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If there is one question we hear from almost every Dataspace client, it is, “Do I have big data?” Many clients are torn about the prospect of big data. On the one hand, having big […]

I build data warehouses. I understand why they’re important, I make a living from them. I also see that traditional, relational data warehouses are on the way out. Their demise is coming from a few technological

I get a kick out of how vendors tout Business Intelligence. It’s usually something like, “Get more out of your data” OR “Don’t you want to be data driven?” OR “All the really cool companies

Are you wondering if your organization is at the point where it needs to improve its reporting capabilities and invest in a business intelligence system? This note is the first in an occasional series of

I remember watching a really good webinar one time entitled Ten Changes to Maximize the Impact of Your BI Strategy by Gartner analyst Kurt Schlegel.  I found it to be well worth the hour spent

What is Business Intelligence? It’s the set of tools, abilities, and data required to create a picture of the world and how your organization operates in that world. In building your business intelligence capabilities, you

The Two Roles of a Data Warehouse Most people think of data warehouses as databases that solve reporting problems. However, it’s more useful to think of them as addressing two sets of problems: 1) Reporting,