7 Circles of Data Hell (And How to Escape Them)
Seven archetypal failure modes trap data teams in frustration, from undefined metrics to stale models. Each circle gets a diagnosis and a practical way to escape it.
Blog
Thinking on semantic data modeling and the universal semantic layer, plus release notes on what's new in Ellie.
10 Steps to Data Success
A practical ten-step framework for turning fragmented data into trusted, governed data products, from defining business value and a shared glossary to iterative modeling and ongoing review.
Lost in Translation: IT is from Mars and Business is from Venus
Why IT and business teams talk past each other on data projects, three common breakdowns behind it (assumed understanding, overreliance on documentation, tool fragmentation), and three steps to fix it: a shared business glossary, human-first conceptual data modeling, and co-designing rather than handing off requirements.
How to Build Better Data Products: 3 Key Steps to Success
Three practical steps for building data products that stick: start with the business problem, co-design with stakeholders, and prototype before you build.
The Role of Data Catalogs & Data Modeling in Building Data Products
Explains how data catalogs and data modeling tools complement each other in building data products, using an IKEA-assembly analogy: the catalog is the parts list, the data model is the visual manual showing how business entities like a customer are defined by their relationships.
Ellie Version 7.10 - Custom Entity Metadata Types
Ellie 7.10 expands entity metadata beyond text fields, adding Chips, People, and Technical field types plus clickable links for richer governance.
Ellie Version 7.7 & 7.6 - Updated Collibra integration, Custom Colors, In-App Notifications
Ellie 7.7 upgrades the Collibra integration to sync whole conceptual models, while 7.6 adds custom entity colors and in-app comment notifications to the modeling canvas.
Ellie.ai & CData Partner to Enhance Data Connectivity for Data Modeling
Ellie.ai and CData Software partner to give Ellie customers no-code connectivity to 160+ data sources, letting data architects reverse-engineer existing schemas into structured data models.
Ellie Version 7.5 - Conceptual Model Entity Versioning
Ellie 7.5 adds versioning for conceptual entities in the glossary, giving teams a full audit trail of definitional changes plus expanded admin controls and Azure AD/Okta SSO setup.
Ellie Version 7.4 - Collibra integration, Folders API Update & Entity Grouping
Ellie 7.4 adds the platform's first Collibra integration for glossary sync, an updated Folders API, and entity grouping on the modeling canvas for clearer conceptual models.
Why Modeling Data Around Services is Complex (and What You Can Do About It)
Why service-oriented businesses like telecom and financial services struggle to model intangible products and overlapping customer hierarchies, and three fixes: building a common business glossary, adapting industry frameworks like TM Forum SID or ISO20022 to real data, and driving transformation incrementally one domain at a time.
Open Source vs. Proprietary LLMs: Arms Race for AI Leadership
A comparison of open-source LLMs (Llama, Gemma-2, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen) against proprietary models (GPT, Claude, PaLM), examining DeepSeek and Qwen's China-driven cost and energy advantages, and strategic recommendations for when to choose open-source versus proprietary and how to hedge with hybrid, swappable model strategies.
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