BI Consulting Group to Host a Two-Day Company Conference in Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN, September 17, 2009 --(PR.com)-- BI Consulting Group announced today that they will host their first-ever company conference this week in the Twin Cities Area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The conference, titled the BICG Summit, is a two-day event focused continuing education and company engagement. BICG employees and contractors are set to participate in educational sessions on advanced topics specific to Oracle Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management.

Session titles include:
• Advanced RPD Development
• Oracle BI Management Pack
• Essbase & OBIEE Integration
• Dimensional Modeling Best Practices
• Oracle MapViewer & OBIEE Integration
• Performance Tuning an Oracle Database
• Installing the Oracle BI Applications version 7.9.6
• Oracle Real Time Decisions (RTD)
• Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
• The Hyperion Stack

“We firmly believe that our people are our strongest asset and like all assets they need to be invested in to maximize performance,” said Katherine Mayer, Director of BICG Operations. “Engagement is a key part of that investment and can really make a difference.”

In addition to sessions focused on Oracle technology, BICG will feature an educational session dedicated to the best practice use of its proprietary service offering called BICG IMPACT™, an impact analysis and data lineage tool created for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The session focuses on the use of BICG IMPACT™ during the gap fit analysis phase of an Oracle Business Intelligence Applications project.

“We feel that it is extremely important to ensure all of our people are on the same page as it pertains to the standard best practices applied in all of our engagements,” said Kevin McGinley, VP of Technology. Mike Jelen, BICG’s VP of Delivery and Strategy continued, “As a premier consulting organization, quality deliverables and consistency are top priorities.”

As a reward for all the hard work at the BICG Summit, attendees will be treated to a late summer Minnesota boat cruise through the city.

“It is important for BICG to continually keep our employees engaged on a personal level with one another,” said Amy Mayer, President of BI Consulting Group. “Because of the nature of our business, we are often spread across the globe on various projects while collaborating via phone, email, and instant messaging. The BICG Summit is one of the ways we allow for our teams to engage each other on a personal level.”

About BI Consulting Group

BI Consulting Group (BICG) is Oracle's premier consulting partner focused exclusively on Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence (BI). Service offerings include consulting services, support, and education. The experts at BI Consulting Group have successfully completed some of the most complex implementations of Oracle BI in the world. Along the way, BICG has been honored with Oracle's Above and Beyond Award for Business Intelligence and the Oracle Excellence Award for the creation of innovative and standards-based technology solutions. BICG has also been named the #1 consulting firm for customer satisfaction by VendorRate. www.biconsultinggroup.com.

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