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.
June 22, 2021
Analytics Query Acceleration in the Age of Cloud Data PlatformsLate last year, Gartner published their first Market Guide for Analytics Query Accelerators (available with Gartner Subscription). They loosely define this broad set of technologies as providing “[query] optimization on top of semantically flexible data stores, typically associated with data…
June 10, 2021
AtScale in Action: Scaling Self-Serve BI Program on Snowflake With a Semantic LayerThe ability to access data from Snowflake in a consistent manner is crucial for scaling analytics programs and building a self-service BI culture. In addition to providing control and analytics governance, the AtScale universal semantic layer accelerates BI query performance…
June 9, 2021
Affinity Federal Credit Union Implements Self-Service Analytics ProgramWhile self-service data analytics requires the right technologies, promoting the use of data throughout an organization demands strong data literacy and non-intrusive governance, as well. During our webinar, How to Scale Self-Service Analytics for Smarter Decision-Making, we spoke with John…
June 4, 2021
How Data Virtualization Supports BI & AnalyticsData virtualization refers to a general technology approach of abstracting data away from physical data sources, including data warehouses, data lakes, application data, without having to copy or move it. Data virtualization solutions are generally grouped in with other data…
May 26, 2021
A Semantic Layer for Shared Data with Secure, Open Source Delta SharingAtScale is a launch partner for the new, open source Delta Sharing project. We see the tremendous value in establishing an open source protocol for data sharing within modern cloud data architectures. Enterprise business intelligence and data science teams are…
May 18, 2021
How to Scale Data-Driven Decision Making Across Your OrganizationData-driven: a phrase that sounds so simple, but in practice so complicated. For years, organizations have accumulated data in various formats, from many sources. Data engineers were expected to process and analyze this data for consumption by business users. This…
May 3, 2021
The Data & Analytics Flywheel: What Is It and How Do You Create Your Own?In my last blog, I introduced the Data & Analytics Maturity Model to help organizations evaluate where they fall on the analytics maturity scale. In this blog, I’ll discuss how to create a data-driven decisions “flywheel” to super power your…
April 29, 2021
Make Power BI Shine on Snowflake, BigQuery & RedshiftAttention Power BI enthusiasts, what I am about to say is huge! AtScale now lets you get Live Query access to cloud data warehouses within a full, multi-dimensional model. This means you get live access to your cloud data with…
April 21, 2021
The Data & Analytics Maturity Model: What is It and Where Does Your Team Stand?We’re living in an age where data drives organizational success. In the past, most organizations could get by with a central IT team doling out reports and dashboards to business users. That just doesn’t cut it anymore. The self-serve analytics…
March 22, 2021
How SlickDeals Leveraged a Semantic Layer to Enable Self-Service Business IntelligenceRecently, we hosted a webinar with Greg Mabrito, Director of Data and Analytics at Slickdeals, a user-driven deal-sharing site enabling consumers to collaborate and share info to make savvier online shopping decisions. In the session, which you can watch in…
March 15, 2021
Using ‘Data-Sharing’ to Make Smarter Decisions at ScaleI was recently asked “what advice do you have for data-driven leaders on making smarter decisions at scale in their organizations?” I thought it was a fantastic question and there were so many things that came to mind from X…
February 17, 2021
How To: Blend Data from Salesforce, Google Analytics, and Marketo with the Universal Semantic LayerOur first webinar of 2021, co-hosted by Cat Origitano of FiveTran, a trusted AtScale technological partner, covered one the the most trending topics in the Marketing and Sales space today - “How do I blend incoming data from my MarTech…