August 3, 2023
Harnessing the Power of the Semantic Layer for FinOps MasteryIn the world of Finance Operations, or FinOps, the focus is on striking a balance between cost efficiency and fostering speed and innovation. FinOps refers to a financial management practice involving cross-functional teams to manage cloud consumption and costs. This…
June 29, 2023
Preventing Semantic Sprawl in the Modern Data Analytics StackData is invaluable to an organization’s decision-making, business innovation, and cross-team collaboration. With the rise of big data and cloud data warehouses, fully-realized democratization is the next step in many businesses’ data journeys. They want to enable company-wide, self-service analytics,…
June 1, 2023
Choosing the Right Semantic Layer Strategy for Your Organization’s Data StackThe average data platform holds raw data assets from several different locations — BI apps, data warehouses, reports, etc. This becomes a challenge when teams need an effective way to unite and leverage this entire ecosystem for intelligent decisions and…
April 13, 2023
Actionable Data Insights for Improved Business ResultsThis blog was written by Dr. Prashanth Southekal, the Managing Principal of DBP Institute (www.dbp institute.com), a data and analytics consulting, research, and education firm. He is a Consultant, Author, and Professor. Author’s Note: This is an update to the…
April 11, 2023
Empowering FinOps With a Semantic LayerI confess. I had heard the term FinOps batted around for the past few years, but I hadn’t really absorbed its significance. I started paying more attention after reading some research from Gartner Analyst Adam Ronthal. I was able to…
April 7, 2023
Using a Semantic Layer to Replace SSAS and SSAS CubesAtScale connects to data where it lies. Whether it’s stored in a data lake like Hadoop or a cloud data warehouse like Snowflake, the data stays where it is. There is no pre-compute, data aggregation, or extracts, which means you…
March 29, 2023
What are the Benefits of Data Mesh and Why Do They Matter to Businesses Today?AtScale VP of Product and data mesh expert, Elif Tutuk, wrote a whitepaper on the principles and benefits of a data mesh approach. She covers what a data mesh is, how it positively impacts business performance, and which specific components…
February 28, 2023
How a Semantic Layer Supports Data Storytelling ProjectsData storytelling is the process of using data to tell a story and make it more accessible and understandable to a wide audience. Visualizing data and using narrative techniques are important elements of data storytelling. A semantic layer can quickly…
January 31, 2023
How to Implement a Composable Analytics Strategy that Supports your Data MeshAs we covered in parts one and two of this blog series, organizations establish data mesh in order to create more widespread, flexible data access across the entire business. And in order to achieve this, a data mesh approach must…
January 24, 2023
Data Mesh Success Depends on Business-Ready DataThe modern data-driven organization creates, captures, and manages a massive amount of data from many sources. These data assets hold massive potential to generate business value: reducing costs, gaining operational efficiencies, finding new sources of revenue, and outperforming competition. Realizing…
