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If Dashboards Are Dead, Why Are We Embedding Them?

For decades, the analytics/BI community has suffered from low user adoption (~30%). Dashboards and fancy visualizations have only proven to be the starting point of the analytics journey, not the endpoint. We are living in a world that demands far greater agility than a fixed layer of information or KPI can provide. Poor user adoption is the result when the analytics system fails to support the users full journey: from data – to insight – to action.

Collaboration is Key to Reducing Pain and Finding Value in Data

When it comes to cloud, being an early adopter does not necessarily put you ahead of the game. I know of companies that have been perpetually “doing cloud” for 10 years, but very few that have “done cloud” in a way that democratises and makes data accessible, with minimal pain points. Cloud is an enabler. It makes it easier to collect, analyse, and disseminate information.

The Impact of Culture On Data and Analytics Adoption During COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on the need for flexible and engaging leadership. Most of the recent leadership-themed articles focus on how to bridge the remote-only workplace relationship gap, the importance of increased engagement and empathy, and the need to provide technology that empowers and provides a more equitable work/life balance.

5 Ways to Slash your Data Platform Costs

Make your data platform faster, better & cheaper with Unravel by joining Chris Santiago, Director of Solution Engineering to learn how to reduce the time troubleshooting and the costs involved in operating your data platform. Instantly understand why technologies such as Spark applications, Kafka jobs, and Impala underperform or even fail! Define and meet enterprise service levels through proactive reporting and alerting.

Migrating Big Data Workloads to the Cloud with Unravel

The movement to utilize data to drive more effective business outcomes continues to accelerate. But with this acceleration comes an explosion of complex platforms to collect, process, store, and analyze this data. Ensuring these platforms are utilized optimally is a tremendous challenge for businesses. Join Mick Nolen at Senior Solutions Engineer at Unravel Data, as he takes you through Unravel’s approach to migrating big data workloads to the Cloud. Whether you’re migrating from

Fivetran Recognized in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools

Gartner names Fivetran in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant in the data integration tools category. Today, we’re proud to share that Fivetran has been recognized in the August 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools for the first time. The data integration market is rapidly evolving and expanding as organizations increasingly understand the value of analytics and the importance of data-backed decisions in driving business success.

Fivetran vs Stitch Comparison

Fivetran or Stitch for automated ELT? Learn the pros & cons of each platform. October 5, 2020 We commonly hear from our customers that when they initially evaluated cloud data integration solutions, both Fivetran and Stitch came up in their cursory searches. With the Stitch's announcement of their free plan deprecation, we’ve received an influx of questions on how the two solutions differ. Below, we highlight the differences in the approaches to handling automated ELT as well as pricing.