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Reading Time: 2 minutes Hadoop makes it possible for any organization to analyze huge amounts of data, at low cost and on commodity hardware. This is a major improvement from the past, when data analysis involved expensive servers – and therefore big budgets. Now,…
Reading Time: 4 minutes After my previous posts about the performance of data virtualization in Logical Data Warehouse and Logical Data Lake scenarios, I have received similar feedback from many of you, “ that is all very interesting… but we want numbers!” Well, you…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Faster-than-the-hare Proliferation of Technologies Spawns Data Silos and Creates Headaches for IT and Business Alike. What’s the panacea? Technology innovation is great—it has helped drive down costs, reduced the size and complexity of gadgets, increased our productivity, and enhanced the…
Reading Time: 6 minutes Update: Interested in data virtualization performance? Check out our most recent post, “Physical vs Logical Data Warehouse Performance: The Numbers.” After my initial post about the topic, I have received several requests to provide more examples of how query…
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was recently plugged into a Hortonworks webinar, and was astounded to hear their opening statement that by 2020 there will be more than 40 zettabytes of data in the world. To put this in perspective 40 zettabytes is 40…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Data lakes have captured the imagination in the past few months. The idea of having all of your data stored in a ‘lake’ – available to all and sundry – is very appealing to both data architects and to the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Update: Interested in data virtualization performance? Check out our most recent blog posts, “Performance of Data Virtualization in Logical Data Warehouse Scenarios” and “Physical vs Logical Data Warehouse Performance: The Numbers.” The topic I probably get asked most about…
Reading Time: 3 minutes I recently read an excellent article “A Strategist’s Guide to the Internet of Things” by Strategy & (formerly Booz & Company), which prompted me to think about what the Internet of Things for data strategists and data professionals. As we…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Breathe new life into your ETL Processes In many organizations, data integration still means using ETL processes to perform the traditional heavy-lifting of data replication and consolidation. While ETL is a tried and tested method for consolidating structured data into…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Big Data Warehouses require Hybrid Data Storage There’s no stopping the big data revolution. The potential business advantages are clear. Big data systems make advanced forms of analytics possible that allows organizations to optimize business processes, increase customer delight and…
