Please join Aberdeen for a live recap of the key takeaways and learnings from the Aberdeen 2011 Business Analytics Summit, which took place in Boston, November 16, 2011. Your hosts Michael Lock and David White, Senior Research Analysts of Aberdeen's Business Intelligence Practice, will share the primary themes of the event, key recommendations from all of the presentations, and data points collected from Summit attendees.


About our Presenters:


Michael Lock, Sr. Research Analyst - Business Intelligence, Aberdeen Group
Within Aberdeen’s business intelligence (BI) research practice, Michael has written on a broad range of topics including unified communications, enterprise mobility, IT service management, server virtualization, green storage, BI in the healthcare environment, and wireless expense management. Michael’s current research focuses on how organizations are aligning resources both internally and externally to better manage the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a BI strategy. The research examines how Best-in-Class companies are able to optimize their financial resources, human capital, and time utilization in order to reduce the TCO of BI and bring analytical capability to more decision makers in the organization.



David White, Sr. Research Analyst - Business Intelligence, Aberdeen Group
David White has 20 years experience in the software industry, including roles in development, systems engineering, consulting, product management, product marketing and industry marketing. His career includes roles at Kewill Systems, Data General, Oracle Corporation, Dimensional Insight, Cognos and Progress Software. At Aberdeen Group, David is a Senior Research Analyst in the Business Intelligence practice with a major focus on understanding the business value derived from the use of Business Intelligence (BI), and how organizations use BI to drive strategic and operational change.