June 23, 2022
How to Use Excel for Analytics in the CloudDespite having a billion users, Excel is not always thought of as a business intelligence (BI) tool. Yet Excel remains by far the predominant BI consumption platform in enterprise data because its formulas and functions make it a powerful tool…
June 21, 2022
Rethinking Feature Stores to Better Align AI/ML to Business Impact“We are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge.” - John Naisbitt The wheels of commerce are always churning, pushing merchants to find new opportunities, answers to questions, and the next breakthrough strategy to keep growing. One can imagine the…
May 26, 2022
The Semantics of the Semantic Layer Part 6: Performance OptimizationThis is the sixth blog in my blog series, The Semantics of the Semantic Layer, where I discuss the seven core capabilities of a semantic layer. In this blog, I will dive deeper into the autonomous performance optimization capabilities that…
May 10, 2022
Accelerate Data Science and AutoML with a Semantic LayerAt AtScale, we love talking to data and analytics technologists and hearing their stories. We recently hosted a tech talk (presentation and demo) with Ben Taylor, Chief AI Evangelist at DataRobot, about how AtScale and DataRobot can help align AI…
May 3, 2022
Performant Power BI Analysis on Snowflake with AtScaleWe've learned a lot working together with top technologists & strategists like Arun Ulag for Power BI (the leading BI tool) and Michael Gregory & Simon Field for Snowflake (the most popular data warehouse). In this blog post, we’ll recap…
March 10, 2022
AtScale + Tableau: What do Toyota, Wayfair and Tyson Have in Common?When I talk to customers, they always find value in stories about how our other customers are progressing on their data and analytics initiatives and their journeys toward realizing self-service BI. This post will do a deep dive into a…
March 3, 2022
AtScale + Tableau | Accelerating Self-Service BI with a Semantic LayerWe've been publishing a lot of new case studies based on our experience helping customers get value from AtScale's semantic layer. With that in mind, we’d like to delve into our partnership with Tableau. The well-known data visualization tool is…
February 24, 2022
Data Leader Interviews: Lessons Learned from Cigna, Visa, Amazon & HCLI recently connected with a few of the top data leaders to discuss the role of business analytics and machine learning at their organizations. We chatted about the nuances of global data programs, promoting data literacy at large enterprises, measuring…
October 7, 2021
How to Leverage the Power of AtScale with Ad Hoc Analysis in ExcelNo matter how sophisticated and agile an enterprise BI program may be, there is always a need to go deeper than canned reports and dashboards. Business analysts’ primary role is to figure out what the data is saying and support decision…
September 30, 2021
How to Connect AtScale to Excel to Directly Analyze Large Cloud Data SetsLast week, AtScale announced new Excel integrations and we blogged about the ability to use Excel as a powerful business intelligence platform. In this post, we will cover the basics of using AtScale to connect Excel to a cloud data…
