In my previous post on this subject, I talked about few of the common problems that plague traditional data warehousing initiatives. Few of my friends after reading through the article asked me whether I am questioning the relevance of traditional data warehousing . The answer to that question is a resounding "No". Data warehousing do offers significant benefits to the business, but my belief is that the practioners of the data warehousing infrastructure need to evolve beyond the traditional models and build platforms that leverages the benefits of the traditional warehouse while complementing it with system(s) that provide quick, agile and adaptive solutions to meet the need of the business. In this post, I am making a proposal for one such system and I am calling it an " Analytics Platform ". What is an Analytics Platform? I would define Analytics Platform as an engine which is built with a underly...
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