Alation

MARCH 29, 2022

This led to the birth of separate systems for reporting: the enterprise data warehouse. For the first time, the focus of a system became business questions, where data was denormalized. These so-called “citizen data scientists” remained a roadblock between business users and data — and between data and decision making.

Business Intelligence 96

Business Intelligence Reporting Data mining Data-driven 96

Jet Global

DECEMBER 23, 2020

When the company acquired Great Plains Software in 2001, it took ownership of two widely used ERP products – Great Plains and Solomon. You must build and maintain Power BI models, often at great expense and with the help of outside consultants. At the same time, you may not want to lose the ability to report against historical data.

Cost-Benefit 52

Cost-Benefit Data Warehouse Reporting Recreation/Entertainment 52

Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

Hire smart consultants. When a majority of your budget is invested in tools and data warehouses, rather than smart people to use them, you are saying you prefer to suck. Your website was created in 1996, updated slightly in 2001, and left to rot ever since. Even the most basic insights you need will come from people.

Marketing 126

Marketing Measurement Metrics Testing 126