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I am an analytics and cloud architect, author, and trainer. An AWS certified blogger, SAP Mentor Alumni and co-author of the SAP Press book SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide, I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting.
Free-Hand SQL Isn’t Free
Reporting, Semantic Layer

Free-Hand SQL Isn’t Free

Dallas MarksMarch 19, 2014July 20, 2017

Free-Hand SQL is a good short-term solution but a poor long-term solution.

Mobile BI

Apple Retires the iPad 2

Dallas MarksMarch 18, 2014March 3, 2016

After 3 years, Apple retires the iPad 2.

Odds and Ends

Twenty Five Years of the World Wide Web

Dallas MarksMarch 12, 2014July 20, 2017

Celebrating the 25th birthday of the world wide web.

Land and Expand
Business Intelligence

Land and Expand

Dallas MarksMarch 11, 2014July 28, 2017

Expanding user adoption by learning from the experts.

Nobody Ever Got Promoted for Being Live Office Product Manager
Reporting

Nobody Ever Got Promoted for Being Live Office Product Manager

Dallas MarksMarch 10, 2014July 17, 2021

Does the birth of Microsoft PowerQuery mean the death of Live Office?

Thinking with Data
Book Review

Thinking with Data

Dallas MarksMarch 7, 2014July 20, 2017

An extremely helpful book for scoping and organizing data projects.

Less Flash, More Substance for SAP Business Intelligence Monitoring
Platform

Less Flash, More Substance for SAP Business Intelligence Monitoring

Dallas MarksMarch 5, 2014July 20, 2017

Adobe Flash no longer belongs in enterprise software.

True Desktop Intelligence With SAP Lumira
Lumira & Explorer, Reporting

True Desktop Intelligence With SAP Lumira

Dallas MarksMarch 4, 2014July 20, 2017

Modernizing Desktop Intelligence without leaving the desktop.

The Year Without Pants
Book Review

The Year Without Pants

Dallas MarksFebruary 28, 2014July 20, 2017

Scott Berkun’s enjoyable memoir of a year without pants.

Nobody Ever Got Fired for Buying Tableau
Data Visualization

Nobody Ever Got Fired for Buying Tableau

Dallas MarksFebruary 25, 2014July 20, 2017

Gartner’s 2014 Magic Quadrant for BI

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Dallas Marks

Dallas Marks

As a cloud and analytics practitioner, author, instructional designer, and trainer, I help organizations harness the power of analytics in the cloud, on-premise, or hybrid. I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting about analytics.

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