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Updated April 14, 2022

During another round of interviews with data leaders, I spoke with several industry experts about creating and fostering a data-driven culture. We discussed different data architectures, the gap between data produced and data consumed, data literacy, and more. The data…

Updated March 15, 2022

In another round of data leader interviews, I spoke with a few more data analytics experts about enterprise data strategies. We discussed which stakeholders should be involved in defining a data strategy, how organizations can be more agile and how…

Updated February 24, 2022

I recently connected with a few of the top data leaders to discuss the role of business analytics and machine learning at their organizations. We chatted about the nuances of global data programs, promoting data literacy at large enterprises, measuring…

Updated June 29, 2021

Introduction to Data Fabric We have written about the concept of the “Data Fabric” in the past. While not new, it is an increasingly cited topic to help organize the many technologies and strategies employed by enterprise data teams to…

Updated May 18, 2021

Data-driven: a phrase that sounds so simple, but in practice so complicated. For years, organizations have accumulated data in various formats, from many sources. Data engineers were expected to process and analyze this data for consumption by business users. This…

Updated April 8, 2021

In our most recent webinar, four data-driven leaders from Cardinal Health, Slickdeals, bol.com and Wayfair joined us for a panel where they discussed how they are scaling smarter decision-making across their organizations and making data more accessible as a strategic…

Updated September 2, 2020

If you’ve been following our blog, you know that we love to share our best practices and industry expert advice with you. What should you avoid doing with your data? Five members of the AtScale team share their thoughts. Name:…

Updated August 17, 2020

Recently, two Big Data industry veterans, Dave Mariani, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of AtScale and Chris Oshiro, Field CTO of AtScale and I got together for a new episode of our podcast, CHATSCALE. Mariani and Oshiro spoke to the…

Updated March 30, 2020

The data and analytics space continues to evolve at an incredibly rapid pace as enterprises use data from across the organization to report on and predict the future. As enterprises recognize new ways to drive revenue, reduce costs and/or mitigate…

Updated March 9, 2020

Data virtualization is not new. It was born in the naughts when data was still small by today’s standards. Unlike today, most data was stored in relational databases from a few vendors like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM. Oh my, how…