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Ever passed through Boring, Dull or Bland? You will be excused if terms like boring, dull and bland remind you of experiences related to Business Intelligence maintenance. Read about Boring (Oregon USA), Dull (Highlands of Scotland) and Bland (Australia) Once the novelty of shiny new software wears off and the realization sets in that the same old mistakes have been …
From the previous article Bungle in the Jungle (Part 1): Well executed Business Intelligent programs calls for agility in the BI jungle. Unwieldy swinging in the BI-jungle leads to a serious Rumble in the BI jungle. Comparing a world renowned boxing match with recent Business Intelligence tactics should evoke a sense of fighting spirit for some. A “rope-a-dope” BI strategy …
Approaching the Business Intelligence Jungle might leave you quivering with trepidation. Rebellion against traditional approaches is increasing, amidst still ongoing attempts and confusion to get a handle on the traditional way of building effective BI systems. Understandably a sensation of being at a BI slumber party mounts because most of the un-inaugurated players are lulled into ignoring valuable lessons learned …
Who is still interested in doing Business Intelligence – only the birds? Can’t we just simply pour all our business data into one server and let business users loose to explore? We have tried this approach in the past. Perhaps we can try again. Although be aware of Bird Imbecile systems! Listen to the song: For the Birds (Business Intelligence …
What is on the wish list of most Business information users? They are yearning for new analytical solutions that: Support multiple reporting tools in a self-service mode that is easy to use Allow rapid ingestion of all kinds of new data files without consulting IT Do not need extensive modeling Scale large data volumes while delivering performance Support advanced analytics …
Melancholy and having a bout of BI Blues is often a side effect of business users who need to interact with their data but finding it difficult, for a variety of reasons, leading to frustration over not being able to achieve their information related goals. Blues is a music genre that probably originated with the 17th-century English expression “the blue …
Confused about EDW, DW, Data Lakes, Hadoop, HTAP, Hive, LLAP, Spark SQL… (…you can complete the list ! )? Are you wondering … To ETL or not, to ELT or not, or to do no ETL/ELT at all? A plethora of terminologies, acronyms and technologies are currently in the mix. For the un-inaugurated and the professionals alike it has become …
Some data warehouse projects might be Good. You might even find a few that is Better. Unfortunately “Bad” is often associated with Data Warehousing because Business Users still struggle to obtain accurate information in the format they desire within the required timeframes it is needed, despite having access to their Data Warehouse. This may be due to ill-defined or miss-interpreted …
Bigger is not always better. Spending Big on acquiring the latest state of the art technologies might contribute to a superior environment well suited for dealing with large volumes of data. And yes, Bigger Data and Technologies do provide scope for richer analytics. What is BAD is the dearth of not following an effective approach to steer a potentially-massive-outlay- project …
Breaking Bad (to raise hell) means to cause a considerable disturbance. Breaking down existing data silos may initially evoke substantial disturbance too. In the American crime drama TV series Breaking Bad, a struggling high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turned to a life of crime in order to secure his family’s financial future before he dies. He …