TDWI Articles

Data Digest: Data Integration and the Cloud, 3 Common Big Data Traps, and Self-Healing Systems

Cloud’s impact on data integration, avoiding big data roadblocks, and the security benefits of self-healing systems.

Let the People Who Know the Data Best Do the Wrangling

The next leap forward in improving information agility is about rethinking who does the preparation work. Self-service data prep increases throughput and allows you to leverage the collective wisdom of the organization.

Data Digest: Big Data Pitfalls, Customer Data Integration, Data Retention Tips

Today learn about the blunders many enterprises make with big data, improving your customer data with more integration, and choosing the right amount of data to store.

Microsoft's Power BI Is Surprisingly Excel-Friendly

Since it introduced Power BI publisher for Excel, Microsoft has been working to enhance it with new features and to fix bugs highlighted by users.

Choosing Data Virtualization/Federation Tools

A pilot evaluation project can be an effective way to choose the best data virtualization and federation tools to integrate your EDW and Hadoop systems.

Data Digest: Using Event Data, Open Source Myths, Unbiased Algorithms

Read these articles to learn how to manage disparate event data, bust major myths about open source software, and use improved algorithms to prevent bias.

Putting the Data Revolution in Perspective

Advances in analytics and data management have practical effects on the world around us. These improvements are driving innovation in fast-changing industries such as healthcare and agriculture.

Tunable Consistency in Cassandra NoSQL

Tunable consistency is one of the many points of differentiation between SQL and NoSQL databases. This article explains this important parameter and the tunable consistency options Cassandra provides.

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