Updated June 23, 2026
Four AI Pillars and a Wide-Open OpportunityI just got back from the Databricks Data & AI Summit, and I have a lot to unpack. This was the biggest DAIS yet, with 31,309 attendees, and the energy was unmistakable. More importantly, Databricks came in with a sharpened…
Updated June 10, 2026
Your AI Isn’t Expensive. It’s Guessing.Inside a Tier 1 bank's $9-million-a-year AI rediscovery tax, and the architectural fix that cut compute costs by as much as 21,903x. Every time an analyst at a Tier 1 bank asks, "What was revenue in the Northeast last quarter?"…
Updated May 22, 2026
10 Things We Learned at the 2026 Semantic Layer SummitMost enterprise AI governance conversations start with LLMs. But when an AI agent returns a wrong answer, the failure usually traces back to a much simpler problem: the business logic behind the answer was never defined in a place the…
Updated May 21, 2026
The Fifth Semantic Layer Summit Is the Strategic Pivot Point for Leaders Betting Their Enterprise on AIOne day with the platforms, the standard-bearers, and the enterprise architects deciding the next decade of enterprise data architecture. May 20, 2026. The semantic layer has escalated from technical curiosity to strategic imperative. At the first Semantic Layer Summit in…
Updated November 17, 2025
How a Semantic Engine Reduces AI Query Costs Without Sacrificing PerformanceReal-time AI analytics feels like the future: instant insights, natural conversation, decisions without delay. But behind the scenes, that future comes with a big catch: every AI query costs money, and those costs compound fast. Many of our customers see…
Updated May 27, 2025
Why Is Power BI Slow with Snowflake? How to Fix Common Performance ProblemsIf your Power BI dashboards feel more like a waiting game than a real-time tool, you're not alone. Many teams struggle with sluggish performance when connecting Power BI to Snowflake. Dashboards that should load in seconds often take minutes. The…
Updated April 17, 2025
Evaluating a Semantic Layer: How Technical Teams Drive ROI Through Smart Data InfrastructurePicking Up From Part 1: Why Technical Evaluation Matters After realizing a semantic layer could solve PrecisionWorks’ biggest data headaches, Alex, a data engineer, moves on to a critical step: evaluating vendors. (Missed the beginning? Catch up on Part 1:…
Updated April 3, 2025
How a Typical Power BI Customer Can Save Millions in Annual CostsThe Rising Cost Challenge for Power BI Customers Organizations across industries rely on Power BI to drive business intelligence and inform strategic decisions. However, as data volumes increase, so do the associated costs. Businesses often face growing expenses related to…
Updated March 27, 2025
Breaking Data Silos with Cross-Cloud Federation and Semantic Layers: Key Takeaways from the TDWI Expert PanelRecently, I had the opportunity to join the TDWI expert panel onBreaking Data Silos with Cross-Cloud Federation and Semantic Layers, alongside industry leaders John Korsak, Enterprise Solutions Engineer from Cube, and Fern Halper, TDWI VP Research, Senior Research Director for…
Updated March 25, 2025
Cloud Cost Optimization: Strategies to Reduce Costs & Maximize EfficiencyWhat is Cloud Cost Optimization? Cloud cost optimization is the practice of reducing cloud expenses while maintaining performance and scalability. It involves analyzing cloud usage, right-sizing resources, implementing automation, and leveraging cost-saving tools to maximize efficiency. The goal is to…
