SQL Bits III video session on Data Vizualisation

Interesting video here ('web cast' maybe? What's the difference?) about visualising data - focusing on tables, graphs and dashboards. If you don't know what a 'bullet graph', or a 'sparkline' is then this is for you. Most of it is non-product specific as well.

May sound a bit dry but this is one area of BI you can't ignore and can result in all of the behind-the-scenes effort going to waste.

Conferences

Lots of SQL and BI events occuring over the next few months.

First-up is the Gartner Euro BI conference at which there will be a Clarity-Integration stand and some of my colleagues. Not me though unfortunately...

Second is the SQLBits II - The SQL in Birmingham next month. Puns aside its shaping up pretty well with sessions on 2008 as well as some in-depth 2005 sessions with MVPs. Only catch is that its on a Saturday. What gives with that?

Thirdly PASS Europe in April in Germany - not a lot of detail on this at the moment - although a couple of MVP's are doing sessions.

Last but certainly not least is the MS BI conference in Seattle in October. Went to this last year and it was great, with some informative and useful sessions - particularly from SQL CAT - oh and a free trip up the Space Needle courtesy of Panorama wasn't bad either...