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Data virtualization
Everything is agile nowadays. Businesses run faster and there is very little time between a business event and the need to respond. To enable business processes to be quick and agile we need efficient access to data that enables us to make decisions. — MonitorPro autumn 2012, p. 30-32
Snowflake and Data Mesh
More than ever, the ability to use data for decision-making is critical to company success. Despite this knowledge, companies are still not fully empowering their employees with easy access to the data they need. According to Zhamak Dehghani, the founder of Data Mesh, we must start thinking outside of the box because the traditional approach…
Using social media in business intelligence
Social media is increasing in popularity, both among individuals and businesses. Companies have their social media presence where they listen to what customers say about their products, services and brands. Such information can be useful in business intelligence solutions because they represent another useful source of data. — MonitorPro magazine, summer 2013, p. 16-19
Data warehouse maintenance
Data warehouses must be constantly kept up to date – on the one hand due to changing business requirements and on the other hand due to technological advances. We can say that a warehouse is never really completed. Maintaining a data warehouse may in time become even more demanding than its initial implementation. How do…
Data warehousing is a mature information infrastructure
Data warehousing has matured to the point where it has become required as a necessary part of business information infrastructure. No longer are data warehouses regarded as a new and untried concept. In recent years we have seen developments in technologies, methodologies, architectures, approaches and ways of using the data warehouse. But this does not…
Business intelligence for better decision support
Decision support requires relevant, timely, precise and easily available information. To provide such information, companies must constantly maintain their information systems to ensure that data is available at the right time to the right people who use it for reporting, analyses and making sound business decisions. — Article published in Info SRC.SI, Year 2004/Issue 39, p. 16-18.
