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Reading Time: 3 minutesSome still see data virtualization as an alternative technology to ETL. For them it’s nothing more than another style of data integration. However, data virtualization is much more. Data virtualization is about abstraction. It’s about data consumers being decoupled from…
Reading Time: 3 minutes2018 is exactly thirty years since I published the first data warehouse architecture. The core concepts of the architecture remain strong and viable. However, the evolution of both business needs and technology solutions over the intervening decades has led to…
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn the previous article we reviewed the architectural elements of the virtual data lake, dug deeper into its technical implications. In this post, we will review the architectural elements of the virtual data lake, and will discuss why a virtual…
Reading Time: 4 minutesBelieve it or not we are now over 25 years into building data warehouses and many companies around the world have very well-established systems supporting query, reporting and analysis of historical master and transaction data that has been captured from…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSavvy organizations know that business growth and success are intrinsically linked with an effective strategy for managing data. But as the big data momentum builds, more questions are raised. In this post, I’ll answer five of the most important ones….
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe amount of data a company can manage these days is huge, but making use of these data for analytics and decision-making can be hard and expensive using traditional approaches.Traditional architectures like data warehouses and data lakes rely on storing…
Reading Time: 7 minutesMany organizations have made it a high priority to implement a data virtualization solution. This makes sense, since traditional data warehouses can no longer keep pace with the explosive growth in data volumes and user queries. The logical data warehouse…
Reading Time: 4 minutesOver the years I have seen how data virtualisation can simplify data access and significantly improve agility. Given all the benefits this brings, I would most certainly recommend any organisation to add data virtualisation software to their toolbox – particularly…
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’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…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is data virtualization? Here’s an analogy using a concept that we can all relate to: a supermarket. Picture the scene: Shopping list in one hand, shopping basket in the other, you’re ready to tackle your weekly shopping in your…
