DSS News: Vol. 9, No. 5

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Archiving the Exploding Data Warehouse
March 13 at 2 p.m. ET

Do you really need to archive ALL of your data? How do you identify what data needs to be saved? Attend this web event featuring Claudia Imhoff to find out.
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Data Warehouse Prototyping:
Reducing Risk, Securing Commitment and Improving Project Governance
by Marc Demarest.

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March 9, 2008 – Vol. 9, No. 5
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Decision Support Q & A

What are ethical issues associated with building and using DSS?
by Dan Power
Editor, DSSResources.com

Some people think that building and using a computerized Decision Support System (DSS) is ethically neutral. I strongly disagree. People, both builders and users, are faced with ethical choices when dealing with computerized decision support that we are only beginning to consider and evaluate. Decision Support System project proposals can raise ethical and value issues for builders. Choosing to use or not use a computerized decision support system may itself be an ethical issue. We need to identify plausible critical ethical incidents that may be faced by DSS builders and users.

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Archiving the Exploding Data Warehouse
March 13 at 2 p.m. ET

Do you really need to archive ALL of your data? How do you identify what data needs to be saved? Attend this web event featuring Claudia Imhoff to find out.
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Recent News

3/06	Primavera(R) releases new version of portfolio management solution connecting business strategy to execution.
3/05	Five leading airlines select Clarity Systems software to improve corporate performance management.
3/04	Microsoft Research offers behind-the-scenes look at future of computing.
3/04	Sherwin-Williams chooses MicroStrategy for reporting and analysis across 3,325 retail stores.
3/03	SPSS declares a win for U.S. political campaigns using predictive analytics.

Read them all at DSSResources.com and search the DSS News Archive

Upcoming Decision Support Related Conferences

March 16 - 20, 2008 San Diego, CA - USA	DAMA + Meta-Data Conference
April 13 - 16 Ontario, CA - USA	TechEd 2008
May 23 - 24, 2008 Eau Claire, WI - USA	Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference
July 1 - 4, 2008 Toulouse - France	IFIP TC8/WG8.3 DSS Working Conference

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