The Business Case for Snowflake Part 2: Reach, Integration Capabilities, Collaboration, and Support
In Part 1 of this series, we explored why Snowflake is becoming the go-to choice for organizations seeking a scalable, secure, and cost-efficient data platform. We ventured into Snowflake’s cloud-native architecture, scalability, user-friendly interface, and the cost benefits it offers businesses striving to stay competitive. There is more to Snowflake’s appeal than just its technical strengths. […]
The Business Case for Snowflake Part 1: Architecture, Performance, Usability, and Cost Efficiency
As a data consultant, I have the unique opportunity to use a variety of tools to manage and analyze data assets dependent on the project or client. Sometimes organizations are already using tools that make sense for them, other times the current stack is outdated and struggling to keep up with growth and scaling modern […]
Venture into Golden Datasets using Power BI
Enterprise data architecture today covers data lakehouses, data fabrics, data meshes, data products, data sharing, self-service, governance, integration, discovery zones, and more. While the landscape of methodologies and frameworks is endless, the golden dataset still has a place throughout. In the ever-evolving landscape of data management and business intelligence, the creation of a golden dataset […]
The Case for Golden Datasets in Power BI
In the intricate world of today’s data environments, Power BI developers face significant challenges. The complexity inherent in navigating, merging, aligning, and aggregating vast amounts of data consumes an inordinate amount of time and effort. Despite this painstaking work, developers find themselves mired in uncertainty, questioning the accuracy and reliability of the final outcomes. This […]
Matillion: Strategic to Modern at Connect for Health Colorado
As part of its ‘All Cloud’ push that began to take shape in 2019, Connect for Health Colorado (C4) selected Matillion ETL to be its cloud ETL/ELT tool. At that time Matillion had surfaced as a leader in data movement and transformation in the cloud. This could have been seen as a huge leap of […]
5 Things to Know About Databricks
Databricks is now available in both AWS and Azure so it’s getting a lot of buzz! Let’s discuss 5 things you should know about Databricks before diving in. 1. Databricks is a managed Spark-based service for working with data in a cluster Databricks is an enhanced version of Spark and is touted by the Databricks […]
