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Analytics & Advanced Analytics: What’s the difference?
“Advanced Analytics” is a relatively new term in the data management and data warehousing business. “Basic” analytics is relatively a straight forward affair, mostly involved in answering ad hoc...
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HP Spectre x360 & Zbrush
I’ve probably mentioned that I toy with Zbrush from time to time in other posts. A fantastic sculpting program, I’ve always been looking at ways to liberate it from a workstation to a nice portable...
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I’ll be at TechEd 2015 in Las Vegas
I’ll be attending TechEd 2015 in Las Vegas this October. While my schedule isn’t finalized, I’ll spend much of free time in the product showcase discussing data warehousing.and SAP’s latest...
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A Couple New Youtube Videos on SAP DW Tech
We’ve published a couple new data warehousing videos. They cover SAP’s Smart Data Streaming technology and SAP’s data warehouse massive scaling technology, Data Tiering. If you’re interested in the...
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ASUS Zenbook UX32VD Dead iSSD Workaround
A little background: The ASUS UX32VD was a slick ultrabook 2-1/2 years ago. It featured an i7 Processor, 512GB of Disk with a 24GB iSSD cache and easily outfitted with 10 GB of RAM. A nice little...
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Tablet Buttons?
I like sculpting with Zbrush on a tablet, but Zbrush really needs a few buttons to modify what the stylus does, notably Shift, Ctrl, and Alt. There are a handful of other functions that is handy to...
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The Data Warehouse Revolution Is Coming
Modernizing the data warehouse is no longer just a passing thought in most major enterprises, but is increasingly becoming the imperative. A centralized structure for all our data that took shape in...
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More than a Database
The modern data warehouse calls for capabilities that go far beyond what a traditional database can provide. SAP BW/4HANA fills that gap. There was a time, not long ago, when even the stickiest data...
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SAP BW/4HANA: The Next-Generation Data Warehouse, Delivered
From its earliest deployments some three decades ago, the data warehouse has been a disruptive technology. As data has become more central to every aspect of what businesses do and ultimately what they...
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Software Tools for Scripts
From time-to-time, I prepare scripts both in my working life and my diversions. It is surprising to me that people often ask what software I use. The flip answer is “a few billion cells between the...
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