Updated April 1, 2026

Not All Semantic Layers Are Built for AI

The semantic layer has moved from niche infrastructure to a boardroom priority. Snowflake announced one. Databricks announced one. Google repositioned Looker as one. Microsoft repositioned Power BI as one. This is genuinely good news. As ISG analyst Matt Aslett observed…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated April 29, 2021

Make Power BI Shine on Snowflake, BigQuery & Redshift

Attention Power BI enthusiasts, what I am about to say is huge! AtScale now lets you get Live Query access to cloud data warehouses within a full, multi-dimensional model. This means you get live access to your cloud data with…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated September 16, 2020

Google BigQuery Benchmark Results: A Closer Look

Let’s talk about the results. In our most recent webinar with bol.com, Maurice Lacroix, BI Project Owner of bol.com and I shared how Maurice and his team are increasing the ROI in their Google BigQuery investment while boosting their BI…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated June 5, 2020

Excel with Google BigQuery

I hear it all the time. Many enterprises hate Excel because it’s an analytics “free for all” but the business users love it and can’t live without it. No matter what BI tools an enterprise may have, ultimately, that last…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated March 11, 2020

How to Learn More about AtScale and Google BigQuery

Last week, Google announced that Google Next ‘20 would be going digital this year. They said: “The health and wellbeing of Google Cloud customers, partners, employees and the overall community is our top priority. Due to the growing concern around…

Posted by: Carole Gunst

Updated April 1, 2026

Not All Semantic Layers Are Built for AI

The semantic layer has moved from niche infrastructure to a boardroom priority. Snowflake announced one. Databricks announced one. Google repositioned Looker as one. Microsoft repositioned Power BI as one. This is genuinely good news. As ISG analyst Matt Aslett observed…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated April 29, 2021

Make Power BI Shine on Snowflake, BigQuery & Redshift

Attention Power BI enthusiasts, what I am about to say is huge! AtScale now lets you get Live Query access to cloud data warehouses within a full, multi-dimensional model. This means you get live access to your cloud data with…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated September 16, 2020

Google BigQuery Benchmark Results: A Closer Look

Let’s talk about the results. In our most recent webinar with bol.com, Maurice Lacroix, BI Project Owner of bol.com and I shared how Maurice and his team are increasing the ROI in their Google BigQuery investment while boosting their BI…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated June 5, 2020

Excel with Google BigQuery

I hear it all the time. Many enterprises hate Excel because it’s an analytics “free for all” but the business users love it and can’t live without it. No matter what BI tools an enterprise may have, ultimately, that last…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

Updated March 11, 2020

How to Learn More about AtScale and Google BigQuery

Last week, Google announced that Google Next ‘20 would be going digital this year. They said: “The health and wellbeing of Google Cloud customers, partners, employees and the overall community is our top priority. Due to the growing concern around…

Posted by: Carole Gunst
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