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Microsoft's Power BI a Leader in BI Solutions in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report

We’re excited to share that, once again, Microsoft is a leader of Analytics and Business Intelligence (ABI) platforms in the [...]

Pragmatic Works February 20, 2020

Azure, Power BI, DAX, Analytics, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Synapse Analytics, Cloud-based BI

My List of Top Contributors in the Data/BI Community

As I read the many posts from those in the community who I follow, I am reminded that the community brain trust is much [...]

Paul Turley February 18, 2020

Analytics, Azure Every Day, Business Intelligence, PASS Summit 2019, Donald Farmer

My Interview with Donald Farmer at PASS Summit 2019

If you have been in the BI industry as long as I have, then you know of Donald Farmer. He happens to be one of my heroes as [...]

Paul Turley November 15, 2019

Data Warehouse, Consulting, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud, AI, PaaS, IaaS

On-premise vs Cloud Modern Data Warehouse - Which is Right for You?

Many people ask the question, which is right for my company, on-premise or cloud modern data warehouse? In a recent webinar, [...]

Pragmatic Works October 8, 2019

Power BI, Free Training, Analytics, Dashboard in a Day, On-Demand Learning

Building a Highly Efficient Analytics Team

Pragmatic Works March 14, 2019

Azure, Analytics, Azure Every Day, Azure Databricks, Machine Learning, Data Science

3 Common Analytics Use Cases for Azure Databricks

Pragmatic Works is considered to be experts in the Microsoft Data Platform, both on-premises and in Azure. That being said, [...]

Chris Seferlis December 26, 2018

Free Training, On-Demand Training, Analytics, Power BI Embedded

Power BI Embedded - Bringing Analytics to Your App

With Power BI Embedded you can integrate the data that your customers need to make on the spot decisions directly into your [...]

Pragmatic Works December 20, 2018

Big Data, Azure, Power BI, Analytics, Azure Every Day, AI, Azure Data Week, Azure Data Warehouse

Azure Data Week in Review

Last week we hosted our first ever Azure Data Week event with a jam-packed week of Azure content. Thanks to everyone who [...]

Adam Jorgensen October 15, 2018

Building a More Effective Sales Teams Using Analytics

Azure, Analytics, Data Analytics, Azure Every Day, Machine Learning

Building a More Effective Sales Team Using Analytics

Your sales team is the backbone of your business. Today I’d like to talk about using analytics to build a more effective [...]

Adam Jorgensen September 14, 2018

Azure, Power BI, Analytics, Virtual Conference, Azure Data Week, Azure Data Warehouse

We Are Excited to Announce Azure Data Week!

Since its introduction in 2010, Microsoft Azure has been taking the world by storm. Here at Pragmatic Works, we’ve seen [...]

Adam Jorgensen August 22, 2018

Power BI, Analytics, Azure Every Day, IoT, Azure Stream Analytics

Overview of Azure Stream Analytics

Analytics is the key to making your data useful and supporting decision making. Today I’m excited to talk about Azure Stream [...]

Chris Seferlis May 14, 2018

Power BI, Free Training, Analytics, Power BI Training

Delivering Power BI to the Enterprise

Still not utilizing Microsoft’s Power BI for your business? Maybe you have questions or concerns about rolling out the Power [...]

Pragmatic Works March 22, 2018

Azure, Power BI, Microsoft, Analytics, Azure Every Day, Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks

In today’s Azure Every Day installment, I’d like to tell you about Azure Databricks. If you don’t know what that is, Azure [...]

Chris Seferlis March 16, 2018

Azure, Microsoft, Analytics, Azure Every Day

Introduction to Azure IoT Hub

The Azure IoT Hub is a two-way communication platform between the solution backend and the IoT devices themselves that [...]

Chris Seferlis February 23, 2018

Azure, SSIS, SSAS, Analytics, Azure SQL DB, Azure Data Factory, Azure Every Day, Business Intelligence

Can You Do Traditional BI in the Cloud?

With all the focus on cloud and Azure, have you ever wondered if you can run your traditional BI workloads within Azure? You [...]

Brad Gall February 21, 2018

Big Data, Azure, Data Warehouse, Microsoft, Analytics, BI, Azure Every Day

What Should I Move to the Cloud?

There are many organizations like yours that are trying to figure out how to take that first step into the cloud this year. [...]

Adam Jorgensen February 15, 2018

Azure, Microsoft, Cloud solutions, Analytics, Azure Every Day

Why Choose Azure Over AWS

Looking to move to the cloud and not sure whether to go with Azure or AWS? Let me tell you why we choose Azure for our [...]

Adam Jorgensen February 12, 2018

Power BI, Consulting, Cloud solutions, Analytics

Top 3 CIO Data Concerns

Many organizations are looking for solutions to help their businesses grow and to take advantage of all that their business [...]

Pragmatic Works June 9, 2017

Consulting, Analytics

Why Analytics Now?

Analytics allows us to look ahead to the future. Your business will be more profitable and insightful by preparing for the [...]

Pragmatic Works May 24, 2017

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