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Architecture Corner

Data architecture from a practitioner's perspective.

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Architecture Corner

Why you don’t always need real-time data

Real-time data sounds like the obvious goal for modern analytics, but faster is not automatically better. For many business decisions, data refreshed every few hours or once a day is more than sufficient. The right architecture starts by understanding how quickly a decision needs to be made, not how quickly technology can deliver the data.

Architecture Corner

Star Schemas Explained

Star schemas are one of the simplest concepts in data architecture, yet they underpin some of the world's fastest and most reliable reporting solutions. This guide explains what a star schema is, why it matters, how it improves analytics, and why experienced Business Intelligence professionals rely on it.

Architecture Corner

Fact Tables vs Dimension Tables

Many Business Intelligence projects struggle long before the first dashboard is built. The real success or failure often comes down to one deceptively simple decision: what belongs in a fact table, and what belongs in a dimension. Learn how experienced data modellers make that decision and why it matters.