A lot goes into selecting a new BI tool. I’ve written a separate article covering some details around those considerations that can be accessed here. Michiel van Staden, Data Analytics …
Selecting A New BI Tool
When assessing your business intelligence capability, it is easy to get lost in the latest new features. Grabbing for the shiniest new tool, in the hope that it is going …
Interactive And Innovative Dashboards – Extending The Frontiers Of Business Intelligence
How is our current recruitment strategy? What is the % of visitors that converted to leads compared with the last quarter? What is the current financial situation of our largest …
Why Can’t We Just Have One Data Team?
Learnings from more than a decade of experience in this realm by Michiel van Staden, Data Analytics Leader/Speaker/Listener & currently Data Analytics Lead @ Absa banking group in South Africa …
Business Intelligence and Analytics in a UK Major Infrastructure Case Study
In the mid-1800s, the stench emanating from River Thames was so foul that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert cancelled a boat trip within minutes of taking to the water. Londoners …
Data Lake Librarians
Enterprises need to become more lean and efficient to stay in business. As a result, Enterprise Data Management is gaining more attention. In my position, I promote treating data as …
Forget Warehouse vs. Lake – You Need a Modern Data Architecture
It has been a decade-long dilemma. Do you replace your data warehouse with a data lake? Do you build a lake as well as keeping your warehouse? Could your lake …
Data Science for Grown Ups – How to Get Machine Learning out of the Lab to Scale It Across the Enterprise
The Data Lab Trap Have you ever wondered why so many Internet companies use algorithms across their core business processes to drive automation and constantly optimise their business while your …