:30 (GMT+02:00)The Professional Development Networking Toolbox presented by Craig Purnell Business IntelligenceJan 27 20:00-21:00 (GMT+01:00)SSIS internals and performance presented by David Peter Hansen Data ArchitectureJan 28 12:00-14:00 (GMT-06:00)Performance Troubleshooting Using Wait Statistics presented by Paul S. Randal

6. Get the essential business and data analytics skills and technologies to stay ahead of the curve Uncover new information and value to remain competitive 5 tracks designed to follow the analyst’s journey Register at passbaconference.com today!

7. PASS BA Webinar Marathon – February 3 http://www.sqlpass.org/bac/2015/Learn/BAMarathon.aspx Introducing the Reimagined Power BI Platform 03 Feb 2015 14:00 GMT Jen Underwood James Kobielus's Session on Big Data 03 Feb 2015 15:00 GMT James Kobielus What's next for Business Analytics in the 21st Century? 03 Feb 2015 16:00 GMT Hyoun Park, Jen Stirrup, Marc Reguera Hyoun ParkJen StirrupMarc Reguera Visualization Tools for Data Discovery 03 Feb 2015 17:00 GMT Lynn Langit An Overview of Predictive Analytics for Practitioners 03 Feb 2015 18:00 GMT Dean Abbott Productivity Revolution in Excel 03 Feb 2015 19:00 GMT Avi Singh, Purna Duggirala Avi SinghPurna Duggirala

8. March 2 – 4, 2015 Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center Copenhagen, Denmark Meet top international speakers, including “Mr. SQL Server” Shawn Bice Learn the latest about SQL Server database administration & application development Connect with 600 fellow SQL Server professionals & MVPs Save 5% off Registration with code: PASSCHAPTERS5 Register at sqlrallynordic.com

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