KPI Partners Blog

What Is A Data Scientist?

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Aug 07, 2015 @ 12:44 PM

by Jeremiah Johnson

Data scientists are master communicators.  They speak fluently with people in operations areas and those in information technology departments.  They understand technical jargon, business lingo and are information experts.  Unlike a jack-of-all-trades, who knows a lot but masters nothing, data scientists know plenty and often are experts in many fields.  Most importantly, they find solutions for business problems.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Database, Data Scientist, Big Data, Data Discovery, Business Intelligence, ETL, Jeremiah Johnson, Data Integration, Blog, Datastax

Attaching A Visual Face To Hadoop With Oracle Big Data Discovery

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Mar 13, 2015 @ 10:37 AM

by Mangesh Dange

Oracle Big Data Discovery is a set of end-to-end visual analytic capabilities that leverage the power of Hadoop to transform raw data into business insight in minutes, without the need to learn complex products or rely only on highly skilled resources. 

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Tags: Mangesh Dange, Big Data, ETL, Oracle Big Data Discovery, Hadoop, Blog

Code Migration In Cloud World

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, Feb 10, 2015 @ 09:56 AM

by Ksheetij Dongre

Migrating Code from Development to Production in the Cloud

The cost of cloud migration is not cheap but the promise is that the company will acheive a significant return on investment over the long haul.  The objective of this article is to help us understand how to setup Development and Production environments in the cloud, specifically regarding these components of a data warehouse (DW):

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Cloud Services, SQL Server, Database, Ksheetij Dongre, Oracle, Informatica, Cloud Master Data Management, ETL, Blog

An Informatica Expert's Understanding of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, Nov 25, 2014 @ 10:42 AM

by Prashanth Gajjala

I started working with Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) a year ago while participating in a Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 11.1.1.7 implementation.   I have been working with Informatica as the extract-transform-load (ETL) tool of choice for a long time, which included Oracle Business Intelligence Applications and custom warehouse projects.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, ODI, Prashanth Gajjala, ELT, Oracle, Informatica, ETL, Data Integration, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Blog

Ongoing Challenge: Data Integration In "The Cloud"

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Wed, Nov 19, 2014 @ 10:49 AM

by Potnuru Hatakesh

Adoption of "The Cloud" is growing significantly as more a enterprises start to see and experiencing the value in agility, scalability, and cost savings.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Cloud Services, Potnuru Hatakesh, Informatica, Cloud Master Data Management, ETL, Data Integration, Cloud Application Integration, Blog

Free OBIEE Cache Purge/Seed Utility

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Wed, Aug 20, 2014 @ 02:10 PM

by Shiva Molabanti

To see reports with the most up-to-date data from the latest extract-transform-load (ETL) process, we typically purge the Oracle BI Server Cache using a common job called, "Cache Purge."

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Tags: OBIEE, Pre-Built Solutions, Shiva Molabanti, Cache, Business Intelligence, Tutorial, ETL, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Blog

Data Discovery Is Not Business Intelligence

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Wed, May 14, 2014 @ 11:33 AM

by Ron Cruz

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Tags: Unstructured Data, Ron Cruz, Data Discovery, Business Intelligence, ETL, Blog

Understanding The Informatica MD5 Function

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 @ 03:52 PM

by S. K. Purushotham

This article will help you understand the importance of the MD5 function in Informatica. It will also help you answer questions like:

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Informatica, Tutorial, ETL, SK Purushotham, Data Integration, Blog

ETL in the Cloud: The Main Challenge Of Cloud-Based Business Intelligence

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Sun, Apr 20, 2014 @ 11:32 AM

by Kusal Swarnakar

The cloud comes with many advantages and some challenges.  Innovations in cloud technology allow businesses to operate more or less exclusively in the cloud, should they want to go that route.  Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) technology allows for a seamless integration of information from various sources to be…

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Kusal Swarnakar, Cloud Services, Big Data, ETL, Data Integration, Blog

Getting Familiar With Oracle's BIACM & FSM

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Wed, Apr 02, 2014 @ 08:44 AM

by Ashwin Pujari

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 11g : Getting familiar With Oracle's Business Intelligence Applications Configuration Manager (BIACM) & Functional Set-Up Manager (FSM)

Once the BIAPPS installation is completed, the newly introduced web-based JAVA applications, BI Configuration Manager (BIACM) and Functional Set-up Manager (FSM), are available for administrators to complete the set-up related tasks. As it is a new product, the first thing that most do is, run through the oracle documentation, discuss with experts and fellow colleagues, take part in Oracle webinars etc.  After that, we still land up with a long list of new terminologies and jargon.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, ODI, Ashwin Pujari, BIACM, FSM, Oracle, Tutorial, ETL, Data Integration, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Blog