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Updated 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…

Updated 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.…

Updated August 18, 2022

Financial services companies have unique security, regulatory, and compliance obligations. At the same time, the industry is facing rapid evolution and a new generation of FinTech competitors are emerging that aren’t burdened by legacy systems or thinking. At the center…

Updated July 28, 2022

In every organization, thousands of decisions are being made every single day. These are orchestrated across enterprise functions, geographies, and at the strategic and tactical levels. Surprisingly, research results reveal that the vast majority of these decisions turn out to…

Updated July 21, 2022

We kicked off our inaugural AtScale AI Innovation council today discussing a hot topic: Ops for MLOps: Best practices and processes to expedite model creation and reduce the need for significant re-training. We had a fantastic group of members dive…

Updated June 28, 2022

I hosted another round of interviews last week with data leaders about generating actionable insights and improving data analytics. We discussed the importance of building a data-driven culture, measuring the success of data analytics initiatives, and how to overcome the…

Updated May 17, 2022

Many companies pursuing a path to data-driven decision-making  – accelerated through data democratization – struggle with how to define and support the core people, roles, and competencies involved with data (data creators, enablers, and consumers).  In many cases, the path…

Updated April 14, 2022

During another round of interviews with data leaders, I spoke with several industry experts about creating and fostering a data-driven culture. We discussed different data architectures, the gap between data produced and data consumed, data literacy, and more. The data…

Updated March 15, 2022

In another round of data leader interviews, I spoke with a few more data analytics experts about enterprise data strategies. We discussed which stakeholders should be involved in defining a data strategy, how organizations can be more agile and how…

Updated February 24, 2022

I recently connected with a few of the top data leaders to discuss the role of business analytics and machine learning at their organizations. We chatted about the nuances of global data programs, promoting data literacy at large enterprises, measuring…

Updated June 29, 2021

Introduction to Data Fabric We have written about the concept of the “Data Fabric” in the past. While not new, it is an increasingly cited topic to help organize the many technologies and strategies employed by enterprise data teams to…

Updated May 18, 2021

Data-driven: a phrase that sounds so simple, but in practice so complicated. For years, organizations have accumulated data in various formats, from many sources. Data engineers were expected to process and analyze this data for consumption by business users. This…