Oracle’s solution to an array of query, reporting, analysis, alerting, mobile analytics, data integration and management, and desktop integration are all captured as a set of technology dubbed as Oracle Business Intelligence. This helps support decisions of management in financial performance and other business related operations using a data warehouse.

If you would like to know more or your work is focusing on Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) platform and Oracle BI Applications (formerly Siebel Business Analytics Applications) technology and development, joining a special interest group (SIG).

There are regular meetings for Oracle Special Interest Group (SIG) in different hotels in London area. This coming June 2008 for example there’s a Business Intelligence & Reporting Tools SIG Meeting with the following details.

Business Intelligence & Reporting Tools SIG Meeting
Location: London | Hilton London Paddington Hotel
Date: 10.06.2008
Time: 09:15 – 16:30

Schedule of Activities

09:15
Registration & Coffee
10:00
Welcome & Introduction
BIRT Committee
10:10
Business case session: ”Standardization on OBI EE”
Donald MacDonald, Rosetta Stone
10:40
Hands-on session: ”Advanced features of OBI EE Plus”
Veronica Jerling, Solstone Plus
11:30
Coffee & Networking
11:50
Customer success story: ”NHS Data warehousing: First-class delivery of Secondary Usage Services”
Jason Perkins, BT Plc & William O’Shea, NHS
13:05
Lunch
14:00
Customer success story: ”Oracle 10g OLAP”
James Kirk, E.ON Plc
14:55
Licensing update
Horizon & Jonathan Forshaw, Oracle
15:30
Afternoon Tea
15:50
Exploitation session: ”Competing on Analytics”
Jon Mead, Rittman Mead Consulting
16:30
AOB & Close
Mick Bull, SolStonePlus & BIRT Deputy Chair

Source: UK Oracle User Group

Reservation for the event could be done in advance and if you are traveling from a nearby place you could stay in some central london hotels. The benefit of joining a special interest group is substantial. You’ll get in depth idea on how to go about things and how others are approaching and get first hand notes from experts.