I have to admit to being impressed with the registration link which was pre-filled with my details. Entering your details evvvvverrrryyy time gets old.
They had quite a comprehensive agenda in the e-mail:
(My emphasis.) I'm guessing that this will be a replacement for Insight!, which just this once and for the last time I'll bless with its official and un-earned exclamation mark. Although I note that they've added one to the name of their dashboard. {Grinds grammatical teeth...}Cognos User Group Meeting & Christmas Drinks
Cognos would like to invite you to join us at the Cognos User Group meeting and Christmas Drinks to be held in Sydney on Tuesday the 9th of December.
Presentation:
A Working Approach to a Strategically Aligned Business Intelligence Solution
Darren Dadley, BI Program Manager, University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology (UTS) has initiated a Strategic BI Program to deliver an integrated performance management capability for UTS to support the monitoring of UTS Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and other management information. Darren Dadley from UTS demonstrates how they are approaching their Strategic solution and the steps taken to try and achieve that goal.
Cognos Update:
Integration Update
Nick Lancuba, Senior Manager Field Strategy & Support, Asia Pacific & Japan
Nick will give an overview of where Cognos fits within the IBM portfolio – including services, business partners & consulting; the existing integration points and synergies; and other software offerings IBM have that are complimentary to your Cognos implementations.
Cognos Education Update
Garry Nelson, Manager, Cognos Education Services
Garry Nelson will give us an update on what's new and what you need to know about Cognos Education.
Customer Success and Support - IBM Integration Update
Peter Dalliston, Senior Manager - Customer Success and Support Asia Pacific
Hear an update on the integration of Cognos Support to IBM Support and also the transition from support.cognos.com to ibm.com/support when it will happen and how Cognos will help you make the transition.
Cognos 8 Version 4 - Think Outside the Square
Mary-Jane Goddard, Solutions Specialist
Take a more in-depth look at Cognos 8.4 features such as:
• Cognos GO! Dashboards V’s Portal Pages
• New ideas for combining Cognos functionality
If they need any help burying Insight's body so that it'll never get up, me and da boys know a good place in Nevada outside Vegas. I'll even supply a car with a sufficiently large boot...