While a company can change its data warehouse approach, it must avoid falling into the trap of replacing this capability and methodology with just technology.
Companies must expand the skillsets of information users, enabling them to use the data directly and putting self-service analytics tools at their fingertips.
Many companies struggle to appreciate the importance of establishing a data culture and fall short of embedding it within their data protection approaches, says Wayne Sedice, strategic BI consultant at PBT Group.
Companies must find the right blend of experience and expertise when adopting AI and machine learning in their industrial world, says Andreas Bartsch, head of Innovation and Services at PBT Group.
By grouping both these areas of responsibilities together, companies dilute the effectiveness of both, with neither role then being completely fulfilled, says Julian Thomas, principal consultant at PBT Group.
Even though knowledge management ties into graph databases, graph databases do not necessarily mean knowledge management, says Joe Dreyer, BI Consultant at PBT Group.
A company must be able to mine unstructured data quickly and discover those diamonds as soon as possible before they turn into coal, says Jessie Rudd, data analyst at PBT Group.
By adopting a cautionary approach and carefully managing the evolution into a cloud-first operation, businesses can save a lot of money, says Nathi Dube, data engineer at PBT Group.
With a multitude of industries using the various cloud solutions available today, let’s delve into which programming languages provide the most bang for their buck.
With the shortage of data scientists worldwide, the value of data engineering as a managed service offering cannot be ignored, says Andreas Bartsch, head of Innovation and Services at PBT Group.
Data architecture, data modelling, data engineering and data governance remain key ingredients to a successful data and analytics strategy, says Andreas Bartsch, head of Innovation and Services at PBT Group.
The more information and analytics a business has access to, the greater the opportunity for innovation and creating new products, says Jacky Malgas, business development manager at PBT Group.