I have observed that in most organisations there is a clear delineation between teams which manage data lakes or warehouses and teams which analyse data. The specialists who build BI assets such as reports, dashboards, and cubes will be separated from the engineers...
At BizCubed, we spend a lot of time talking about how we help organisations out-compete with data. Our clients often want us to keep the strategies and approaches confidential. It was refreshing to see this case study about how MyRepublic has saved money in their...
The big button item for financial services right now is regulatory compliance because of the banking royal commission. When I talk to industry execs, they tell me to forget about "analytics" and just focus on the data. Initially, I was a little surprised by this...
Multi-Cloud environments are a necessary solution for enterprises that want to leverage the elasticity of the public cloud, but cannot host all of their data on one platform. Analytics becomes an issue in multi-cloud environments. The data must be analysed as a...
Last week, Hitachi Vantara released the latest version of their data integration, orchestration, and business analytics platform, Pentaho. Pentaho 8.2 Enterprise Edition delivers multiple improvements and new features, from enhanced cloud data security to more...
Hitachi Vantara has announced Pentaho v8.2. Great to see it seamlessly integrates structured & unstructured data across the Hitachi Vantara portfolio and the entire ecosystem that our customers have. A few features I like about this release: Unstructured Data...
It is high time that organisations minimise risks associated with offline data-driven processes. Many people still download data onto their PC, laptop, or other offline location in order to analyse it (usually in Excel). Even in enterprise environments where all...
Why do some organisations successfully outcompete, while others struggle? How do some leaders get more out of their people than others? What patterns do successful leaders put in place? In this article, I will use the concepts of beat, rhythm, music and ovation to...
Our Virtual World We live in an increasingly virtual world. All functions that can be outsourced have been outsourced or are rapidly moving towards being outsourced. The ‘gig economy’ is well and truly here, and it is making an impact. This virtual world affects...
When you have worked in the analytics industry for as long as I have (a wonderful, intense, frustrating and ultimately rewarding 25 years) then not only do you begin to see it as a form of vocation, but you also start to see patterns emerging out of the daily...
