Recently a client asked me whether they should use tabular or multidimensional model for creating the BI (business intelligence) semantic model. I choose the tabular route due to the following reasons. Reasons to go the Tabular route If you want to use DAX (based on Excel formulas, but is often [...]
SQL Server is Microsoft’s flagship database product and has been in use for more than a decade. Microsoft recently announced to release SQL Server 2016 next year and has already released the preview version. The new 2016 release will have significant improvements in security features, [...]
Why Big Data? Big data solutions are primarily meant to address the three core data-related challenges faced at enterprise level. These are also called the “3 V’s Problem”. Volume: A Big data solution stores and queries 100’s of TB of data. The total volume of data grows by 10 times [...]
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