July 22, 2019

Four Strategies for Risk-Free Cloud Data Migration

Many organizations experience pain working out the early stages of the cloud migration process due to the complexity of data platforms, the lack of capable data orchestration tools, and the requirement to maintain proper security and governance for data—whether it…

Posted by: Charlie Wong

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…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

July 3, 2019

AtScale + Snowflake: The Analytics Solution That Can Handle Data At Scale

Snowflake is a great cloud native data warehousing platform. Combine Snowflake with AtScale and you get an analytics platform that can handle the biggest data with the most complex analytics at scale. AtScale can turn your Snowflake data warehouse into…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

What is Data Streaming?

Data streaming is a strategy employed when the source of information generates data on a continuous basis and near real-time updates are required to allow analysts a more recent view of data (usually aggregated) by which they make decisions. In…

Posted by: Matt Baird

June 24, 2019

Why AtScale Wins in the Cloud Data Platform Ecosystem

Technology is risky. I understand risk. It was risky starting a company. It was risky for our amazing investors to invest in us. Risk is part of life and cannot be avoided because with risk comes the potential for reward.…

Posted by: Matt Baird

June 20, 2019

What is a Cloud Data Warehouse?

A cloud data warehouse is a database delivered in a public cloud as a managed service that is optimized for analytics, scale and ease of use. In the late 80s, I remember my first time working with Oracle 6, a…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

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…

Posted by: John Gaffney

June 14, 2019

What is Data Transformation?

Data transformation is the T in ETL. Data Transformation means that data in one format is processed, either inside or outside the data store and persisted in the new required format. This transformation can take several forms, from column storage…

Posted by: Matt Baird