Updated February 23, 2023

Power BI DirectQuery vs. Import Mode

This blog is part of a series on Microsoft’s BI and Analytics tools from Greg Deckler, Vice President at a global IT services firm who leads a practice specializing in Microsoft technologies such as Dynamics 365, Power BI, and Azure.…

Posted by: Greg Deckler

Updated February 16, 2023

Data Science & BI Best Practices to Bring Teams Together

This blog is part of a series from Tobias Zwingmann, Managing Partner at RAPYD.AI. RAPYD.AI lets you easily and quickly build fully-functional AI prototypes or AI MVPs powered by state of the art AI-services from Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Tobias…

Posted by: Tobias Zwingmann

Updated February 2, 2023

What Is an AI Center Of Excellence?

This blog is part of a series from Vin Vashishta, Founder and Technical Advisor with V Squared. V Squared advises businesses on enterprise AI strategy, data product strategy, transformation, and data organizational build-out services. They have helped clients deliver products…

Posted by: Vin Vashishta

Updated January 24, 2023

Data Mesh Success Depends on Business-Ready Data

The modern data-driven organization creates, captures, and manages a massive amount of data from many sources. These data assets hold massive potential to generate business value: reducing costs, gaining operational efficiencies, finding new sources of revenue, and outperforming competition. Realizing…

Posted by: Elif Tutuk

Updated January 17, 2023

Using Self-Service Tools To Speed Up Data Product Development

This blog is part of a series from Vin Vashishta, Founder and Technical Advisor with V Squared. V Squared advises businesses on AI strategy, data product strategy, transformation, and data organizational build-out services. They have helped clients deliver products with…

Posted by: Vin Vashishta

Updated January 12, 2023

The Definition of Data Mesh: What Is It and Why Do I Need One?

Today’s leading businesses prioritize data mesh. The modern data mesh craze ultimately came about to streamline data democratization – that is, making the right data available to the right people at the right time. Democratization is a huge departure from…

Posted by: Elif Tutuk

Updated December 20, 2022

Using Augmented Analytics for Predictive and Prescriptive Analyses

There are six key areas for effectively consuming data for business insights: data, access, model, analyze, consume, and insights. For organizations looking to advance in each of these areas, AtScale’s Data and Analytics Maturity Model Workshop explains how teams can…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated December 6, 2022

Deploying “Data as Code” Throughout the Entire Enterprise

How analysts consume data is a key factor in determining how quickly, accurately, and efficiently stakeholders can make data-driven decisions. Without the ability to freely and speedily share data insights, it can take a lot of time, effort, and expertise…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated October 23, 2025

Elements of Data Storytelling: How to Tell a Good Story with Data

Effective data storytelling is essential for turning insights into impact. But how do you craft a story that truly drives action? Developing an analytics-driven culture is a gradual process that is strengthened over time through purposeful and effective data storytelling..…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated November 1, 2022

4 Key Takeaways from the Semantic Layer Summit

We recently hosted a virtual Semantic Layer Summit with our friends at Snowplow, Databricks, DAS42, and InterSystems. During the event, we gathered data leaders and top industry technologists to discuss the importance and impact of using a semantic layer for…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated October 25, 2022

How to Drive Better Insights with an Analytics-Driven Culture

I recently spoke with a roundtable of data and culture industry experts about how to foster an analytics-driven culture to drive more actionable, valuable insights. We discussed how organizations can become data leaders, the importance of change management, and why…

Posted by: Dave Mariani
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