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March 27, 2026 / 15 MIN READ

AI vs. BI: Differences, What Changed, and Why Semantics Became Critical

Enterprise analytics was never just about data. It was about trust and confidence, getting the right people the right information so they could make intelligent decisions and keep things moving forward. The BI stack was…

Posted By: Mark Palmer

March 26, 2026 / 12 MIN READ

AI Agents Are Transforming Compliance: Opportunities and Risks for Enterprise Data

Autonomous AI agents , which are systems designed to accomplish tasks and goals independently without human oversight, have become integral across a wide range of use cases, spanning from customer service to supply chain management.…

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March 26, 2026 / 8 MIN READ

Power BI & Excel on Snowflake Without Data Movement | Semantic Layer for AI

Most enterprises have already standardized where their data lives. What they haven’t standardized is how that data is interpreted. Power BI and Excel users still rely on a workaround: moving data out of Snowflake into…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

March 17, 2026 / 9 MIN READ

Why Moving Data for BI and AI Creates Architecture Problems

In modern data architectures, analytics tools often replicate data from the warehouse into secondary systems to improve performance. While this can speed up dashboards, it introduces new problems: duplicated datasets, inconsistent metrics, fragmented governance, and…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

March 16, 2026 / 11 MIN READ

Using AI Agents for Data Analysis: How Autonomous Agents Are Changing Analytics

For a long time, enterprise analytics centered around building dashboards, running scheduled reports, and relying on the right person to ask the right question at the right time. That model is changing. Autonomous AI agents…

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March 12, 2026 / 8 MIN READ

Hits and Misses from Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2026

Gartner opened the Data & Analytics Summit 2026 with a memorable metaphor. The keynote framed the current moment as a raft ride through a roaring, treacherous river. The river represented AI . Fast-moving. Powerful. Difficult…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

March 11, 2026 / 7 MIN READ

AI Can't Run on Untrusted Data: Why Agentic Analytics Requires Live Semantic Connectivity

A logistics company deploys an AI agent to monitor inventory and automatically trigger reorders. The model is solid. The prompts are well-engineered. The agent connects to their analytics environment and starts running. Three weeks in,…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

March 5, 2026 / 6 MIN READ

Autonomous AI Without a Semantic Layer Is Just Expensive Guessing

I’ve been in the BI and data space long enough to recognize when something fundamental shifts. Denny Lee and I first worked together when he was at Microsoft on SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) ,…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

February 25, 2026 / 5 MIN READ

Headless AI Agents Are Already Here and They’re Where the ROI Is

Most enterprise AI conversations still center on prompts, whether through chat interfaces, copilots, or question-answer workflows. But the highest-value AI agents don’t wait for someone to ask a question. They monitor signals, detect thresholds, and…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

February 24, 2026 / 5 MIN READ

The Missing Pillar in Agentic AI: Why I Joined AtScale

Recently, while debating my next career chapter with a close friend, they highlighted something I had almost begun to take for granted: the most important work our civilization is doing right now is tied to…

Posted By: Jay Schuren

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AI vs. BI: Differences, What Changed, and Why Semantics Became Critical

AI Agents Are Transforming Compliance: Opportunities and Risks for Enterprise Data

Power BI & Excel on Snowflake Without Data Movement | Semantic Layer for AI

Why Moving Data for BI and AI Creates Architecture Problems

Using AI Agents for Data Analysis: How Autonomous Agents Are Changing Analytics

Hits and Misses from Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2026

AI Can't Run on Untrusted Data: Why Agentic Analytics Requires Live Semantic Connectivity

Autonomous AI Without a Semantic Layer Is Just Expensive Guessing

Headless AI Agents Are Already Here and They’re Where the ROI Is

The Missing Pillar in Agentic AI: Why I Joined AtScale