Reading Time: 6 minutesThe logical data warehouse is the data architecture of the future — fast, flexible and ideal to support self-service BI. In the past year, I have published quite a lot regarding the architectural advantages of the logical data warehouse (read…
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you want to know why a Physical Data Warehouse is no longer suitable for newer data types, register to the webinar “The Big BI Dilemma – Bimodal Logical Data Warehouse to the Rescue!” by Rick van der Lans on…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnyone working in business intelligence and analytics must count themselves lucky. And I’m feeling lucky too. We were here when Tableau and Qlik set a seismic market shift in motion, from reliance on IT to business user independence, creating the…
Reading Time: 4 minutesData virtualization receives its deserved recognition, as the market has significantly matured over the past few years. For the first time, Gartner has published a data virtualization specific Market Guide1, which particularly focuses on why data virtualization should be considered…
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently there has been a lot of discussion around the concept of the logical data warehouse. What is the cause of this buzz? Why are logical data warehouses so important for data professionals? To understand this, we first need to…
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs C-level executives managing different lines of business, our duties could be varied, but we are all driven by one common goal—to generate profit for the company. And there is always pressure to do it faster—demanded by the CEO. Data…
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen 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…
Reading Time: 5 minutesComplex Questions that Need Simple … but not Simplistic … Answers Update: make sure you also read the first part of this content. Data Virtualization Performance and Source System Impact (Part 1) In part 1 of this article, we looked…
Reading Time: 4 minutesComplex questions that need simple … but not simplistic … answers. Update: make sure you also read the second part of this content. Data Virtualization Performance and Source System Impact (Part 2) Within sixty seconds into a data virtualization conversation,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesFirst there was EII (Enterprise Information Integration) otherwise known as data federation. Data federation technologies allow one central data store (virtual or physical) to link to one or more remote data sources. The central store allows the consuming application to…
