Stephen Swoyer
Analytics Alchemy
Formulating a successful BI and analytics strategy requires a wizard’s knowledge and occasionally a bit of magic! This blog will discuss the technologies, techniques, and tools required to help business users turn data into insights and insights into action.
Blog - Analytics Alchemy
The Day the Music Died: Salesforce Acquires Tableau
ABSTRACT: Salesforce.com acquired Tableau. Google purchased Looker. Logi Analytics acquired Zoomdata. What’s the common thread? Innovation-by-acquisition?
Stephen Swoyer
June 11, 2019
Blog - Analytics Alchemy
Why Does Google Like the Look of Looker?
Jun 10, 2019 Google’s acquisition of Looker, in tandem with its other recent BI/analytics innovations, positions it as the model of a modern-day mega-BI vendor.
Stephen Swoyer
June 10, 2019
Blog - Analytics Alchemy
Data Architect's Guide to Containers: How, When, and Why to Use Containers with Analytics
May 08, 2019 This is the first in a multi-part series on container virtualization, otherwise known as operating system-level virtualization. This series amounts to a...
Stephen Swoyer
May 08, 2019
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The Data Modeling Conundrum: Do You Create a Model from the Real or the Ideal?
Feb 05, 2019 As companies become ever more data-driven, they’re finding that what they thought they knew.
Stephen Swoyer
February 05, 2019
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Some Thoughts on MPP, Cloud, and MPP in the Cloud
Dec 11, 2018 Historically, core decision-support and analytics workloads had resisted migration or relocation to the cloud. Stephen Swoyer touches on all things MPP...
Stephen Swoyer
December 11, 2018