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Modernizing the Analytics Data Pipeline

Enterprises run on a steady flow of best-fit data analytics. Robust processes ensure these assets are always accurate, relevant, and fit for purpose. Increasingly, organizations are implementing these processes within structured development and operationalization “pipelines.” Typically, analytics data pipelines include data engineering functions such as extract-transform-load (ETL) and data science processes such as machine-learning model development.

New Pathways to New Insights

To this point, AI has been applied to augment analytics in a somewhat bifurcated fashion. On one hand, we have seen natural language support the business consumer that requires simple answers to known questions, helping them quickly take action. And, on the other, AI helps content authors and BI developers auto-suggest charts and automate data preparation, improving efficiency and reducing manual workloads. But, there’s a gap, and the value is huge.

Assessing the Validity and Relevance of Data To Discover True, Actionable Information and Insights

In a previous article, we talked about the lost art of questioning and its importance when working with data and information to find actionable insights. In this article, we will expand on this topic and explain how questioning differs depending on what stage in the process you are from transforming data and information into insights.

Little Fluffy Hybrid Clouds

In this series of demystifying the tech trends, my colleagues and I will be looking at busting the buzzwords to help you keep on track. Concerned about puzzling parlance, analytics argot, techie terminology – or plain old jargon? This series breaks down words and concepts to give you the deepest insight and understanding into how to talk the talk in the world of tech, so you can engage in conversations with the confidence of being data literate.

Hybrid Data Delivery "Cloud Sources" Walkthrough

We have expanded our Hybrid Data Delivery service to load analytics ready data, from a number of cloud-based data sources, directly to snowflake - without the need for Qlik replicate. This initial update currently allows you to connect to data from over 20 cloud-based data sources such as Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and Salesforce and land it directly to a Snowflake as a target on a scheduled basis, so it can be used with your analytics applications – offering a single solution for on-prem and cloud data movement and replication.

A Real-Time Data Integration Fabric for Active Intelligence

Greek philosopher Heraclitus wasn’t talking about the challenge of today’s enterprise IT landscape but the quote certainly fits. From the advent of the first digital computer in the 1940s to the emergence of first public cloud in 2004, the rate of change has only accelerated. In fact, over 60% of corporate data resides in the cloud in 2022, up from 50% last year.