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Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post I want to talk about a simple but powerful concept in business intelligence and analytics called a “unified semantic layer.” You might be a business user or analyst who works with a variety of tools, like Tableau…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Independent technology and market research company – Forrester Research has published The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Fabric, Q2 2020 report. Using three high-level categories: offering, strategy, and market presence, the report has characterized and stacked up 15 enterprise data fabric…
Reading Time: 6 minutes In this post, I’m going to cover: How different data virtualization products interpret “data virtualization” differently The 5 unique characteristics of true data virtualization products Where the alternatives to data virtualization solutions underperform Data virtualization has outgrown its infancy. Many…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Organizations are rethinking their current data architectures. Unfortunately, the majority considers it a challenge. Obviously, one of the reasons is that they don’t do this every day. Also, insights about how to design them has changed over time. This article…
Reading Time: 3 minutes In my last post, I covered some of the latest best practices for enhancing data management capabilities in the cloud. Despite the increasing popularity of cloud services, enterprises continue to struggle with creating and implementing a comprehensive cloud strategy that…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many of us are addicted to technology. You might have heard someone exclaim, “I spend way too much time on my phone,” or “Ugh, I need to get off of Instagram.” But you probably haven’t heard someone say, “I’m addicted…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Just before lockdown I attended an excellent event in Holland where the presentations from Dutch speakers were translated and broadcast through headsets in real time (by some very adept linguists) into several other languages for the benefit of those, like…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Collective intelligence draws on collaboration between individuals. It exploits their singularities, raises them to power, and creates, in the end, a real holistic system, much more valuable than the sum of its parts. Collective intelligence provides value for all, and…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The current situation poses unprecedented challenges to our global community, even as the heroes of our healthcare systems fight tirelessly for our wellbeing. Internationally, countless individuals and companies have risen to the challenge with bold ideas, solutions, and services to…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Becoming a data-driven organization is not something that can be done in a fortnight. It’s a long and possibly tedious process and certainly not just a matter of buying and installing certain tools. No, even though investments in new technology…
