The term Data Vault evokes an image of a safe and secure place to store your most important, core data assets. A lot of engineering goes into its design and delivery to ensure it does that job. However, there also is another image—a large, steel door—that comes to...
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Why Automating Snowflake is a Huge Deal for Agile Data Warehousing
Sometimes a major technological advance is accelerated by another complementary innovation. It seems data automation and a Cloud-native database that separates storage from compute go together just like peas and carrots. Two huge steps forward in data management and...
Maintaining a Data Warehouse
In the final article of this series, I address the topic of maintaining the data warehouse that has been designed, built, and deployed over the previous three articles. But, maintenance is too small a word for what is entailed! In more traditional IT projects, when a...
Operating a Data Warehouse
Having designed and built your data warehouse, I imagine that you’d like to deliver it successfully to the business and run it smoothly on a daily basis. That’s the topic of today’s article. As digitalization continues apace across all industries, the role and value...
Building a Data Warehouse
Over this series of four posts, I explore the keys to a successful data warehouse. Last time, I started with design—a reasonable place to begin! The topic of this post is build, with operation and maintenance to follow. Even with a beautiful design model in your...
Data Warehouse Design
Over this series of four posts, I explore the keys to a successful data warehouse, starting with data warehouse design. The topics for future posts are: build, operation, and maintenance. Designing a Data Warehouse In the design of a data warehouse and,...
Data Warehouse Design
Over this series of four posts, I explore the keys to a successful data warehouse, starting with data warehouse design. The topics for future posts are: build, operation, and maintenance. Designing a Data Warehouse In the design of a data warehouse and,...
5 Advantages of Automated In-Memory Data Warehousing from WhereScape and EXASOL
The combination of WhereScape RED data automation technology and EXASOL’s in-memory analytic database gives developers a plethora of new data modelling capabilities. Here are five ways your team can use this combination to transform the way they...
WhereScape Receives Award for Excellence in International Trade
WhereScape is thrilled to have won the Excellence in International Trade award at the Westpac Business Excellence Awards. The BEAs celebrate innovation and business excellence all around New Zealand. This year the competition was stiff, with finalists from a...