This is the first Business Warehouse Special Interest Group Meeting for some time, and we feel there are numerous interesting topics in the agenda.   Some of the presentations are as follows:-

• Richard Brown (SAP) will be speaking and presenting on the following topics

        * The BI accelerator
        * Enterprise Data Warehouse modelling
        * Integrated planning
        * New Analytics
        * Formatted reporting
        * Excel enhancements

• Steve Whitby (Whitby Partners) will be giving a presentation on ‘Exploitation Best Practice’ and this will include the following discussion points:-

        * Governance & Organization
        *  Business Needs Definition
        *  Deployment & Sustenance
        *  Communications & Change

•  Achim Rick, the SIG Chair will also be asking you to discuss areas that attendees feel are   Important to them, as well as providing direction for the future of the group.