Dave Mariani

March 10, 2022

When I talk to customers, they always find value in stories about how our other customers are progressing on their data and analytics initiatives and their journeys toward realizing self-service BI.  This post will do a deep dive into a…

March 8, 2022

When it comes to effective consumption of data for business insights, there are six key capabilities: data, access, model, analyze, consume, and insights. AtScale’s Data and Analytics Maturity Model Workshop explains how organizations can build the skills and knowledge necessary…

March 3, 2022

We've been publishing a lot of new case studies based on our experience helping customers get value from AtScale's semantic layer.  With that in mind, we’d like to delve into our partnership with Tableau. The well-known data visualization tool is…

February 24, 2022

I recently connected with a few of the top data leaders to discuss the role of business analytics and machine learning at their organizations. We chatted about the nuances of global data programs, promoting data literacy at large enterprises, measuring…

February 10, 2022

Patient documentation has come a long way since the days of doctors writing patient notes with pen and paper. Today, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems can capture, exchange, and store medical records automatically. These advances have been significant for providers…

February 3, 2022

AtScale’s semantic layer platform makes data more accessible and business-friendly, and bridges the gap between business intelligence (BI) and data science teams. A semantic layer presents a consistent set of business metrics for teams across your organization to enable everyone…

January 25, 2022

Many organizations still view machine learning and big data analytics through a technical prism. Business leaders know that the fundamental value proposition of these methodologies is in achieving better business outcomes.  I had the pleasure to discuss this topic with…

November 3, 2021

“Speed of Thought Analytics” is a somewhat vague term that refers to the user experience of people interacting with data. Generically it can be taken to mean analytics performance that supports the navigation of data at a pace in sync…

November 1, 2021

Before You Break Up with OLAP While relationships can be challenging at times, they are hopefully worth the effort. When your significant other repeatedly leaves the cap off the toothpaste or leaves dirty dishes in the sink, it might drive…

October 28, 2021

There’s been a lot of news lately about semantic layers. Google and Tableau announced their plans to connect Tableau to Looker’s semantic layer. It’s great to see the industry recognize the importance of the semantic layer in the new cloud…

September 9, 2021

Data governance is a broad topic with a lot of players offering commentary and strategy across the data and analytics space. Governance isn’t only about security and access control, or who can access what; it’s also about how data is…

August 26, 2021

AtScale can help BI users and data scientists operate more efficiently by getting more from their semantic layer solution to support sophisticated analyses like predictions, forecasting, and analyzing pattern anomalies as examples. In this post, we’ll discuss how to leverage…