Microsoft Research just released SandDance, a free web-based data visualization tool.The first thing that struck me was that SandDance is a really weird name for a data visualization tool. It’s a standout in the landscape of Power BIs, Sisenses and…
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How Data Structures Impact the Data Warehouse
Data Stack Data Warehousing
This is the second part in a 101 series covering Big Data concepts, terminology and technology.By this point it should be clear that there is much more to a data driven company than technology. I remember complaining throughout high school…
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Hadoop Alternatives: What Other Big Data Solutions Are Out There
Data Engineering
As a species we’ve invented some pretty nifty things. It’s practically consensus that the wheel, the printing press and the internet top the list but we don’t need to look that far back to find innovations with the potential to…
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How to Improve the ETL Process Flow with Row Data Processing
ETL and ELTETL processes (extract, transform and load) might be fundamentally flawed.When we save data we do so for a purpose. In the context of reporting that purpose is to enable us to answer questions regarding our business; what is the number…
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Build KPIs not One Time Reports
Being Data-Driven Best PracticesBusinesses need to deliver insights fast if not immediately. If this were not true, we would not be writing this post, you wouldn’t be reading it and over all, big data would be less of a diamond in the rough.…
Data Warehouse What?
Data WarehousingThis is the first part in a 101 series covering Big Data concepts, terminology and technology. Starting with the data warehouse and data warehouse concepts.Over the past few months I have poured over a wide variety of articles and sources…