by Zachary Zeus | Aug 7, 2014 | Main Blog, Uncategorized
Big data is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot. There are oodles of different definitions out there, and the term gets applied to a range of data from digital sources to more traditional forms. Yet, at its core big data is essentially any large data set that can...
by Zachary Zeus | Jul 28, 2014 | Case Studies, Main Blog
Today I had to pick up from a developer who had left my team 3 months ago. This can be a challenge for any group or organisation, but it’s particularly challenging when the development uses new or experimental technology. In my case, I wanted to work on a Hadoop...
by Zachary Zeus | Jul 22, 2014 | Analytics Products, Main Blog
ETL (“extract, transform, and load”) is an essential, yet inevitably complicated process when performed using the traditional method, aka using Excel. Many data analysts are, of course, accustomed to using Excel and have been trained over the years to utilise all the...
by Zachary Zeus | Jul 14, 2014 | Main Blog
Approximately 20-40% of all spreadsheets contain errors(1), and there’s no easy way to estimate how significant those errors are, and how much it’s affecting your ability to make decisions. Microsoft Excel is an indispensable tool for the financial analyst ever since...
by Zachary Zeus | Jul 3, 2014 | Main Blog, Uncategorized
CareFlight is an Australian aeromedical retrieval service who provides medical transport for the severely injured and those who need emergency treatment at the scene of the incident. Careflight transports over 5,000 patients a year across remote parts of Australia....
