Tag: Analytics
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Dual BI Architectures: The Time Has Come
In Dual BI Architectures: The Time Has Come, Wayne Eckerson suggests that:
As an industry, it’s time we acknowledge the obvious: our traditional data warehousing architectures are excellent for managing reports and dashboards against standard corporate data, but they are suboptimal for managing ad hoc requests against heterogeneous data.… Continued
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What’s Essential – And What’s Not – In Big Data Analytics
Very good article about What’s Essential – And What’s Not – In Big Data Analytics. Starts with a Big Data Analytics overview, then dives into the columnar vs. row based DBs debate (only to find that that’s ultimately not generally important, as all these systems are built to scale, and it depends on your data and requirements which DB engine handles it best).… Continued
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What is Analytics?
Sybase’s Phil Bowermaster is trying to shed some light on the question of What is Analytics?
The vital distinction is this: advanced analytics involves more than just slicing and dicing of the data. […] Ultimately, it’s this reliance on models that sets advanced analytics apart from other types of BI analysis.… Continued