InterWorks Blog Roundup – November 2019
We have much to be thankful for here at InterWorks. This blog roundup features 16 posts and 19 contributors and covers everything from Tableau Conference 2019 and the big news revealed there – like the Modern Cloud Analytics initiative – to other fun posts, like how working as a barista helps our Global Marketing Manager […]
Coffee Talk: Barista Lessons for the Tech Industry
A little bit of backstory: I worked as a barista in coffee shops for over six years before I started my career in marketing at InterWorks. I love tech and marketing, but damn … I really love coffee. Even though I am not a barista anymore, my favorite moments in life seem to all surround […]
Welcome to a Fabulous First Tableau Conference
After months of planning, weeks of anticipation and a day of travel, Tableau Conference became a reality! I had never been to a large conference before, so it was difficult to imagine what I was getting into. Even though I was prepared by fellow InterWorkers and friends at Tableau, I arrived in Las Vegas unsure […]
PYD94 – Tableau Conference 2019 Recap
That’s a wrap! On this episode of PYD, join Ben Bausili, Karl Riddett and Ben Young as they discuss their time at Tableau Conference 2019. They’ll touch on their favorite sessions and keynotes, the Iron Viz competition and their biggest takeaways in this recap.
A Recap of Downtown Data & Drinks in Melbourne
Following our successful Brewalytics events in Perth and Sydney, the InterWorks ANZ team continued our data journey in Melbourne. Joined by partners Snowflake, Alteryx and Tableau, we welcomed the Melbourne data community to Downtown Data & Drinks in the heart of the city. Building an Empowered Culture This was a fantastic opportunity to mingle with fellow […]
Snowflake Now Available on Google Cloud Platform
Today is the day! Snowflake is now in preview on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in the us-central1 region. This news is something Snowflake fans have been looking forward to for quite some time, but now that it’s finally here, I wanted to share why this is a big move in the right direction. The GCP […]
Quantified Office: Samoa That Cookie Data
We are back with the next installment of InterWorks’ Quantified Office, thanks to another tasty delivery from Tracy. This time, she gifted us with five wonderful brands of chocolate coconut cookies, known to many as Samoas. Willing to bear the burden of finding the best cookies around, we decided to engage in another blind taste […]
Highlights from TC19 Devs on Stage
The keynote presentations at Tableau Conference are always exciting. It’s always nice to hear these data all-stars unveil the latest and greatest in Tableau technology. The first keynote was all about building a data culture. Hearing from the CEOs of both Tableau and Salesforce was a real treat. They even had a few features demonstrated […]
InterWorks, Tableau and Amazon Web Services Unveil the Modern Cloud Analytics Initiative
Earlier this week, at Tableau Conference 2019, Tableau and Amazon Web Services (AWS) unveiled a new initiative that will change the way Tableau users scale self-service analytics in the cloud: Modern Cloud Analytics (MCA). This initiative combines the deep well of partner resources from both organizations and unifies them toward the common goal of giving […]
Zero to Snowflake: ETL vs. ELT
A critical part of any data warehouse is how new data is brought in and prepared for consumption. Depending on the order of events, this process is known either as ETL or ELT. So, what do these acronyms mean? ETL is the process of extracting data from source system(s), transforming it and loading it into […]
