Updated April 28, 2026

Why I Stepped Off the Board and Joined AtScale as CMSO

What I saw from the board, and why it matters if you’re betting your career on AI. When I joined AtScale’s board, I saw what looked like a best-in-class semantic layer: a way to make analytics faster, more consistent, and…

Posted by: Mark Palmer

Updated April 27, 2026

3 Takeaways from Google Cloud Next 2026

Google Cloud Next 2026 wrapped up this week at Mandalay Bay, and I’ve got thoughts. Some of them are even about the announcements. But let’s start with the elephant, or rather, the 40,000 people crammed into a venue built for…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated April 6, 2026

Best Agentic AI Tools for Enterprises

As AI agents move beyond the helpful copilot phase and into more powerful applications, enterprises are responding with global adoption. Agentic AI is everywhere, from analytics and finance to customer service and operations. It's changing how organizations go from asking…

Posted by: AtScale

Updated April 1, 2026

Not All Semantic Layers Are Built for AI

The semantic layer has moved from niche infrastructure to a boardroom priority. Snowflake announced one. Databricks announced one. Google repositioned Looker as one. Microsoft repositioned Power BI as one. This is genuinely good news. As ISG analyst Matt Aslett observed…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated March 30, 2026

Why AI Agent Governance is the Latest Priority for Enterprises

Over the past year alone, AI tools that once surfaced insights and handed them to a human for action have begun carrying out those actions themselves. Sixty-two percent of organizations are now experimenting with AI agents, according to McKinsey's latest…

Posted by: AtScale

Updated March 27, 2026

AI vs. BI: Differences, What Changed, and Why Semantics Became Critical

Enterprise analytics was never just about data. It was about trust and confidence, getting the right people the right information so they could make intelligent decisions and keep things moving forward. The BI stack was made for that purpose, and…

Posted by: AtScale

Updated April 28, 2026

Why I Stepped Off the Board and Joined AtScale as CMSO

What I saw from the board, and why it matters if you’re betting your career on AI. When I joined AtScale’s board, I saw what looked like a best-in-class semantic layer: a way to make analytics faster, more consistent, and…

Posted by: Mark Palmer

Updated April 27, 2026

3 Takeaways from Google Cloud Next 2026

Google Cloud Next 2026 wrapped up this week at Mandalay Bay, and I’ve got thoughts. Some of them are even about the announcements. But let’s start with the elephant, or rather, the 40,000 people crammed into a venue built for…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated April 6, 2026

Best Agentic AI Tools for Enterprises

As AI agents move beyond the helpful copilot phase and into more powerful applications, enterprises are responding with global adoption. Agentic AI is everywhere, from analytics and finance to customer service and operations. It's changing how organizations go from asking…

Posted by: AtScale

Updated April 1, 2026

Not All Semantic Layers Are Built for AI

The semantic layer has moved from niche infrastructure to a boardroom priority. Snowflake announced one. Databricks announced one. Google repositioned Looker as one. Microsoft repositioned Power BI as one. This is genuinely good news. As ISG analyst Matt Aslett observed…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated March 30, 2026

Why AI Agent Governance is the Latest Priority for Enterprises

Over the past year alone, AI tools that once surfaced insights and handed them to a human for action have begun carrying out those actions themselves. Sixty-two percent of organizations are now experimenting with AI agents, according to McKinsey's latest…

Posted by: AtScale

Updated March 27, 2026

AI vs. BI: Differences, What Changed, and Why Semantics Became Critical

Enterprise analytics was never just about data. It was about trust and confidence, getting the right people the right information so they could make intelligent decisions and keep things moving forward. The BI stack was made for that purpose, and…

Posted by: AtScale
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