Data Articles

Welcome Jason LaJeunesse
SEP News | 3 min read

SEP Appoints Jason LaJeunesse as Director of Data 

Westfield, IN — SEP is pleased to announce the creation of a new leadership role, Director of Data, and the appointment of Jason LaJeunesse to the position. This role was created to support client needs as organizations modernize their data platforms, prepare for AI adoption, and build durable, long-term data foundations.  “Data has gone from a step […]

The Power of Power BI
Cloud | 17 min read

Level Up Your Data with Custom Power BI Charts

This article was co-written by Jeremy Jarvis and Dante LaRocca. In our data-driven world, businesses rely on understanding the data that drives them. This involves visualizing data in a clear and digestible way, enabling them to make informed decisions. Even if the data is rich and accurate, the visuals must be carefully designed to surface […]

Artificial Intelligence | 6 min read

Record Deduplication

I have a relative that frequently has medical problems. This despite the fact that he’s a healthy young man. His problem is that he has too many names. He’s James-Robert, but depending on whom you ask, you’ll hear him called: Jim Bob Robert James Jim-Bob He has five names at least, and that’s before considering […]

Programming | 2 min read

A minor shift in mindset that improved my SQL

I am currently working on a project that involves writing stored functions in PostgreSQL. Typically the goal is one SQL query that returns all the data needed by a particular web page. At first I approached this from an Object Oriented perspective with a focus on minimizing redundant data. This led me down the path […]

Practices | 3 min read

Why consider a Data Warehouse?

The need to collect, store and analyze large amounts of data continues to increase in importance for businesses across all industries. Marketing agencies have led the pack in processing large amounts of data in order to gain consumers attention in a crowded space. However, virtually every other area is beginning to see the value in […]

Programming | 5 min read

Oracle Wallets and You … No, Not You, Behind You. Yeah, You.

Oracle databases are a complex system of interconnected parts. The toolset is comprehensive and robust. And so is the documentation. Possibly too robust, even. I have spent the last couple of days researching how to do One Specific Thing, while the documentation has delighted in telling me All the Things That Can Be Done. And […]