WhereScape Blog

Data Warehouse Automation
April 11, 2022

Data warehouse applications are designed to support online analytical processing (OLAP) which includes applications such as profiling, summary reporting, forecasting, and analyzing the trends. Unlike production databases, data warehouses are updated periodically from the operational systems.

Data Warehouse Automation
April 1, 2022

ETL processes have been in existence for almost 30 years. Sadly though, ETL alone is not good enough to keep up with the speed at which modern analytical needs change and grow.

Data Warehouse Automation
February 12, 2022

A data models is a visual representations of an enterprise’s data elements that defines the logical structure of data. It standardizes how data elements relate to one another and to the properties of real-world entities. It provides conceptual tools that help to define and structure data in the context of relevant business processes and the models supported in the development of effective information systems. 

Data Warehouse Automation
February 11, 2022

The Data warehouse and data lake are the two leading solutions for enterprise data management. While data warehouses and data lakes might share some overlapping features and use cases, there are fundamental differences in the data management philosophies, design characteristics, and ideal use conditions for each of these platforms.

Data Warehouse Automation
February 11, 2022

One of the criteria of a good quick win is that it can be built on or repeated at a later date. That later date has now arrived. We have to be careful not to take on a myriad of projects that are unrelated to each other. Your data team’s ability to replicate the value achieved in one win with many similar wins across the business offers a potentially huge return on investment. But be careful not to become overwhelmed.

Data Warehouse Automation
January 25, 2022

Quick win: An immediate improvement that delivers obvious value to the business. Because of the short deadline (two to three months), quick wins tend to be easy to implement but limited in scope. The best quick wins can be built on or repeated at a later date

Data Warehouse Automation
December 6, 2021

Gartner’s paper, Data Hubs, Data Lakes and Data Warehouses: How They Are Different and Why They Are Better Together, serves as much as a cautionary piece as an informative one. Based on inquiries made to the analyst firm over the past few years, is it apparent that a real gap in knowledge exists when it comes to what these three data structures do and how they should be employed.

Data Warehouse Automation
October 15, 2021

We asked data warehousing professionals the following question, which we feel gives insight into the pain points of data teams today: When it comes to the future of your data warehouse, which frustrates you?

Data Warehouse Automation
June 25, 2021

For a long time, the data warehouse architecture was the sole ruler of data delivery to decision-making processes, but not anymore. Because the data in these new data architectures is structured, organized and used differently, a new breed of generators is required, the data architecture automation tools.

Data Warehouse Automation
April 23, 2021

We at WhereScape were delighted to read Gartner’s technical paper, Assessing the Capabilities of Data Warehouse Automation (DWA), Published 8 February 2021. Of the various topics covered, these five resonated in particular.

Data Warehouse Automation
April 9, 2021

WhereScape RED 8.6.1 and WhereScape 3D 8.6.2 are available to download. Both have experienced major updates since the last release and we’ll go over the significant features in this blog.

Data Warehouse Automation
March 12, 2021

Prototyping is a feature of the automated data warehouse lifecycle that skips several manual steps and allows the customer to visualize the design of the architecture they have requested, with full lineage, before the build takes place.

Data Warehouse Automation
February 3, 2021

Pseudo Agile strategies are now common in data warehousing, and we often hear of teams working in sprints with SCRUM meetings and so on. However, most developers still type out every line of code by hand and work with 90s ETL technology.

Data Warehouse Automation
February 2, 2021

The fact that WhereScape does not fit exactly in any one category of the Gartner Magic Quadrants meant that our software did not get too much coverage from the leading analyst voice in IT. This changed recently with the publication of a paper written by Henry Cook.

Data Warehouse Automation
January 26, 2021

A data warehouse is an organized and centralized structure built based on your organization's needs. It stores current and historical data in one single place, that are used for business intelligence and data analysis reporting.

Data Warehouse Automation
August 19, 2019

WhereScape EMEA VP and GM Rob Mellor shares how metadata pairs with automation to deliver benefits that far surpass current data infrastructure projects.

Data Warehouse Automation
April 3, 2019

Neil Barton, WhereScape CTO, shares his perspective on the acceleration of data infrastructure automation adoption after presenting at the 2019 Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in London.

Data Warehouse Automation
May 21, 2018

Read how personal trainer Dave Whitlock recently set a new Guinness world record through physical human sacrifice and why today’s leading organizations know that doing the opposite within IT is the key to business success.

Data Warehouse Automation
November 20, 2017

Industry expert and guest blogger Dr. Claudia Imhoff shares best practice advice in the final installment of a 3-part series on Moving Your Data Infrastructure to the Cloud – Things You Should Know.

Data Warehouse Automation
August 25, 2016

WhereScape has experienced great success in working with higher education institutions large and small to build or extend data warehouse and analytic environments with our automation software—often with small development teams and budgets.

Data Warehouse Automation
August 9, 2016

A new Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) research study bears out what WhereScape has been seeing for some time—project success rates go up and costs go down when organizations utilize data warehouse automation for their development.  

Data Warehouse Automation
January 23, 2015

Data Warehouse Automation
January 20, 2015