UKOUG Business Intelligence & Reporting Tools SIG

Today was the day for the UKOUG Business Intelligence & Reporting Tools SIG meeting, held up at the Institute of Physics, London. Most of you probably know that I chair the SIG which involves doing the welcome bit at the start, introducing (along with Andy and Jagdev) the various speakers and getting feedback from the attendees on what to include in future events. This time around we had Jonathan Lewis and Carl Dudley in the audience, together with Peter Scott and Jeff Moss. Here's a few photos from the day.

First up is Jeff Moss, with "Five Tips for Tuning Your Data Warehouse"...

Kevin Lancaster, with two presentations, one on SQL access for Analytic Workspaces, and another on extending the calculation abilities of Analytic Workspaces...

And who is this dashing gentleman in the lilac suit...?

Finally, Jagdev and Andy, the two SIG Deputies.

More over at Flickr. I was pretty pleased with how the day went actually; beforehand I was worried that I'd made it too "techy", too many data warehousing presentations (as opposed to reporting tools, business-type ones) but the feedback we'd got recently was that there wasn't enough technical content, so we gave it a go. In the end we had a fairly packed room which stayed that way almost right through to the end, and the presentations were all excellent and delivered in an interesting and engaging way. Well done to everyone.

Check back here and on the UKOUG website for news on the Reporting Tools event that we're planning for May. It'll be like a "super-SIG" event, with two streams (business and technical), a focus on reporting tools, third-party vendors and a venue that'll probably be at a hotel in central London. Until then, I'm off for a few days to Nice, so best not to expect any updates for a few days (I've been told not to take the laptop, but little does she know that I can still get 'net access on my phone...)