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Business Intelligence Predictions For 2014
I recently read a post on Forbes by Prakash Nanduri in which he made his 5 predictions for Business Intelligence in 2014. I really enjoyed this article, and I think most of his points are dead-on. In general, Prakash talks about the fact that BI is no longer a new science, and we are going to […]
Read MoreWebinar: Big SQL Analytics – Cloudera Using Impala
On October 22, Brett Neuman, Manager Consultant at StatSlice Systems, presented a webinar on Cloudera using Impala as part of our series on Big SQL Analytics. This webinar was recorded and is available below. This webinar is the third video in our series on Big SQL Analytics, and it covers the results of our Cloudera […]
Read MoreBig SQL Analytics – Cloudera Using Impala
This is an overview of the webinar on Cloudera using Impala presented by Brett Neuman on October 22, 2013. For more information on this webinar, click here to view the video or continue reading to below. Overview In this webinar, Brett gives you an overview of Cloudera’s Impala platform and how you can use it […]
Read MoreIs Your Job Really In Jeopardy?
In few a short years, your job will be obsolete. We’ve all seen messages like that. It seems that every few years we get a rush of news stories about how the latest trends in technology are going to put us all out of business. The media loves to sensationalize the notion that one day […]
Read MoreSlowly Changing Dimensions in SSIS
One of the most critical pieces of any data warehouse is how you handle dimensions. Most dimension tables are modeled differently than fact tables because dimension records change more slowly than fact records. During a daily load, you may only have a single column that changes on one dimension record, but you will undoubtedly have […]
Read MoreWebinar: Microsoft’s New GeoFlow Tool For Excel
On June 25, Brett Neuman, Manager Consultant at StatSlice Systems, delivered an exciting new webinar with a preview of Microsoft’s new GeoFlow tool for Excel. Included below are the links to download the GeoFlow Demo, GeoFlow plugin for Microsoft Excel, video of the cinematic tour, and the full webinar video in case you missed it. […]
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