There is a lot of hype about “Big Data” solutions with most of our customers. I looked at first a few years ago and I found most things to be very early stage with little genuine intent to implement from customers. However, in the recent past, I have seen an increase in the number of […]
Problem There are some problems with Power BI (See Business Intelligence) which include having an issue in displaying statistics in the report according to the fiscal year which I had set in the Timeline Slicer tool. Let’s review in details of the problem by going through diagrams of Power BI report. The fiscal year set in […]
You can also access Part I & Part II of this series “Laying the foundation of a data-driven enterprise with Hadoop“. Hadoop platform has performed well in the batch interactive as well as the real-time data processing if the core is Apache Hadoop. Recently, Hortonworks launched a new technology called Apache NiFi. It was created at […]
Part I of the series “Laying the foundation of a data-driven enterprise with Hadoop” is accessible here. Any type of data can use Hadoop, whether it is batch interactive or real-time. It can be applied to any data whether it is a traditional system or coming from the internet of things (IoT) and be deployable […]
Confluent raised $24 million for data ‘Streams’ powering LinkedIn, Netflix, and Uber. Now, this is a company that is helping corporate giants like Netflix, Uber, and LinkedIn by letting them get new insights from their data using Apache Kafka. And, did you know why big data is becoming such a deal? Have a look at […]
Recently a client asked me whether they should use tabular or multidimensional model for creating the BI (business intelligence) semantic model. I choose the tabular route due to the following reasons. Reasons to go the Tabular route If you want to use DAX (based on Excel formulas, but is often seen as having a steep […]
It all began when participants in our Big Data training started yawning, apparently out of their want of a live action-packed big data assignment. A training was getting them bored since they wanted to jump into the sexiest job of the 21st century. But, when it came to a live assignment, faces started turning pale white. It […]
If you are not as cynical about Big Data as this grumpy cat, you’ll agree that Canada’s new leader and Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau has some things strikingly similar to the data scientists. Here are the 5 things in no particular order. 1. Teaching What comes to your mind when you think of a teacher? A caring, […]
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