Holistic Data Management
In this era of data-driven companies, there is a lot of talk about data management, but it is my impression that we do not talk about it in a perfectly harmonious way, that we privilege some aspects of the phrase…
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Unified Semantic Layers, Unifying Business and IT
In this post I want to talk about a simple but powerful concept in business intelligence and analytics called a “unified semantic layer.” You might be a business user or analyst who works with a variety of tools, like Tableau…
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Using Data Virtualization to Simplify Microservice Architectures
In a previous post, we reviewed the value of APIs and how the data virtualization layer can be used as a data service provider. Another powerful way to use data virtualization and data services is to use the data virtualization…
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Comparing ETL with Data Virtualization Makes No Sense
Some still think it makes sense to compare ETL tools with data virtualization servers. Let me be clear, it really doesn’t. Unquestionably, both tool categories belong to the class of data integration tools, like data replication tools, data wrangling tools,…
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Enverus Accelerates the Delivery of Complex, Enriched Data Sets: From Two Weeks to Less Than a Day
Oil and gas companies rely on timely intelligence to guide daily drilling, investment, and business development decisions. This is why Enverus, which gathers information from a variety of sources and leverages it to develop enriched intelligence, packaged specifically to meet…
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Cloud Migration, Data Services, and Effective Data Virtualization
A plan for migrating organizational data to the cloud is often motivated by three key factors: Economics: In many cases, the costs of “renting” cloud storage and computing power is much less than the cost of purchasing (and then depreciating)…
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Why the Enterprise Data Warehouse Will No Longer Suffice in Our Data-Driven World
It’s a common business challenge: the business users require information quickly to inform important decisions, but the team they rely on for this need, primarily the IT team, cannot provide the information fast enough. Perhaps more than a challenge, it’s…
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Metadata and Data Governance for your Enterprise Data Layer
When creating an enterprise data layer using data virtualization some of the questions that usually came up are, what are the options for metadata management and how to provide data governance now that everything is accessed from a new unified…
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How to Broaden Your Intelligence Horizon with Tableau and Denodo
Broaden Your Vision You can’t monetize what you can’t see, and that’s why business intelligence is so critical. But the requirements for business intelligence are getting steadily more stringent. Companies need to know not only detailed information about their customers,…
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