Dave Mariani

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Dave is the founder of AtScale and is the Chief Technology Officer. Prior to AtScale, he was VP of Engineering at Klout & at Yahoo! where he built the world’s largest multi-dimensional cube for BI on Hadoop. Mariani is a Big Data visionary & serial entrepreneur.

December 3, 2024

Eleven Semantic Layer Benefits & Use Cases

In an era where data is at the heart of strategic decision-making, business users need tools that simplify data access and enhance insights without overwhelming complexity. AtScale offers a powerful semantic layer designed specifically to empower business users. By bridging…

November 14, 2024

The Benefits of Data Storytelling in Building a Data-Driven Culture

In today’s data-driven world, organizations are constantly seeking ways to harness the power of data. Yet many struggle to translate these insights into impactful actions. Compelling data storytelling is the bridge between raw data and meaningful action. But how can…

October 31, 2024

5 Common Data Challenges & How a Semantic Layer Can Solve Them

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the ability to make quick, informed decisions is a critical differentiator. However, organizations often face significant data challenges when it comes to data-driven decision-making. These challenges typically stem from the absence of a semantic layer,…

September 10, 2024

Announcing Open Source Semantic Modeling Language (SML)

It’s been over ten years since my co-founders and I launched AtScale to democratize analytics for everyone. We quickly realized that we needed to create a business-friendly view on top of the technical data so that ordinary business users could…

Announcing The GA AtScale Developer Edition

  We are thrilled to announce the general availability of the AtScale Developer Edition! You can register and download it here. GA Developer Highlights Available for free Access to PostGres included Public Repo can be found here Allows developers to…

March 22, 2024

Power BI Face Off: Databricks vs. Microsoft Fabric

As I hinted in my last blog post, “Your Questions Answered: TPC-DS Benchmark for Power BI/Direct Lake”, and due to popular customer demand, I’m happy to announce that we just published our Power BI/Direct Lake benchmark comparison for another data…