This is the third and final blog in this series, to read the previous blog click, here. In the first post, I urged you to stop using star schema dimensional models because they were obsolete. In the second post, I elaborated on why star schema dimensional models were obsolete using Ralph Kimball’s own reasons […]
The Star Schema is Obsolete, Reduced Cost, and Better Performance
This is the second blog in the series. Read the first blog, here. In my first blog, I stated that the star schema and dimensional modeling are obsolete, and I urge you to stop using them. I explained that in the first chapter of The Data Warehouse Toolkit Ralph Kimball explained that dimensional modeling […]
The Star Schema is Obsolete
If you are still using a star schema and dimensional modeling to build your data warehouse / Data Lake, I implore you to reconsider. This has been a contentious subject in the past, but when building modern data environments It is important to me to cover this topic in detail. Ralph Kimball introduced the industry […]
reCAPTCHA Enterprise – Sitecore Options
We have all encountered those annoying bots called reCAPTCHA which appear just when we are about to hit that Submit button. They are needed to keep fraudulent activity at bay and promoting legitimate customers get in and attackers out. In this blog post, we will explore some options we have to enable reCAPTCHA Enterprise on […]
Flutter – Trend Setter in Mobile App Development
In today’s contemporary world, mobile app development is evolving and progressing, giving mobile apps a gradual but steady makeover. All mobile applications are not developed the same way. There are many different ways of developing mobile applications in today’s market like native platforms, web, progressive web apps (PWAs), cross-platform app development, etc. When creating native […]
Ready or Not, GA4 is Coming
Google Analytics – the linchpin of every digital marketer’s data reporting schema – is set to go through some big changes in the next year. As I detailed earlier this year, Google has announced that in 2023 they will deprecate Universal Analytics (UA), the version of Google Analytics that we have become accustomed to over […]
Introduction to Google Analytics – A Guide for Beginners
A guide towards an entry to Google Analytics with Naeem Sheikh. What is Google Analytics? Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that will help in tracking website traffic and generate an easy understandable report to analyze the performance of your website. It is basically divided into five major report i.e. Realtime […]
The Fifth Thing to Know When Looking to Replatform
A significant driver for needing to change platforms is when your business undergoes a significant digital transformation effort. Typically, a company chooses to undertake a digital transformation because they need to change the experiences their customers have with their brand. Usually, that means some amount of change in systems in order. Reason #5: Your Business […]
Handling ever changing source schema issues using Python and Snowflake
The problem statement: An organization having a lot of FMCG products, conducts campaigns in various cities across India. The main aim of this campaign is to promote the products and collect feedback from the customers both existing and prospective ones. The data is collected in excel files and loaded to a centralized location in the […]
Becoming Data Driven: Increase Data Knowledge and Literacy
This is the fourth blog in a series that dives into how organizations become data-driven, with insights and strategy from Perficient’s Senior Data Strategist and Solutions Architect, Dr. Chuck Brooks. You can read the other blogs in the series via these links: first blog, second blog and, third blog. A data-driven organization is one […]
Becoming Data Driven: Make the Data Accessible, Integrated, and Reusable
This is the third blog in a series that dives into how organizations become data-driven, with insights and strategy from Perficient’s Senior Data Strategist and Solutions Architect, Dr. Chuck Brooks. You can read the previous posts here and here. A company becomes data-driven when they look to data to make important business decisions across the […]
Becoming Data Driven: Embrace New Data Technology
This is the second blog in a series that dives into how organizations become data-driven, with insights and strategy from Perficient’s Senior Data Strategist and Solutions Architect, Dr. Chuck Brooks. To read the first blog click here. Companies with outdated technology such as on-premises data warehouses, Excel spreadsheets as a data source, and email […]