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Unlocking Data Storage: The Traditional Data Warehouse vs. Cloud Data Warehouse

Sisense

Scaling the warehouse as business analytics needs grow is as simple as clicking a few buttons (and in some cases, it is even automatic). The warehouse being hosted in the cloud makes it more accessible, and with a rise in cloud SaaS products, integrating a company’s myriad cloud apps (Salesforce, Marketo, etc.)

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What is business intelligence? Transforming data into business insights

CIO Business Intelligence

BI tools access and analyze data sets and present analytical findings in reports, summaries, dashboards, graphs, charts, and maps to provide users with detailed intelligence about the state of the business. Business intelligence examples Reporting is a central facet of BI and the dashboard is perhaps the archetypical BI tool.

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Data Model Development Using Jinja

Sisense

Every aspect of analytics is powered by a data model. A data model presents a “single source of truth” that all analytics queries are based on, from internal reports and insights embedded into applications to the data underlying AI algorithms and much more.