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April 9, 2019

When AtScale implements support for back end EDW’s, we spend a lot of time—the majority, actually, working on implementing features that take advantage of all the unique capabilities the EDW has to offer. This probably comes from our genesis in…

March 13, 2019

“Cloud computing” is that magnificent umbrella technology term that is broadly used to describe everything from ordering groceries online to keeping track of asset logistics across the globe. If you are one of our avid followers, you might remember that,…

March 12, 2019

We are often asked by customers and prospects: what is the best cloud data warehouse technology for handling analytics workloads? The reality is that all cloud data warehouses have different and competitive price and discount models, performance characteristics depending on…

March 11, 2019

How 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 8, 2019

The more things change, the more they stay the same. There is tremendous push towards new platforms capable of dealing with massive amounts of data. Data is flowing at a scale once considered impossible, and the sources of data are…

March 7, 2019

Every year, many of you reach out to thank us for our analysis of Gartner's famous Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence. Thank you all for your feedback! This year, we've decided to go one step further: in addition to our…

Yesterday, Gartner published the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence. The MQ research for BI has been in existence for close to a decade. It is THE document of reference for buyers of Business Intelligence technology. At face value, not…

Five years ago we had a hypothesis that Business Intelligence (BI) needed a reboot. We planned to take the best parts of original BI ideas and merge them with modern engineering and data analytics to build a platform for delivering…

Does 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

March is gone and Spring has arrived, at least for many of us. A lot happened in March, and we certainly don't want you to miss out on what’s big on big data. Without further ado, here is what you…