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In business for more than 100 years, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a worldwide organization with corporate headquarters located in Armonk, New York.IBM’s global capabilities as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company include services, software, systems, fundamental research and related financing. Within IBM’s Solutions Software we market many of the company’s strategic areas including analytics.
As Data is the fuel for smarter business, IBM is helping clients transform their value by using data for competitive advantage, enabling them to embrace and operationalize a data-driven culture built on a discipline of data science and supported by unmatched IBM capabilities, including leading data and analytics solutions, expertise and partnership based on decades of experience. IBM’s Data portfolio for smarter business relies on three cores capabilities: Hybrid Data management, to make data simple and accessible, Unified governance & integration, to help build a trusted analytics foundation and Data Science and Business Analytics to scale insights On Demand.

Due to exponentially growing data, organizations today are facing slowdowns, with analytics taking hours or even days. Time-consuming preparation is needed for each change in perspective, and some complex analytics simply cannot be done.

SQream has redefined big data analytics with SQream DB, a complementary SQL data warehouse harnessing the power of GPU to enable fast, flexible, and cost-efficient analysis of massive datasets of terabytes to petabytes. SQream’s powerful technology breezes through trillions of rows of data, getting you results up to 100x faster. SQream DB integrates seamlessly into enterprises’ MPP ecosystems – whether on-premise or on the cloud – drastically reducing query times and enabling previously unobtainable business intelligence.

With SQream DB, raw data is analyzed directly, enabling data scientists and BI analysts to ask more questions about more data from a variety of perspectives without the need for arduous preparation. Leading organizations in telecom, retail, healthcare, finance and additional industries around the world use SQream DB to accelerate business intelligence and gain access to a world of never-before-seen insights.

Bert Oosterhof is Independent Advisor on Data Architectures, Data Management, Big Data Projects and Product Evaluations. Currently active as Advisory Board Member of some innovative startups as well providing Technology Advisory Services. Until Januari 1st 2016 he was EMEA Field CTO at Informatica.
Companies that use his services are a.o. Klarrio, Trifacta, Synerscope, BigML and Immuta.
More information can be found at his website and his LinkedIn page.

Qosqo is the leading company behind Quipu, the software solution that is continuously being developed and enhanced to generate data management solutions.
Qosqo strongly believes in leveraging the knowledge of data engineers and data architects. By automating straightforward activities and thus killing tedious, boring jobs they bring back the fun in data management. Allowing experts to focus on the complex tasks ahead when data transformation is concerned and to spend more time satisfying business needs and truly participate in creating value for the company they work for.
Qosqo was started in 2008 by the founders of Nippur. A BI consultancy firm looking for better software solutions for its consultants to be used in data warehouse implementations. Solutions that reduce project throughput times, so customers can also benefit and achieve more results in a shorter period of time at lower cost. A typical win-win.

We are Riviq, a strong team of passionate professionals. Together we work for our clients on Data & Analytics solutions by which they can make ‘Better decisions every day’.

Since 1 December 2018 we are Riviq (formerly TopBI)

In the past 12 years we have worked for special and large clients that are in the top 500 of the Netherlands, but more and more we noticed that our name no longer covers the whole picture of what we do. We do much more than just Business Intelligence. That is why we choose to rebrand our business. It is a new start with new energy, but with the same trusted team.

Focus on results

Our clients are progressive and leading organizations, who think strategically and clearly formulate their goals. Distinguishing good information provision is an indispensable aspect of their strategy. Understandable, flexible and predictive information must contribute greatly to the return on investment and success of their organization.
We are happy to accept this challenge. Clear business efficiency among our customers is the standard for us to determine the success of our work. Every day better decisions with our clients, that is our focus.

BI-Platform is the independent portal on Business Intelligence, Data Management and Data Warehousing in The Netherlands. Therefore it is the starting point for anyone who works with the collection, investigation, analysing and presentation of Business and management information and who wants to stay up-to-date on the newest developments. BI-Platform covers topics such as BI and self-service BI, data warehouse automation, data management, relational and NoSQL databases, data modelling, data warehousing, data quality, tools, data migration, data integration, ETL, corporate performance management and of course Big Data and Analytics. BI-Platform closely monitors trends and developments, informs with background stories and delivers practical tips & tricks. In addition, access is provided to a wealth of content, including the online articles archive with blogs, interviews, videos, a job board, and more.

KNVI is the professional association in The Netherlands for IT-professionals and -managers. We are an independent platform where members work on their professional skills and maintain their network. Members have access to many events.

Our objective is to promote knowledge sharing between our members. Our special interest groups, such as the one for Business Intelligence & Analytics, support that by organizing events and company visits. That way, you will stay informed of new trends and developments.

7wData is a blogging platform to foster innovation & matchmaker between people and products, and foremost is here to trigger your data appetite.

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