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Reading Time: 2 minutes “A company that ceases to grow will die;” a useful albeit slightly morbid mantra for any business trying to make it out there in the big wide world. How can business avoid such an outcome? One answer is by staying…
Reading Time: 5 minutes We have been talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) for many years now. But just how many “things” are we talking about? Last year, Gartner estimated that 20 billion things will be connected by 2018. These “things” are connected…
Reading Time: 7 minutes When using Data Virtualization as your Enterprise data layer there are certain security aspects that need to be taken into account so the access to the virtual views and the connected data sources is secured. This post will describe the…
Reading Time: 6 minutes The logical data warehouse is the data architecture of the future — fast, flexible and ideal to support self-service BI. In the past year, I have published quite a lot regarding the architectural advantages of the logical data warehouse (read…
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you want to know why a Physical Data Warehouse is no longer suitable for newer data types, register to the webinar “The Big BI Dilemma – Bimodal Logical Data Warehouse to the Rescue!” by Rick van der Lans on…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Data virtualization receives its deserved recognition, as the market has significantly matured over the past few years. For the first time, Gartner has published a data virtualization specific Market Guide1, which particularly focuses on why data virtualization should be considered…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently there has been a lot of discussion around the concept of the logical data warehouse. What is the cause of this buzz? Why are logical data warehouses so important for data professionals? To understand this, we first need to…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why 80% of data lakes fail and what you can do about it. The issues and implications of Brexit are all over the news … regionalism vs globalism, independence vs shared governance and regulation, closed vs open borders … and…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Organizations in the 21st century aim to become data-driven. However, being data-driven is a journey where companies continue to learn how to better use data as a tool to create meaningful products and experiences. In order to define a data-driven…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Business Intelligence (BI) is critical for the success of today’s enterprise. However, many companies still struggle to figure out how to use analytics to take advantage of their data. It is not the informational BI tools they have; it’s simply…
