Brent Meulebroeck
Deploying a Scalable Microsoft Fabric Platform ...

As we celebrate the 3-year milestone of Microsoft Fabric becoming generally available, we reflect back on hundreds of Fabric conversations we’ve had with client eager to power the AI frontier with Microsoft latest unified cloud platform.

Over the past few years, we’ve observed that a Fabric rollout is often won or lost based on a few specific decisions early in the process. How you move data, organize workspaces, deploy changes and manage costs sets the foundation for everything after. Our recommended deployment framework for Fabric combines a “Hive-Mind approach” with our time-tested Data Success Framework.

Deploying a Scalable Microsoft Fabric Platform (part 1 of 3)
Artificial Intelligence
Robert Gerads
Weaving a Fabric for Data & AI Innovation

2025 was declared the “Year of Artificial Intelligence”, and most organizations dipped their toes in the water – navigating the waves of AI readiness and enablement. While most people have already given up on their new years resolution, IT leaders and executives are asking the question, “are we doing enough with AI?”.

Weaving a Fabric for Data & AI Innovation
Robert Gerads
Renewable Energy and Insights with Power BI

This is a fast-paced industry. Having actionable-insights like these [Power BI] allow us to spend our energy in the right places and truly make a difference.

Renewable Energy and Insights with Power BI
Artificial Intelligence
Robert Gerads
25 Data & AI Trends to Watch This Year

Each New Year brings a fresh excitement in the data analytics industry. However, this year is shaping up to be transformational for many organizations across the Data & AI landscape. As we wish each other a Happy New Year - I have a hunch this year will be filled with Data & AI adventure, sweeping transformation, and dare I say some unpredictability. In this article, I’ll outline 25 Data & AI Trends to Watch This Year.

25 Data & AI Trends to Watch This Year
Power BI
Robert Gerads
Five Key Reasons Why Power BI Efforts Fail

On this day in 2015, Microsoft gave birth to one of the most powerful data analytics platforms of the past decade. In many ways, it has reshaped the data analytics landscape as we know it. Over the years, I’ve had a front-row seat to watch the platform evolve. I’ve worked alongside some wonderful clients and been part of hundreds and hundreds of Power BI projects.

Five Key Reasons Why Power BI Efforts Fail

Deploying a Scalable Microsoft Fabric Platform (part 1 of 3)

Deploying a Scalable Microsoft Fabric Platform (part 1 of 3)

As we celebrate the 3-year milestone of Microsoft Fabric becoming generally available, we reflect back on hundreds of Fabric conversations we’ve had with client eager to power the AI frontier with Microsoft latest unified cloud platform.

Over the past few years, we’ve observed that a Fabric rollout is often won or lost based on a few specific decisions early in the process. How you move data, organize workspaces, deploy changes and manage costs sets the foundation for everything after. Our recommended deployment framework for Fabric combines a “Hive-Mind approach” with our time-tested Data Success Framework.

Weaving a Fabric for Data & AI Innovation

Weaving a Fabric for Data & AI Innovation

2025 was declared the “Year of Artificial Intelligence”, and most organizations dipped their toes in the water – navigating the waves of AI readiness and enablement. While most people have already given up on their new years resolution, IT leaders and executives are asking the question, “are we doing enough with AI?”.

Renewable Energy and Insights with Power BI

Renewable Energy and Insights with Power BI

This is a fast-paced industry. Having actionable-insights like these [Power BI] allow us to spend our energy in the right places and truly make a difference.

25 Data & AI Trends to Watch This Year

25 Data & AI Trends to Watch This Year

Each New Year brings a fresh excitement in the data analytics industry. However, this year is shaping up to be transformational for many organizations across the Data & AI landscape. As we wish each other a Happy New Year - I have a hunch this year will be filled with Data & AI adventure, sweeping transformation, and dare I say some unpredictability. In this article, I’ll outline 25 Data & AI Trends to Watch This Year.

Five Key Reasons Why Power BI Efforts Fail

Five Key Reasons Why Power BI Efforts Fail

On this day in 2015, Microsoft gave birth to one of the most powerful data analytics platforms of the past decade. In many ways, it has reshaped the data analytics landscape as we know it. Over the years, I’ve had a front-row seat to watch the platform evolve. I’ve worked alongside some wonderful clients and been part of hundreds and hundreds of Power BI projects.

10 Tips to Drive Power BI Enablement & Adoption

10 Tips to Drive Power BI Enablement & Adoption

Power BI is easy to use. Hard to master. And even harder to enable across an organization. Organizations have become great at building Power BI reports - yet continue to struggle to drive end-user adoption and enablement.

Keep On Trucking with Power BI

Keep On Trucking with Power BI

These words came from the mouth of a VP of Transportation for a refrigerated tucking company based in the Midwest. Fulton Analytics’ team of data experts led a small Data Strategy engagement to navigate some challenging conversations around cultivating a data driven culture in a complex organization.

The Data Behind Bitcoin

The Data Behind Bitcoin

Just in-time for all those uncomfortable family Holiday conversations. Yeah, you know the ones. Those spirited conversations that inevitably cover politics, religion, health, and probably Bitcoin.

Well, we wanted to give you some “food for thought” this Thanksgiving (pun intended). As technologists we are always intrigued by disruptive and emerging technologies. This happens to be the case with all blockchain, digital currency, and the evolution of Bitcoin technology.

