Tag: business intelligence

The changing role of BI professionals: from analysts to scientists

The following is the first in a series of four blog posts on the evolving roles, skills and functions played by business intelligence and data professionals. It’s been estimated that 65 percent of current primary school students will eventually hold…

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Using the MariaDB CONNECT engine to merge heterogeneous data sources

Find out how to use MariaDB CONNECT Engine to merge heterogeneous data sources in this how-to blog post from Valerie Parham-Thompson.

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SQL On The Edge #8 – SQL server mobile report publisher

One of the cool things about SQL Server is that it comes bundled with all the Business Intelligence services with the core database engine license. Reporting Services (which includes the Mobile Report Publisher), Analysis Services, and Integration Services are all…

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SQL On The Edge #5 – custom visualizations in PowerBi

  Have you ever used Microsoft’s PowerBi service? If you have, have you used it within the last year? The reason I ask is that the current PowerBi service is so radically different from the initial release that pretty much only…

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Power BI general availability

In the last months I’ve been keeping an eye on the Power BI Preview, the new version of the Power BI cloud solution that was completely revamped compared to the first Power BI v1. This last Friday, July 24th, Power BI…

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