The difference between Analytics and Reporting
Businesses sometimes use these terms interchangeably … they are wrong. Reporting has been around for ages. Be it balance sheets projecting a company’s
NoSQL Support in PostgreSQL
Developers have been really excited about the addition of JSON support starting PostgreSQL v9.2. They feel they now have the flexibility to work with a schema-less unstructured dataset while staying within a relational DBMS. So what’s the buzz all about? Let’s explore below
What questions can BI help me answer?
Business Intelligence (BI) is such a buzzword, everyone wants to use it. But do people really understand what it means and what kind of tangible benefits a business can get using BI? Below, I give a sample of some questions BI can help an organization answer.
Operational Data Store vs Data Warehouse vs Data Mart
These buzz words seem to be floating around quite a bit and tend to get thrown into every conversation around Business Intelligence. But what do they actually mean and how do they differ from each other. Below, I try to take a 100,000 ft view to try and differentiate between the three.
Data Flow in a Typical BI Stack
A person unfamiliar with Business Intelligence may find it hard to visualize how data flows through a typical BI stack. This post is aimed towards trying to ease that effort.