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Reading Time: 2 minutes Change is sometimes difficult to embrace, especially when it involves downtime. Autodesk, makers of world-renowned 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, wanted to change from perpetual licensing to subscription-based licensing, but knew that this change would likely impact the entire…
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this article, I will discuss the complexity of data migration when transitioning to a new system, based on the traditional ways of working. I will explain why data virtualization can play a role in taking away this complexity, for…
Reading Time: 3 minutes 2018 is exactly thirty years since I published the first data warehouse architecture. The core concepts of the architecture remain strong and viable. However, the evolution of both business needs and technology solutions over the intervening decades has led to…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oil and gas companies rely on timely intelligence to guide daily drilling, investment, and business development decisions. This is why Enverus, which gathers information from a variety of sources and leverages it to develop enriched intelligence, packaged specifically to meet…
Reading Time: 3 minutes We live in the world of data, which is “ahem” a few zettabytes of nuggets floating around us constantly with growth every second. This data flow has increased our appetite for accessing information whether it is connected or not connected…
Reading Time: 3 minutes There was a time when developing a data warehouse was sufficient to quench the thirst for data, reporting, and analytics of most business users. Not anymore. Organizations have discovered that data can be a valuable business asset. It has taken…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Savvy organizations know that business growth and success are intrinsically linked with an effective strategy for managing data. But as the big data momentum builds, more questions are raised. In this post, I’ll answer five of the most important ones….
Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2015, Inc. Magazine named Ultra Mobile the fastest growing private company in the United States. Incredible accomplishment for a team that literally started in a small office and had exploded over 1000x percent by their second year. The Telco…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Forrester Research recently published The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Virtualization, Q4 2017 report. The firm profiled 13 vendors in this report. The last Wave on this topic was published in March 2015 with 9 vendors. Here is an account of…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many organizations deploy data virtualization servers in business intelligence (BI) systems to integrate data sources. In fact, this is such a popular use case that some mistakenly think that BI is its only use case. From the start, data virtualization…
