Automating Data Preparation in a Digitalized World, Part 4

Jul 17, 2016 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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In an era of ever increasing volumes of ever dirtier data, the old concepts of data warehouses and ETL must be extended far beyond their current meanings. Both are key components of data preparation as discussed in part 1. Data warehouse automation (DWA) was explored in part 2 and ETL in part 3....

Part I - Self-Service Analytics: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Jul 11, 2016 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Self-service analytics is a win-win proposition for both business users and the information technology (IT) department. So why do most organizations struggle to succeed with self-service analytics? This first article in a multi-part series on self-service analytics examines the pitfalls that...

Data Monetization Networks: The Real Value of Multi-Tenant Business Intelligence

Jul 11, 2016 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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In this report, long-time business intelligence (Bl) expert, Wayne Eckerson, argues that the biggest benefit of multi-tenant cloud Bl solutions is their ability to cascade virtual Bl deployments to internal and external networks of organizations and users. Internally, these data monetization...

The Case For 'Data Governance'

Jul 06, 2016 by Randy Bean in Big Data Analytics

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I have long had an aversion to the term, “Data Governance.” As one senior executive put it, “it sounds like ‘Data Government,’ and that can’t be good!” Yet, in spite of the bureaucratic-sounding name, and in contrast to the sexy-sounding term ”Big Data,” Data Governance has become an essential...

Cloud Integration: One Platform, Diverse Users

Jul 05, 2016 by Julie Hunt in Knocking Down Silos

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When we’re talking about diverse categories of users for data management software solutions, such as data and application integration, it’s essential to understand the perspective of each group of users and their needs and abilities, to develop the right user interface and capabilities for each...