NuCon 2012: Business Productivity Track

NuCon 2012 is a full day conference dedicated to helping organizations focused on "Getting Ready for Tomorrow."  Held on Feb 16, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, CA, attendees can choose from one of three role-based tracks (Developer, TDM, BDM), each consisting of four informative 1 hour and 15 minute sessions.  
Contact Kim Herman at 630-743-5646 or Kim.Herman@neudesic.com to apply multiple discounts. All discounts must be applied on or before February 15, 2012.  Registrations on the day of… Show more the event are not eligible for any discounts.
CountERPart for Oracle - Enabling Microsoft BI for the Oracle EBS Customer
9:45-11:00 a.m.
Kirk Nason
Director, Business Intelligence Solutions
Existing BI suites are difficult to learn and have long delivery cycles. Once past their high TCO, users become frustrated and resist using a system that doesn’t provide the information they need to perform their jobs. Leveraging CountERPart for Oracle and Microsoft BI enables a holistic view of your enterprise.   Through self-service analysis, people at all levels gain pervasive insight to information that drives business success.
·          Surfacing easy to understand business information through Noetix Views®
·          Combining data from Oracle EBS and other business critical data sources so you can achieve a holistic view of the enterprise
·          Leveraging your investment in Microsoft BI and freeing funds from implementation
·          Providing scorecards and dashboards within Microsoft SharePoint, customized to your specific needs
·          Enabling self-service analytics via Excel/ PowerPivot and SQL Server Report Builder
·          Shielding your delivery investment following Oracle EBS upgrades
 
Microsoft and SAP: Better Together
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Noam Topaz
Director, SharePoint Solutions
In this session, Neudesic will discuss ways to leverage the best of Microsoft and SAP by utilizing Microsoft BI via CountERPart for SAP, SharePoint/ DUET, and BizTalk.
Topics include the following:
·          Exceeding EPM Objectives and Self-Service Analytics
o     Surface easy-to-understand critical information from SAP
o     Deliver reports, scorecards and dashboards within SharePoint
o     Enable self-service analytics with Excel/ PowerPivot and SQL Report Builder
·          Accelerating Business Process Automation
o     Utilize SAP services within SharePoint through pre-built interoperability that enables connectivity, integrated security and authorization
o     Quickly compose solutions in SAP and SharePoint by blending data and processes supported by SAP software with collaboration features from SharePoint
·          Enabling EAI via BizTalk with SAP and Other Systems
o     Simplify repetitive processes through automation with internal systems, users, customers and vendors
o     Expose and compose your SAP investments across your enterprise, partners and the cloud
o     Gain agility in integrating SAP with other heterogeneous operations built on .NET
 
SQL Server 2012: A Look Ahead
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Tom Marek
General Manager, Business Intelligence Practice
Find out how Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released Denali SQL Server will make your business intelligence system even smarter. Tom will quickly go over all the new features of Denali, diving a little deeper into several key areas addressed by Microsoft’s Denali product team, including Crescent, Business Intelligence Semantic Model, MDM and Data Quality Services. You’ll leave with a better understanding of Denali’s new tools and how they can enhance your business productivity.
 
SharePoint Plus - An Innovative Approach
3:00-4:15 p.m.
Jason Masterman & Jacob Wilson
General Manager, Information Worker Practice
Principal Consultant I
An investment in technology unused is no investment at all. Improve SharePoint adoption in your organization by making it more relevant and accessible. Simeon will outline Neudesic’s “SharePoint Plus” approach, which leverages and extends the SharePoint 2010 platform with additional services:
Neudesic Pulse: Discover how Neudesic’s innovative new business social platform empowers people to collaborate and enhances business processes in natural, more intuitive ways.
An Office without Walls: See how smart devices can extend the collaborative process beyond the conference room.
Decisions, Decisions: Self-service business intelligence extends SharePoint by delivering decision-making power to the people who need it most.
First Impressions Count: Neudesic makes the user experience matter by delivering meaningful and easy-to-adopt capabilities that address the needs of today’s workforce.
 
 
 

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