TDWI Anaheim Conference 2018 has been a truly transformative journey for Team Astera. We attended several talking sessions, had one-on-one meetings with thought leaders and industry experts, and received a positive response for our products, especially our end-to-end data warehouse automation solution, DWAccelerator.

Event Overview

TDWI is the focal point of education, research, and insights when it comes to data management, analytics, and the latest trends and technologies within the big data realm. TDWI Anaheim Conference 2018 was held at the happiest place on Earth, Disneyland® Hotel, from August 5 to August 10, inviting data professionals from a whole host of renowned companies from across North America.

The 5-day long conference featured over 65 half- and full-day sessions by TDWI instructors and industry experts. It was geared towards providing hands-on training and practical experiences to data professionals and aspiring individuals. The scope of the conference revolved around four major areas, including data infrastructure and technologies, modern data management, machine learning and advanced analytics, and data strategy and leadership.

Highlights of the Event

TDWI Anaheim Conference 2018 enabled us to explore new avenues and learn about the latest happenings in the data management industry. Here is our version of the conference:

Our CEO Shared Data Warehousing Automation Insights

Ibrahim Surani, CEO Astera Software, conducted a talking session on ‘Model-Driven Data Warehouse Development.’ He started with the importance of data and highlighted major challenges businesses generally face when executing a data warehousing or integration project. He shed light on the indispensability of data warehouse automation in enhancing the quality, speed, and accuracy of data warehouse performance. He further talked about the ingredients for achieving data warehouse automation, which included source data modeler, dimension modeler, robust ETL engine, seamless connectivity, and high-performance ETL engine.

The crux of the talk was the meta-data driven model, which he explained in the form of a 4-step process, each illustrating the key aspects of automating the data warehouse development process. Ibrahim emphasized on the benefits of model-driven data warehouse automation, allowing businesses to cut maintenance costs, reduce time to market, and minimize handoffs between users and software tools, without compromising on the flexibility and power of the solution.

Discussions with Industry Experts on DWAccelerator

TDWI gathers industry experts and thought leaders from renowned research firms and Fortune 500 companies, some of which are instructors for the platform as well. We did several exclusive product demos and received positive feedback for DWAccelerator’s capabilities.

One of the TDWI instructors and Managing Research Director at EMA, John L Myers, showed great interest in DWAccelerator’s automation. The product is capable of drastically reducing the time-consuming process of developing enterprise data warehouse architecture and designing ETL processes. He was impressed with DWA’s several features, such as automatic joins, load policy configuration, and flow generation.

Our CEO and COO have been invited to participate in the panel for data warehouse automation in the upcoming TDWI conference in Orlando. Be sure to be on the lookout for the updates regarding our booth and free conference passes for TDWI Orlando Conference.

The Final Words

TDWI has been tracking trends and technologies shaping data and educating companies and professionals how to utilize data to its maximum potential for over 20 years. TDWI Anaheim Conference 2018 has been an insightful experience for our team and proved to be a great platform to connect with renowned industry names and clients looking for automated data warehousing solution, like DWAccelerator.