Data Value. OK. Hot topic. I’d be remiss if I didn’t say something about how data is the new oil or the new bacon or the new hot fudge lava cake with hand-churned vanilla bean ice cream drizzled with chocolate caramel sauce. Got it. So, let’s see. I have this Read more…
What’s not to love about a good enterprise analytical data consolidation project? You can just see the PowerPoint slide, can’t you? On the left, boxes like stars in a clear night sky, each representing some number of analytical repositories or data sources. On the right, one nice big box. Neat, Read more…
Part 1 of this Data Product Architecture series covered the “where” of Data Product data implementation: federated or consolidated or some combination of the two. Here in Part 2, we’ll get into the “how” of Data Product data implementation: virtual or materialized or some combination of the two. Which to Read more…
Awesome! You’re moving forward with a modern analytics architecture built upon Data Products. Maybe you’re going to implement a Data Mesh and/or Data Fabric. Maybe you’re just looking to make your enterprise analytics more scalable and sustainable. Whatever the reason, you now have a couple of architectural decisions to make; Read more…
Through the years I’ve done several surveys. Sometimes it’s collecting business value. Sometimes it’s connecting talent and need. Sometimes it’s inventorying tools. Sometimes it’s understanding resource utilization patterns. Regardless the purpose or venue, I have a very strict rule that applies to every question in every survey: Before the question Read more…