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June 19, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Summer 2016

Why Choose Power BI as BI Platform

Why Choose Power BI as BI Platform Are you deciding which BI platform to adopt? With so many vendors and products, you are not alone and the choice is far from easy. For the past few months, I've consulted with and mentored several large publicly traded…

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March 13, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Spring 2016

What’s New in SQL Server 2016 for BI?

What's New in SQL Server 2016 for BI? On a personal note, I'm excited to announce the launch of the new Prologika website (https://prologika.com), which adds a slew of new features to connect better with customers and readers, including site-wide search, responsive web design, case…

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March 8, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Winter 2015

Power BI and You

Power BI and You I'm excited to announce the availability of my latest (7th) book - Applied Microsoft Power BI! Currently, this is the only book on Power BI. The book page has more information about the book, including the front matter (with foreword by…

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March 8, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Fall 2015

Is ETL (E)ating (T)hou (L)ive?

Is ETL (E)ating (T)hou (L)ive? Before we get to the subject of this newsletter, I'm happy to announce the availability of my latest class - Applied Power BI Service. As you've probably heard by now, Power BI Service (or Power BI 2.0) is the Microsoft…

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March 8, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Summer 2015

What’s New for BI in Office 2016?

What's New for BI in Office 2016? While you might be still trying to convince management to upgrade to Office 2013, the next version of MicrosoftOffice (Office 2016) is on the horizon and scheduled to be released sometime in the Fall. Meanwhile, you can download…

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March 8, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Spring 2015

QUO VADIS DATA WAREHOUSE?

A while back I met with a client that was considering overhauling their BI. They asked me if the traditional data warehousing still makes sense or should they consider a logical data warehouse, Big Data, or some other "modern variant". This newsletter discusses where data…

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March 8, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Winter 2014

WHY POWER BI.NEXT?

After an appetizer of embedded Power View reports , Microsoft proceeded to the main course that is a true Christmas gift – a pubic preview of what's coming in its Power BI offering. For the lack of a better term, I'll call it Power BI.NEXT.…

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March 8, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Fall 2014

WHAT IS AZURE MACHINE LEARNING?

According to Gartner, one main data analytics trend this year and beyond will be predictive analytics. "Increasing competition, cost and regulatory pressures will motivate business leaders to adopt more prescriptive analytics, making business decisions smarter and more repeatable and reducing personnel costs". Prologika has been…

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March 8, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Summer 2014

BI ON YOUR TERMS

During the Day 1 keynote at the 2014 BA Conference, Microsoft committed to BI on your terms. They said that all new features will be eventually available both on premises and in the cloud. We've also learned that hybrid scenarios will be possible in near…

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March 8, 2016

Prologika Newsletter Spring 2014

POWER BI FOR OFFICE 365

I hope you are enjoying the beginning of the spring. The focus of this newsletter is self-service BI with Microsoft Power BI. But before I start, I strongly encourage those of you in the Southeast USA to register and attend the SQL Saturday Atlanta event…

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