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Why Analytics Leaders Are Embracing Modern Data Platforms: A Look at dbt & Snowflake

by Kristi Smith Are you an analytics leader thinking about moving to a more modern data platform, but not sure where to start? Makes sense; there are a lot of options out there. Red Pill Analytics understands that analytics leaders are facing a tough challenge: how to transform raw data into insights while managing complex […]

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dbt, Modern Data Platform, Snowflake Computing, Strategy

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Got Technology, Need Data? Here’s the Best Free Data Sources for Analytics & AI

Photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash The Data Challenge Have you ever wanted to assess or explore a new BI, analytics, data visualization, data science, etc. technology, but struggled to find a data set to use for your assessment and exploration activities? Have you grown tired of analyzing the “typical” free data sources–think census, stock

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Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, Data Visualization, Free Data Sources, General, Open Data, Public Data Sets, Tips

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Securing Network Access for Snowflake Data Warehouse and Amazon S3

As technology moves further into a service-oriented (read: Cloud) world, people and enterprises alike need to ensure that securing their assets is taken seriously. Security has always been one of the first of topics covered before purchasing a cloud service which is why good cloud vendors typically spend more time securing their products than any

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AWS, Code, Data Integration, Data Warehousing, Security, Snowflake

What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?

What HBR’s Winter 2017 OnPoint Tells Us About Business & Data It was a November evening that I was at the grocery store, waiting in the line to check out when I saw the latest issue of Harvard Business Review’s OnPoint publication. For those that are unaware, OnPoint is a seasonal publication that focuses on a particular

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Big Data, Data