May 31, 2022

Deliver Self-Service BI at scale with the Semantic Layer + Databricks

I recently had the opportunity to sit down for a tech talk with an extraordinary guest: Franco Patano, the lead product specialist for Databricks SQL. We had a great conversation about how a semantic layer can work with the Databricks…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

May 3, 2022

Performant Power BI Analysis on Snowflake with AtScale

We've learned a lot working together with top technologists & strategists like Arun Ulag for Power BI (the leading BI tool) and Michael Gregory & Simon Field for Snowflake (the most popular data warehouse).  In this blog post, we’ll recap…

Posted by: Daniel Gray

April 26, 2022

How to Scale SSAS-Style Analytics with Databricks + AtScale

As organizations become more data-centric, companies are bringing in data from more sources and storing more volume. That's only added more fuel to the ongoing data cloud 'platform wars', particularly with Databricks and Snowflake.  With some exciting benchmark results recently…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

February 1, 2022

A Business-Oriented Semantic Layer for Your Databricks Lakehouse

A semantic layer strategy lays the foundation for a scalable business intelligence and enterprise AI program and complements the power of modern cloud data platforms.  Key benefits include: Business metrics stay consistent across the organization.  Analysts can access a broader…

Posted by: Anurag Singh

October 12, 2021

Bridging Business Intelligence & Data Science in Snowflake

This is the first of a three part blog series discussing the power of AtScale and Snowflake to help enterprise data science teams scale and leverage the agility of a cloud based infrastructure.  We have written before about the power…

Posted by: Daniel Gray

September 14, 2021

Building Time Series Analysis on Snowflake with a Semantic Layer

In a recent post, we discussed how a semantic layer helps scale data science and enterprise AI programs. With massive adoption of Snowflake’s cloud data platform, many organizations are shifting analytics and data science workloads to the Snowflake cloud. Leveraging the…

Posted by: Daniel Gray

August 12, 2021

Building a Semantic Layer with AtScale on Amazon Redshift

Using AtScale to establish a semantic layer on Amazon Redshift delivers several important benefits to modern data and analytics teams. As a single source of governed metrics, and dimensions, AtScale extends the value of Redshift for business intelligence and data…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

August 5, 2021

AtScale in Action: How to Make Power BI Perform on Snowflake

Many enterprises today choose the Microsoft stack because it fits seamlessly with the Windows OS and existing business applications. That’s why AtScale has partnered with Snowflake to streamline reporting and analytics with Power BI. If you haven’t seen our previous…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

April 29, 2021

Make Power BI Shine on Snowflake, BigQuery & Redshift

Attention 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…

Posted by: Dave Mariani