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Why a Universal Semantic Layer is the Key to Unlock Value from Your Data

A semantic layer is a way to represent data so that it can be easily understood by business users, making it easier for them to interpret and use it directly, without a dependence on data engineering teams. Wikipedia def Read more…

The Semantic Layer Architecture: Where Business Intelligence is Truly Heading

The rise of cloud computing, data mesh, and especially data lakehouses all reflect the massive efforts to adopt architectures that will keep pace with the exponential of data constantly growing. But the industry is st Read more…

Semantic Layer Belongs in Middleware, and dbt Wants to Deliver It

The folks at dbt Labs think the data transformation tool is the proper place to implement and manage a semantic data layer, as opposed to the BI tool or the data warehouse, where it has traditionally resided. And later t Read more…

AtScale Revs ‘Universal Layer’ to Keep Data ‘Big’

Keeping the "big" in big data is the mission of a four-year-old startup launched by Hadoop and business intelligence veterans with the aim of bridging the gap between users, their favorite tools and underlying Hadoop dat Read more…

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