We've been BEAM*ing for over 7 years now, and really believe it's a solid way to gather business requirements when building Agile data warehouses.  Here's why. What is BEAM✲? BEAM✲ stands for Business Event Analysis & Modelling, and it’s a methodology for...

Woohoo we've got a new website!  If you're reading this blog you're already on it and we reckon you should click a few extra buttons than you were planning to and go check it out... Data really does make anything possible, and we're here to help you harness data...

You might have heard this term thrown about a bit recently.  Perhaps it's because you've heard politicians referring to it when discussing educational reform, or you've noticed how your job has you doing more with spreadsheets than you did five years ago.  What ever...

What is algorithmic bias? A systematic error in computer algorithms which leads to unfair outcomes and giving privileges to one of the groups of users over all others. An algorithm is a set of instructions designed to perform a specific task.  This can be a simple...

I've spent the last 8 years of my life surrounded by data nerds, and while I've learned so many new things about data, I can not even pretend I'm a data nerd myself.  An enthusiast for sure, but a nerd... no way! I lack what my peers would consider the hammer and...

We complete daily health checks for our customers and in one specific case, there is a BI tool which notifies us in case of major error, but we also have to scan logs for small errors and unhealthy processes. We check log files for errors, depending on your luck there...

When I was in Wellington last week, I headed along to the Hays Salary Guide launch for some insights on the labour force, career progression, and what both employers and employees are wanting out of their roles. If this is something that interests you, I highly...

Enterprise Integration Platforms, such as the Enterprise Data Warehouse, store integrated data in a common database.  The features of this common target schema typically include: Enterprise-wide scope, Auditable data, Data sourced from several source systems, A...

You'll know by know that we're huge fans of Data Vault here at OptimalBI, and at least once a year we put on a Data Vault Certification course.  Well, hold on to your hats, we've got our third certification course for the year coming up in December and the time to...