There is an expression in the Big Data world that I have been hearing more and more frequently. It is the term "dataprep“. In Big Data, the word “dataprep” means “data preparation” and it refers to al...
By Dan Hotka Hi, Toad Data Point has been around a while. Its primary use is preparing data and assisting with data analysis. The power of this tool is that it can pull and include data from just abo...
This is Flow The first time I found flow is an experience I'll always remember. Just around the turn of the century, I was asked to help Hitachi Data Systems improve the way they track, test, and mana...
The backend repository for the Foglight Performance Investigator is based on Infobright, an analytics engine for machine generated data. However, you can connect natively via anything that can connect...
Chickens, Pigs, and Goats How's your luck in controlling all the animals on a scrum? If you're familiar with scrum projects, I'm sure you've heard the story of the chicken and the pig who considered ...
How Strong Are Your Relationships? All business analysts are in the relationship business. It may not have been spelled out in your job description or part of your performance review, but your experie...
A Resolution for Business Analysts While many people have resolved this year to lose weight, I encourage you to lose wait! Downtime–waiting for instructions, feedback, and database results–is not goo...
Why BPMN? As you know, a requirements document us not just about new functionality. I'm sure you're familiar with non-functional requirements like performance and usability; however, there's another k...
A Note About Notes As a business analyst, I'm sure you spend a lot of time in meetings, and I'm sure you take a lot of notes. But are you getting the most out of your notes? That depends on what you d...
Toad Data Point version 4.0 is being released today! With each release of Toad Data Point we are focusing on adding enhancements requested by users which make connecting, querying and data prep easie...
I was on the phone with a Toad Data Point customer last week and she said something like (paraphrased) this is the only solution that offered this key benefit and I have tried a lot of products out th...
Toad Data Point v3.8 is now available. Like our last v3.7 release we made a lot of nice improvements – many of which were customer ideas! We really appreciate user contributions. For a full list of...
