Microsoft Power BI Embedded

May 31, 2018 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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In an information economy, data is king. This is one reason organizations are racing to embed reports, dashboards, and self-service capabilities into new cloud applications and customer portals. Enterprises and ISVs alike are choosing to outsource the delivery of reports, dashboards, and...

Dynamic Data Marketplace: Fast Data for Fast Business

May 30, 2018 by Dave Wells in Data Management

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Remember the data warehousing promises of the past? Single source of the truth, reliable data when and where needed, and so on. These promises were rarely realized, and even when they were, they were never quite enough. Why the gap between expectations and reality? Much of the problem stems from...

Single Version of the Truth: Attainable Goal or Fool's Gold?

May 28, 2018 by DeWayne Washington in All Things B.I.

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For years BI professionals have dangled a digital carrot in front of the eyes of CEOs and CFOs alike: the ever allusive single version of the truth. This article contains a discussion between the dynamic duo author Steve Smith and the BI Pharaoh himself. Read further to see if this is an...

Data Management Best Practices For Machine Learning

May 22, 2018 by /experts/ in Decoding Data Software

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Designing, deploying, and managing effective data architectures is critical to the success of machine learning initiatives. Implementations require flexibly and efficiently supporting high scale data flows to minimize the risk of project-killing bottlenecks. This blog provides data management...

Jeff Magnusson: Architecting For Data Science And Blending Man And Machine

May 14, 2018 by Henry H. Eckerson in Secrets of Data & Analytics Leaders

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In this episode, Wayne Eckerson and Jeff Magnusson discuss the data architecture Stitch Fix created to support its data science workloads, as well as the need to balance man and machine and art and science.