In the Information Economy, partnership is critical. With business functionality available to anyone via increasingly vast cloud-based resources, the key to success is execution: getting things done! That’s why working with partners can make all the difference in the world as companies look to digitally transform. Check out this episode of QueryThis to hear InsideAnalysis …Read More

The time finally came! With so much data flowing from so many new sources, the traditional approaches for data integration had to change. While we’ll still see lots of Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) going on, forward-looking organizations will need to be much more strategic with regards to provisioning data. That’s why the time has come for a …Read More

The narrative with respect to machine learning is that algorithms will eradicate jobs. A much better description is that machine learning will optimize jobs by handling mountains of tedious work that have bored and annoyed employees for centuries!Read More

Who’s afraid of the big, bad upgrade? Not the ladies from Sauder Woodworking, that’s for sure! The Ohio-based furniture maker of note decided to take the plunge much earlier than most. Check out this episode of InsideAnalysis to hear host @eric_kavanagh interview Pam Vocke and Jan Arvay about their ambitious migration to SAP S/4 HANA. …Read More

Searching for some tech companies on a roll? Look no further than Looker and Nimbl! The former recently wrapped up their JOIN Conference in San Francisco, where InsideAnalysis Host @eric_kavanagh interviewed their VP of Marketing, Pedro Arellano; along with Chris Vendermeer and Tyler Dewal of PathFactory, one of their many clients. While the latter is …Read More

Time was, the main way you moved data around the organization was via the old-world process called: Extract-Transform-Load, aka ETL. That was what you did. Oh, sure, there was Change Data Capture, aka CDC, and that process actually dates back to the mainframe! But, Alas! Things have changed! The pressure of big data forced real …Read More

By Ashley Lipman For years, businesses around the world have used big data to track things like consumer behaviors and market trends. Utilizing the power of data allows a business to create a competitive edge. Considering that daily Internet users generate around 2.5 quintillion bytes, harvesting and utilizing this information can be difficult. Rather than collecting …Read More

The kids entering the workforce today could be called the Cloud Generation or the Open Source Generation. Nearly every aspect of corporate, government and educational enterprise software designed today either uses open source or evolved from open source coding and is designed to run in a cloud or hybrid cloud environment. Isaac Newton in 1675 …Read More

Now entering its fourth decade of innovation, opensource software continues to transform the world of business. Once considered the work of hobbyists, this now-pervasive paradigm has since conquered the enterprise in deep and meaningful ways. In fact, Linux now reigns supreme over all other operating systems for industrial-grade enterprise solutions. But Linux was just the …Read More