The need for Data Integration has never been greater. Organizations are faced with an overwhelming growth in data, an increasing range of diverse data sources and the continued proliferation of systems within the enterprise. In this blog I will talk about the hot topics and key trends for Data Integration in 2012 and beyond. First, [...]
Data Quality Blog – A Never Ending Story Where’s a spell-checker when you need it? I was recently invited to provide one or more data quality anecdotes for a chance to win some glorious prize. I was hooked, more for the opportunity to [...]
I am excited to formally announce the opening of the London office for Altis Consulting. We are taking our specialist expertise in business analytics, business intelligence, data management and data warehousing to the UK market and I am proud to say I will be leading the UK practice. Our goal is to offer a service [...]
Being aware of and managing subtle cultural differences can make all the difference when managing a successful Global project. Recently I held a post project review session as part of closing out a global Business Intelligence project. The objective was to share and collate feedback on what had gone well or not so well and [...]
Last week we were fortunate to have Warren Thornthwaite and Margy Ross from the Kimball Group deliver an excellent Data Warehouse Lifecycle In Depth training course in Canberra. Seizing the opportunity to gain insight from an industry thought leader in data warehousing, Altis hosted an executive briefing where Warren shared some of the lessons he’d [...]
In line with its annual major release cycle, Tableau has today released version 7 of its software. This marks the seventh major release in the company’s seven year history which is quite an impressive achievement. I have been playing with Tableau 7 during the Beta program and had an in-depth preview at the Tableau Customer [...]
I’ve previously had a simplistic view of Master Data Management (MDM), that its aim was to build and maintain a ‘Master Entity’ that is clean, unique and free of data quality problems. Something that proves costly on most Data Warehouse Business Intelligence (DWBI) implementations. However after attending William McKnight’s Master Data Management course I now [...]
A colleague and I recently attended Sharepoint Saturday in Canberra. A day-long conference of all things MS Sharepoint. The sessions were broad ranging, appealing to business focussed and highly technical alike. Most business intelligence tools in the market today are accessible via a browser-based interface or portal. With the increasing use of collaboration tools, integration [...]
Agile data warehouse test led development involves creating the test cases prior to development, and is a key part of the Agile development process, as it helps to clarify requirements, provide an accurate gauge of progress, and an early look at the data. Here is the process for making it happen.Agile data warehouse test led [...]
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