For a long time I thought vendor lock-in was a bad thing. And still it can be. But my point of view has become a bit more subtle. Let me explain. Vendor lock-in, what is it? On Wikipedia you can read: “In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in or customer lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use...
Read MoreHow can you compare data warehouse automation tools? And which one is "the best"? There was some arguing going on on Twitter, because Ajilius was comparing itself with Biml without much underlying "evidence". Edit 12 August 2017: Ron Dunn of Ajilius said this on LinkedIn, I will put it here as a rectification:"one of our resellers made the comparisons, we stepped in when things got out of...
Read MoreIntroduction As you might know, I started a survey on the usage and opinion about Data Warehouse Automation (DWA) Tools. Today I am presenting the results. I sincerely want to thank all the participants for sharing your thoughts. The participants First some insight into the persons that filled in the survey. You were not with so many (62 completed surveys). In statistics there is a formula to compute the minimum sample...
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