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October 4, 2022

More than 10 years after the explosion of big data analytics technologies, data scientists still spend nearly half their time on data preparation. Despite all their hard work preparing data for use, 86% of the data used to create insights…

September 29, 2022

It’s hard to believe that just 15 years ago, big data and cloud technology emerged with the introduction of Hadoop and cloud vendor offerings. Over the past 5 years, most enterprises have moved to the cloud, motivated by the dual…

September 27, 2022

The use of AutoML products has increased drastically in the last few years as AI has become more widely applied in the modern data analytics stack. And there’s still potential for more growth in the years ahead;  according to recent…

September 22, 2022

The influx of data has increased exponentially over the last decade. As illustrated below, data creation is expected to grow by 86% by 2025 due to an increased digital footprint during the pandemic. [caption id="attachment_20629" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/871513/worldwide-data-created/[/caption] Many…

September 20, 2022

AtScale had the opportunity to collaborate with Andrew Brust, Founder & CEO of Blue Badge Insights, to explore the history of the semantic layer concept. This post is a summary of his perspective published in a recent whitepaper, The Semantic…

September 15, 2022

At AtScale, we believe in applying data to solve key challenges in the modern data stack for the enterprise. Bringing together key data personas to align on objectives, data, and definitions is crucial for the successful deployment of analytics and…

September 13, 2022

It’s official! We're excited to announce the full lineup of speakers, sessions, and sponsors for the 2022 Semantic Layer Summit on September 28th. It is a FREE, fully virtual one-day event from 10:30AM - 4:30PM ET. There's a lot to…

September 8, 2022

In my talk with AI Evangelist, Ben Taylor, we discussed how to use a Semantic Layer and augmented intelligence (AI) to bridge the gap between AI and business intelligence (BI) teams to drive business impact.  DataRobot is a powerful enterprise…

September 1, 2022

This post written by Zach Eslami in collaboration with Jeff Curran.  Storytelling is an art and a skill. Any good storyteller knows it’s always tricky finding that sweet spot to explain a concept so that it’s detailed, but doesn’t overwhelm.…

August 25, 2022

John K. Thompson, Analytics Leader, Innovator, and Author of Building Analytics Teams and Data for All. Currently, when talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of enterprise class, commercial companies, it is more of an art than a science.…