PROLOGIKA BLOG · IDEAS FROM THE FIELD
Practical perspectives on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, semantic models, and the work of turning data into insight.
Explore the latest articlesTEKSystems has been a wonderful sponsor of the Atlanta MS BI Group. They've recently published an interesting 2015 Annual TI Forecast report. According to the report, Business Intelligence/Big Data will be among the top most impactful technologies in 2015. More key facts: Seventy-one percent of IT leaders report confidence in their ability to satisfy business demands in 2015, representing an increase from 66 percent and…
Read articleCome and join us tonight for last 2014 meeting of the Atlanta MS BI Group. In the spirit of the season, I'll revisit its most important tools and their role in a holistic and modern data analytics environment. Then, for each tool, I'll discuss its indented use, as well as its pros and cons. We'll discuss self-service and organizational BI, on-premise and cloud, emerging technologies,…
Read articleI've been pestering Microsoft for years to provide an embedded Analysis Services Viewer control (similar to the SSRS ReportViewer) that would allow developers to embed interactive reports on custom Windows Forms and web applications. And, for years nothing happened, even after Microsoft acquired the Dundas OLAP Chart control in 2008. There are some positive signs on that end lately. Microsoft just rolled out the ability…
Read articleDon't miss the gist of SQL Pass Summit 2014. Keynote Day One: http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2014/PASStv.aspx?watch=7Pum0vfYtSk Keynote Day Two: http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2014/PASStv.aspx?watch=g8DSwPjmLv4 All PASStv sessions can be found here: http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2014/PASStv.aspx
Read articleI'll present at DAMA Georgia Chapter on November 12. The topic will be "Best Practices for Establishing a Solid BI Foundation". For more details, please visit the event page. Don't know where to start with BI or if you're on the right track? Just like everything else, a successful BI rollout is based on a solid foundation. Targeting BI managers, technology officers, and architects, this…
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There is a lot of talk nowadays about Internet of Things (IoT). According to Gartner, there will be nearly 26 billion IoT devices by 2020. Naturally, the data generated by these devices needs to processed and analyzed, very often in real time. Indeed, an increasing number of customers need real-time (operational) analytics performed over a stream of events, such as data coming from sensors, barcode…
Read articleJoin us on Monday, October 27th for our next meeting of Atlanta MS BI Group to learn about predictive analytics and how to actually do it. Presentation: Mine Craft Level: Intermediate Date: Monday, October 27th, 2014 Time 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET Place: South Terraces Building (Auditorium Room) 115 Perimeter Center Place Atlanta, GA 30346 Overview: Why you should be mining your data and…
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A Major League Baseball team engaged us to implement the foundation of their data analytics platform. They partner with TicketMaster for ticketing and sales. Interestingly, besides the TicketMaster cloud hosting that everyone is familiar with, Ticketmaster also offers a client application called Archtics to allow customers to sell tickets on premise. The client application uses a Sybase database (as you probably know, Sybase was acquired…
Read articleWe have two contract positions in Alpharetta, GA. Contact us at info@prologika.com if you are interested. BA ANALYST (4-MONTH CONTRACT) Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Documents requirements, defines scope and objectives, and formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. May require a bachelor's degree in a related area and 4-6 years of experience in the field or in a related area.…
Read articleBI solutions typically include a semantic layer. In Microsoft BI, the role of a semantic layer is fulfilled by Multidimensional cubes or Tabular models, whose virtues I extolled in this newsletter. If you invested in an SSAS model already, congratulations! You've done the lion's share. But as you know, the next step is to train your business users and get them all excited about BI.…
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