May 30, 2024
Harnessing Knowledge Gravity: A New Era for Semantic Layer Implementation in Data ManagementIn the rapidly evolving landscape of data management and business intelligence (BI), the concept of "knowledge gravity" is reshaping how enterprises and their technology partners leverage data to derive insights and drive business decisions. Knowledge gravity refers to the increasing…
May 23, 2024
Is Fabric and Direct Lake a Game Changer for Microsoft?This blog is part of a series on Microsoft Fabric from Greg Deckler, Vice President at a global IT services firm who leads a practice specializing in Microsoft technologies such as Dynamics 365, Power BI, and Azure. Greg is a…
May 7, 2024
Third Annual Semantic Layer Summit Highlights: A Leap Forward in Data AnalyticsOn April 24, 2024, AtScale hosted the third annual Semantic Layer Summit, which gathered prominent leaders from the data and analytics industry. The event marked a significant year for semantic layer platforms, which were recognized increasingly as crucial to the…
April 30, 2024
Is Fabric and Direct Lake a Game Changer for Microsoft?This blog is part of a series on Microsoft Fabric from Greg Deckler, Vice President at a global IT services firm who leads a practice specializing in Microsoft technologies such as Dynamics 365, Power BI, and Azure. Greg is a…
April 18, 2024
From Self-Service to Analytics as Code: Bringing Collaboration and Agility to Data Analytics with AtScaleThis post was written by Donald Farmer. Donald Farmer is a seasoned data and analytics strategist, with over 30 years of experience designing data and analytics products. He has led teams at Microsoft and Qlik Technologies and is now the…
April 9, 2024
Bringing Two Worlds Together: Uniting Data Engineers and Business AnalystsThis post was written by Donald Farmer. Donald Farmer is a seasoned data and analytics strategist, with over 30 years of experience designing data and analytics products. He has led teams at Microsoft and Qlik Technologies and is now the…
April 2, 2024
Is Fabric and Direct Lake a Game Changer for Microsoft?This blog is part of a series on Microsoft Fabric from Greg Deckler, Vice President at a global IT services firm who leads a practice specializing in Microsoft technologies such as Dynamics 365, Power BI, and Azure. Greg is a…
March 27, 2024
A Sneak Peak into the 2024 Semantic Layer SummitThe third annual Semantic Layer Summit is just around the corner on April 24, 2024, promising big innovations to the data and analytics community. Similar to years past, participants will have two virtual stages to explore, packed with great content…
March 22, 2024
Power BI Face Off: Databricks vs. Microsoft FabricAs I hinted in my last blog post, “Your Questions Answered: TPC-DS Benchmark for Power BI/Direct Lake”, and due to popular customer demand, I’m happy to announce that we just published our Power BI/Direct Lake benchmark comparison for another data…
March 21, 2024
Democratizing Your Lakehouse to Excel Users with Databricks SQL and AtScaleWhat’s The Deal With Excel? Excel is the most predominant BI tool in the enterprise because of its versatility, ease of use, and range of capabilities. It is the tool of choice for almost a billion analysts worldwide. However, whenever…