Microsoft Fabric: The Hive-Mind Approach to Data & AI Innovation

Microsoft Fabric: The Hive-Mind Approach to Data & AI Innovation

Nature has already solved one of the world's most complex coordination challenges: the beehive. Thousands of bees operate independently, yet every action contributes to a larger objective. There is no wasted effort, no disconnected processes, and no isolated intelligence. The hive succeeds because every component works together as a unified ecosystem.

Today's organizations face a similar challenge. As Microsoft introduces its latest Data & AI platform this week - it looks to solve this age old data problem. Microsoft Fabric is foundational layer that unifies data, analytics, and AI into a single ecosystem capable of delivering measurable business value.

Life Link III Lands Partnership with Fulton Analytics for Critical Insights

Life Link III Lands Partnership with Fulton Analytics for Critical Insights

“We are changing our industry. I’m looking at these dashboards every day, uncovering new trends, and critical insights for our Air Medical crew." The Vice President of Strategy of an Air Medical Transpiration company shared these words of appreciation after leveraging a Power BI Air Medical Analytics solution created by the team of consultants at Fulton Analytics.

Power BI: 10 Steps to Getting Started

Power BI: 10 Steps to Getting Started

Learning Power BI can be a challenge - not due to a lack of resources, but because of the multitude of options available. Courses from Udemy, EdX, and LinkedIn Learning are great for learning the basics, but they leave a lot to be desired when it comes to solving tangible business problems.

Construction Analytics Bolted Together With Power BI

Construction Analytics Bolted Together With Power BI

“Calculating the ROI of a real-time analytics solution was easy for us when you are talking about gaining 5-10% efficiency on a $100 million dollar construction project." These words were from the Chief Operations Officer of a construction company based in the upper Midwest.

Forrester Wave Signals Power BI As Analytics Leader

Forrester Wave Signals Power BI As Analytics Leader

The Forrester Wave again Named Microsoft Power BI the leader among Augmented BI Platforms for 2021. Earlier this year, the Gartner Magic Quadrant also selected Power BI as the leader in the category of Analytics & BI Platforms. Power BI was released by Microsoft in July of 2015, and has seen rapid adoption across the globe.

Power BI Embedded Accelerates Covid-19 Testing

Power BI Embedded Accelerates Covid-19 Testing

“Fulton Analytics delivered a critical solution under tight deadlines - providing analytics to Covid-19 testing organizations around the Country." Mere months into a global pandemic - organizations where scrambling to rollout timely and reliable Covid-19 testing to as many as possible. A Midwest based laboratory testing company was seeking to enhance their reporting capabilities by embedding an analytics dashboard that tracked Covid-19 testing results in the company’s client portal application.

Top 10 Power BI YouTube Training Tutorials

Top 10 Power BI YouTube Training Tutorials

Learning Power BI can be a challenge - not due to a lack of resources, but because of the multitude of options available. Courses from Udemy, EdX, and LinkedIn Learning are great for learning the basics, but they leave a lot to be desired when it comes to solving tangible business problems.

Power BI Delivers Sky-High Analytics to Air Medical Organization

Power BI Delivers Sky-High Analytics to Air Medical Organization

“I’m looking at these dashboards every day, uncovering new trends, and critical insights for our Air Medical crew." The Vice President of Strategy of an Air Medical Transpiration company shared these words of appreciation after leveraging a Power BI Air Medical Analytics solution created by the team of consultants at Fulton Analytics.

2020 Data Analytics Uncharted (COVID-19)

2020 Data Analytics Uncharted (COVID-19)

When I outlined these 10 Data Analytics Trends To Watch in 2020 - nobody could have imagined that a global pandemic would virtually shut down the world and disrupt companies’ technology initiatives. Technology by its nature is meant to disrupt. It challenges us to rethink what is possible. I did not envision an economic collapse, a radical shift to a remote workforce, or the loss of health and hobbies. This is uncharted territory for us all. Breathe. Through all of this, the one thing that is clear, is that data analytics and business insights matter more today than ever before. What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the data analytics industry and all the professionals in this vertical? In light of these recent events, I want to revisit the 10 data analytic trends I wrote about at the start of the New Year and examine what impact the “new normal” will have on the data analytics industry as a whole.

Power BI Lifts Minnesota Based Manufacturer

Power BI Lifts Minnesota Based Manufacturer

Fulton Analytics has been great to work with and I see a continued partnership where Fulton Analytics helps us architect the right foundation for our analytics strategy. The IT Director of a Minnesota based manufacturing company shared these words of appreciation after Fulton Analytics deployed a Power BI business analytics solution focused on providing deeper insights across their sales organization. The $50 million dollar, St. Paul based manufacturer was looking for deeper insights into sales and product trends after recently expanding their offerings into cutting edge areas of IoT, RFID, and digital labels.

Power BI Tops 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Power BI Tops 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Technology leaders have trusted Gartner and Forrester as technology visionaries for decades. Last week Microsoft’s Power BI was recognized as the Leader on the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms. For the third consecutive year Power BI has ranked number one in the quadrant - establishing it as the top platform for its completeness of vision and ability to execute. A few months earlier the Forester Wave called out Power BI as the leader in the category: enterprise business intelligence platforms.

How Power BI Saved Valentine's Day

How Power BI Saved Valentine's Day

Back before Power BI had become the industry’s leading business intelligence platform - it was the saving grace in helping me avoid a Valentine’s Day disaster. Three years ago, I had just finished up a day-long Power BI training at Microsoft. As I got into my car to begin my journey home - I realized it was Valentine’s Day and I had nothing for my wife. I admit I usually put off Valentine’s Day planning to the last minute. However, this year it had completely slipped my mind amidst the chaos of young kids and a chaotic work schedule.