Everything is great. Business analysts are happy, operations is happy, management is happy. Everyone loves the data warehouse. Kudos! And then the data warehouse becomes a victim of its own success. Can we have some more? More data, more data sources, more queries, more reports, more dashboards, more-more-more. But with the same hardware, same staff, same budget, same service-level agreements. Pop quiz, hotshot -- what do you do?
Read MoreI am constantly evaluating new technologies and approaches to solving age old data problems. It’s given me a certain perspective on what truly drives change (hint: two parts culture for every one part technology) and a healthy dose of skepticism about silver bullet solutions, particularly to longstanding challenges around data management.
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