Business Intelligence

Can You Have Data Governance Without Bureaucracy? A Practical Guide to Lightweight, High-Impact Governance

February 20, 2026 at 02:38 PM | Est. read time: 10 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Data governance has a branding problem. Mention the phrase in a meeting and people often picture slow approval queues, rigid standards no one follows, and a “data police” culture that […]

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Why Reliability Is a Product Feature (Not Just an Engineering Goal)

February 19, 2026 at 02:02 PM | Est. read time: 10 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Reliability isn’t a behind-the-scenes technical detail-it’s part of what users buy when they choose your product. When an app is slow, unavailable, or inconsistent, customers don’t experience it as “a

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Cloud, On‑Prem, or Hybrid? How to Choose the Right Infrastructure Without Bias

February 18, 2026 at 03:26 PM | Est. read time: 13 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Choosing between cloud, on‑premises, or a hybrid approach can feel like picking sides in a debate-especially when opinions in the room are strong. But the best decision isn’t ideological. It’s

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How Startups Accelerate Product Development With Managed Platforms (Without Sacrificing Quality)

February 13, 2026 at 03:49 PM | Est. read time: 11 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Speed is the startup advantage-but it can quickly become a liability if you move fast by cutting corners in infrastructure, security, or reliability. That’s where managed platforms come in. A

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Qlik and Agentic AI in 2026: What’s New, What’s Real, and What to Watch Next

“What were sales last quarter?” Business users increasingly expect: > “What changed, why, what should we do next, and can you open the ticket / notify the team / update the forecast?” Agent-like experiences require more than NLQ (natural language querying). They require: Context (business definitions, KPI logic) Trust (lineage, governance, quality signals) Workflow integration

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Metabase vs. Apache Superset: Choosing the Right Open-Source BI for Modern Data Teams

February 05, 2026 at 04:15 PM | Est. read time: 10 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Open-source BI (business intelligence) tools have become a go-to choice for modern teams that want flexibility, lower licensing costs, and the ability to move fast without being locked into proprietary

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Why Observability Has Become Critical for Data-Driven Products (and How to Get It Right)

February 02, 2026 at 01:54 PM | Est. read time: 11 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Data-driven products live and die by trust. If users can’t rely on dashboards, recommendations, alerts, or predictions-or if performance degrades without explanation-confidence erodes quickly. That’s why observability has shifted from

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Power BI Architecture Explained: A Practical Guide to How Everything Fits Together

January 21, 2026 at 06:07 PM | Est. read time: 13 min By Valentina Vianna Community manager and producer of specialized marketing content Power BI is often described as a “self-service BI tool,” but under the hood it’s a full analytics platform with distinct layers-data sources, ingestion, semantic modeling, visualization, security, and sharing. Understanding Power

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LangGraph + Power BI: How to Automate Report Generation (Without Losing Governance)

January 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM | Est. read time: 14 min By Valentina Vianna Community manager and producer of specialized marketing content Automated reporting sounds simple: pull data, build charts, publish insights. In reality, it often becomes a messy mix of manual exports, brittle scripts, last-minute “can you refresh this?” requests, and inconsistent metrics

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