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Build a real-time analytics solution with Apache Pinot on AWS

AWS Big Data

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) is crucial in modern data-driven apps, acting as an abstraction layer connecting raw data to users for efficient analysis. It organizes data into user-friendly structures, aligning with shared business definitions, ensuring users can analyze data with ease despite changes.

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Navigating Data Entities, BYOD, and Data Lakes in Microsoft Dynamics

Jet Global

Each data entity provides an abstract representation of business objects within the database, such as, customers, general ledger accounts, or purchase orders. Online analytical processing (OLAP), which enabled users to quickly and easily view data along different dimensions, was coming of age. Data Lakes.

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The Future of AI in the Enterprise

Jet Global

The optimized data warehouse isn’t simply a number of relational databases cobbled together, however—it’s built on modern data storage structures such as the Online Analytical Processing (or OLAP) cubes. Cubes are multi-dimensional datasets that are optimized for analytical processing applications such as AI or BI solutions.

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AI vs. BI for Business, What Do You Need?

Jet Global

Business intelligence, by definition, “includes the applications, infrastructure and tools, and best practices that enable access to and analysis of information to improve and optimize decisions and performance” in a business environment. What are some of the core components of business intelligence?

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What is Business Intelligence Consulting

BizAcuity

Business Intelligence (BI) encompasses a wide variety of tools, applications and methodologies that enable organizations to collect data from internal systems and external sources, process it and deliver it to business users in a format that is easy to understand and provides the context needed for informed decision making.

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What is Business Intelligence Consulting

BizAcuity

Business Intelligence (BI) encompasses a wide variety of tools, applications and methodologies that enable organizations to collect data from internal systems and external sources, process it and deliver it to business users in a format that is easy to understand and provides the context needed for informed decision making.

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Goodbye Oracle Discoverer, Hello Next-Generation Reporting

Jet Global

It’s also important to consider your business objectives, both inside and outside finance. If reporting proved to be a time and labor-intensive process, take some time to understand why. That way the replacement is an actual upgrade. What do your r eports need to include to improve enterprise performance management?