January 8, 2020

How to Achieve True Big Data Analytics with Today’s Data

In order for big data analytics to work optimally, data must be consumerized–that is, it must be readily available to all stakeholders across the organization in a self-service manner, while ensuring reliability and security.  What are the most common barriers…

Posted by: Matthew Toomey

September 17, 2019

ETL vs ELT: What’s the Difference? & How to Choose

Data Loading, part of the ETL trinity, is conceptually very easy. Where it gets interesting is - at what point do you do the loading? Pre or Post the Transformation, where data is transformed from one format or structure to…

Posted by: Matt Baird

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