Integrating Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
A data warehouse serves as the backbone of a successful business intelligence (BI) strategy, providing a centralized repository for storing and organizing data from disparate sources. BI tools can then leverage this structured data to perform various analytical tasks, enabling organizations to derive valuable insights and drive informed decision-making. Learn how companies can harness data […]
Exploring Data Fabric: What it is and Why You Need It
Data is the lifeline of organizations, fueling decision-making, innovation, and customer satisfaction. As businesses navigate the complexities of managing vast amounts of data from disparate sources, the concept of a data fabric emerges as a beacon of efficiency and agility. Here is what you need to know about data fabric, its pivotal use cases, its […]
How Self-Service Data Platforms Are Foundations for Data Success
The cornerstone of a company’s data transformation success increasingly rests on developing a mature self-service data platform. This transformative approach is not merely about technology but fundamentally redefining how businesses access, analyze, and leverage data across all levels of expertise. From empowering data-savvy analysts to perform complex analytics to enabling novices to execute simple data […]
Top Data Mistakes Businesses Make: Avoiding Common Pitfalls
Data is a cornerstone asset driving a business’s decisions, innovation, and competitive edge. Yet, the journey toward effective data management and analytics can be challenging, especially if it requires revamping legacy systems. Many companies eager to harness data’s power often fall into common pitfalls, impeding progress and diminishing the value of their data assets. Recognizing […]
The Key to Being a Data-Driven Company: Better Data Models and Technology
In the journey towards becoming a data-driven company, the foundational step involves a shift in focus from solely cultivating a data culture to establishing robust data models and leveraging the right technology. While fostering a data-centric culture is undeniably important, companies can only effectively realize it after ensuring that the underlying data and technology infrastructure […]
What is a Data Lakehouse’s Role in Data Architecture?
As we navigate through the era of big data, the significance of efficient data management systems has become more pronounced. Among the innovative solutions, the data lakehouse is a pivotal development in data architecture. This novel approach combines data lakes’ vast data handling capabilities with data warehouses’ structured analytical prowess, offering companies a holistic, powerful […]
Matillion: Strategic to Modern at Connect for Health Colorado
As part of its ‘All Cloud’ push that began to take shape in 2019, Connect for Health Colorado (C4) selected Matillion ETL to be its cloud ETL/ELT tool. At that time Matillion had surfaced as a leader in data movement and transformation in the cloud. This could have been seen as a huge leap of […]
5 Things to Know About Databricks
Databricks is now available in both AWS and Azure so it’s getting a lot of buzz! Let’s discuss 5 things you should know about Databricks before diving in. 1. Databricks is a managed Spark-based service for working with data in a cluster Databricks is an enhanced version of Spark and is touted by the Databricks […]
What is a Data Warehouse and Why Do I Need One?
While the data warehouse isn’t a new concept, many are left wondering – what is a data warehouse? And why do I need one? I’m sad to tell you that when we say “data warehouse”, we aren’t referring to a physical building that stores data! Datalere’s official definition of a data warehouse is the following […]
