2008.3

During the last decade large volumes of data have been accumulated and stored in databases. The result of which have made many organizations data-rich but knowledge-poor. In this presentation you will see how SQL Server 2005's Data Mining algorithms may help you gain additional business insights by identifying patterns, relationships or dependencies that can only be discovered using the statistical analysis provided by the Data Mining algorithms. Ultimately, these insights may help your business gain a competitive advantage. If you report against, design and build or even maintain a data warehouse, then this presentation may be of value to you.

Joe Toscano currently is a SQL Server BI Specialist with RDA and has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5 and with Sybase prior to that. Joe has presented both locally for the Philadelphia SQL Server User Group and internationally at The Professional Association for SQL Server and thoroughly enjoys consulting, mentoring, instructing and presenting any SQL Server related topics.