As data warehouse practitioners, we recognize the importance and value of our organizations' data. We must also recognize that it can only be useful if the proper processes and education are in place.
- By Mike Schiff
- August 8, 2017
Bragging rights in IT have long been about performance benchmarks, but today the competition is shifting to who can provide technology solutions that produce better business outcomes.
- By David Stodder
- July 11, 2017
Alteryx Server, a self-service platform for data preparation, is now available via Microsoft's Azure cloud service. Analysts and data scientists now have a way to deploy, manage, and govern their Alteryx practices in Azure.
To support self-service practices, we need to reframe the way we think about data governance.
- By Steve Swoyer
- March 29, 2017
Data catalogs help you create a truly self-service organization by efficiently providing analysts with the means to find, understand, and trust their data.
- By Aaron Kalb
- March 28, 2017
Making the transition to self-service analytics can be fraught with challenges. These guidelines will help you start with a strong foundation.
- By Andrew Roman Wells, Kathy Williams Chiang
- March 21, 2017
Experienced data management professionals are adopting Hadoop, and they want to use their SQL skills and tools with Hadoop data.
- By Philip Russom
- March 6, 2017
FreeSight isn't like other spreadsheet-esque offerings. A so-called "governance spreadsheet," it supports repeatability and reuse in a class unto itself.