August 10, 2021

Breaking the Cognitive Bottleneck with Prescriptive Analytics

Modern organizations increasingly rely on their analytics programs to help them stay competitive. And, while most every organization is leveraging the massive amounts of data available from their enterprise applications and from 3rd party data providers, it is increasingly common…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

July 20, 2021

Accessing Analysis-Ready Third-Party Data with a Semantic Layer

In a previous post, we talked about using AtScale’s semantic layer to merge Foursquare Places data with first-party data. By blending third-and first-party data, organizations can improve their decision-making capabilities using advanced analytics and predictive data modeling. In this post,…

Posted by: Daniel Gray

June 4, 2021

How Data Virtualization Supports BI & Analytics

Data 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…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

June 1, 2021

How to Use a Semantic Layer for Data and Analytics

You may have heard the term semantic layer before, as it’s been around for some time. Semantic layers were invented to mold relational databases and their SQL dialects into an approachable interface for business users. Until recently, however, the semantic…

Posted by: Chris Oshiro