August 5, 2019
Supercharge your DataOps: CIO and CDO unite to create a shared data intellectEmbracing DataOps DataOps seeks to realize the insight-driven business by creating better ways to develop and deliver analytics across organizations. DataOps emphasizes interactions, working analytics, customer collaboration, experimentation and cross-functional ownership over tools, documentation, contracts, upfront design and siloed responsibilities…
July 11, 2019
DATA VIRTUALIZATION VS. DATA WAREHOUSE*Editor’s note: This is an update to the "Why You Need An Advanced Analytics Fabric " post we published a while back. This update expands on the challenges of a traditional data warehouse and outlines the 10 requirements of intelligent data…
June 19, 2019
Can the Cloud Rescue Retail?The retail category is in a ride-or-die situation when it comes to the cloud. Many retailers, under pressure from Amazon and the growth of eCommerce, have already gone out-of-business. In fact, more than 7,000 brick-and-mortar locations have closed so far…
June 11, 2019
In search of $DATAIt’s been an incredible week for consolidation in the pursuit of analytical excellence. Google acquired Looker for roughly $2.6B, and today Salesforce acquired Tableau for nearly $16B. Today’s move is the combination of two juggernauts in their respective markets. Salesforce…
May 15, 2019
Data Virtualization: The Champion Of The Hybrid CloudChances are if an enterprise company has customers, it is operating in a hybrid cloud environment. The small fraction that are not are predicted to adopt this structure by the end of next year. According to Dave Bartoletti, VP and…
April 29, 2019
CDO Version.2019: Seven Keys To Defining The JobThe Chief Data Officer is on the rise. A remarkable number of companies have made this high-profile addition to the C-suite over the past year, confirming the urgency of data-driven decision making at the highest levels of the enterprise. However,…
March 11, 2019
Conceiving Valuable Data Driven InsightsHow valuable is an insight if you don’t know what’s driving it? The investment in big data made in recent years by companies has been significant. Many are now looking to capitalize on the insights to be discovered in their…
March 7, 2019
How to Become Data Driven in Four Easy StepsDoes your decision-making process need an overhaul? In 2015, over 60% of the decisions made by companies were still based on ‘intuition’ or ‘experience’ of their executive team. With the rise of big data, it is imperative that we make…
March 6, 2019
Big Data: Hope or Hype?! What the research says…“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run” - Roy Charles Amara Mr Amara, an American researcher and futurist, probably didn’t anticipate how much wisdom was encapsulated…
March 5, 2019
What’s the best BI tool for Hadoop?Every once in awhile, the ultimate question comes up: *"What is the best analysis tool for BI on Hadoop?!" * AtScale is not in the business of favoring one tool versus the other. We are in the business of making…
