Business Intelligence Tutorial, Data Warehouse guide

At this month's TDWI World Conference in San Diego, agile business intelligence (BI) will be front and center. [Editor's note: "Creating an Agile BI Environment -- Delivering Data at the Speed of Thought" is the conference theme.] Keynote speaker Wayne Eckerson, director of education and research for TDWI, will discuss the benefits of an agile BI environment.

TDWI San Diego also has several agile-oriented courses on deck, including "An Agile Method for Data Warehousing," "Agile Data Warehousing Survival Skills," and "Architecture and Technologies for Agile OLAP."

Jinfonet Software has released JReport 10, adding rich visualization and interactive reporting to a robust, agile BI platform. JReport 10 provides embedded operational reporting to developers and self-service reporting to end users.

Rich visualization promotes better understanding of data by enabling sophisticated, interactive visual presentations. JReport extends the limits of crosstabs, charting, and dashboards with on-screen filters, cascading parameters, and data-sharing auto-refresh components, providing a richer user experience. With increased interactive capabilities, more reusable report components, and the ability to visually slice, dice, and drill down, rich visualization helps you to get more from your data.