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Today I’m going to get on my soapbox about big data as it’s defined with the 3 Vs, ie, Volume, Velocity and Variety. Now, big data is affecting business intelligence in more ways than one, including vendor hype and the natural momentum that comes with open source innovations and movements. The push this time is […]

Let’s talk about a fairly complex business here where you are tasked with building some analytics. Your client is none other than … Santa Claus! Yes … Really! He runs a fairly complex operation and it’s not going to be that easy. Let’s start with business requirements and scoping. Oh yes, we do this with […]

It’s monday morning as I write this and I came across a very interesting piece related to banking regulatory changes in the US. Chances are it will in some shape or form transfer over to other countries (and vice-versa). If you haven’t heard if it, it’s called the Volcker compliance after the former head of […]

OBD is a term popularized by the automobile industry and stands for On-Board Diagnostics and provides real-time troubleshooting information to the technicians including the ability to pinpoint the problem. But, do you have an OBD for your business? Theoretically, it should lie within the domain of your Business Intelligence solution. But, here’s the irony … […]

Whoa … there. If you missed the Q&A webinar with Dan today, you really lost an opportunity to catch the man in one of his best moods. He had slides and everything answering the questions that were mailed in. Fear ye not. If you’re a student of any of the implementation courses at LDV like […]

So, you’ve heard of Hadoop. Maybe you even use it, or are hearing more about it. Apparently, it’s the most fantastic happening since sliced bread in our little technology world … or so we hear. Now, it does have its merits. It’s lower cost to have an MPP based storage and execution engine which you […]

Yes Batman! He’svulnerable! Batman is one of the most interesting superheroes because unlike spiderman, superman or the hulk; he as NO superpowers. Zilch … Nada … Zero! So, what keeps the guy going? A ton of money? (It helps) Yes, he has a lot of money but he is also at the highest risk of […]

… Upgrade Your Computer? We’re in the technology field! Chance are you like to keep up to date with your hardware and software and perhaps with all the new cool tools as well. (I know this because of people trying to access the Data Vault training from their new iPads and other devices). But, I’m […]

Business rules are an interesting beast and a cause of a lot of confusion in the understanding of how a Data Vault tackles them. The confusion of course arises from the statement: “Push the business rules downstream of the Data Warehouse” The generic term “business rules” has been used to define both business driven business […]

Nowadays, it appears that you can’t hear a news story without a reference to the term “big data”, and it’s especially true with reference to Business Intelligence. It’s getting crazier by the day too. So, to cut through the BS shoved on us by some big marketing (which strangely enough works wonders in our IT […]

We often get the questions of whether we would be available for consulting and what is the best way to engage us. And, without a doubt the fastest way to project success is our Kick Start Package specially designed for rapid success on your Business Intelligence projects. Kick start is actually unique because we work […]

I’m sure you’ve heard about the Pareto Principle also known as the 80/20 rule? If you apply it to Data Warehouse builds here’s how the Data Vault has taken advantage of this common anomaly (It’s a bit of the secret sauce that makes the Data Vault Data Warehouse so successful). It’s common knowledge that 80% […]

If you’ve lived in a place where it snows in the winter, you’ll get this. If not, still read it because there’s a very important point. In places with extreme climates – warm hot summers and frigid cold winters, the road infrastructure tends to take a beating because of it being subject to extreme temperatures. […]

Influences of the Data Vault Architecture … At the time Dan invented the DV (1990) the concept of 3NF DWs and Dimensional Modeling were already there. However, these only influenced the modeling aspects of the DV. There’s so much more to the architecture and I’d argue that the methodology is far more important than the […]