Common Data Service (CDS) – A Common Data Model. Accelerate your ability to provide insights into your business data
If you’ve been following Microsoft’s recent press releases, chances are you’ll have been exposed to the term “Common Data Service” (CDS). Read on as we shed light on the exact nature of CDS and what it can mean to your business. Back in November 2016, Microsoft released their Common Data Service to general availability. In […]
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A Power BI Cheat Sheet – demystifying its concepts, variants and licencing
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen Power BI has truly evolved over the past few years. From an add-on in Excel to a true organisation wide BI platform, capable of scaling to meet the demands of large organisations; both in terms of data volumes and the number of users. Power BI now has multiple flavors and a much […]
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Internet of Mice
The Internet of Mice – Our IoT and Advanced Analytics Solution Understanding how animals involved in research move and eliminating as much human handling as possible makes for a much more humane environment for the animals. The outcome is more accurate results for the researchers. See how our IoT and Advanced Analytics solution developed for […]
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Transforming the business into a data centric organisation through an Advanced Analytics and Big Data solution – our ACH Group case study
An Advanced Analytics and Big Data solution allows for the acquisition, aggregation and blending of large volumes of data often derived from multiple disparate sources. Incorporating IoT, smart devices and predictive analytics into the solution. Our ACH Group case study shows how a clever data platform architecture and design facilitates transformation into a data-centric organisation […]
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Game changing – see how Power BI models become Azure Analysis Services models
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen Businesses are increasingly embracing an empowered regime when it comes to data analytics and business intelligence. Subject matter experts inside business units are increasingly at the forefront of the creation of data models on which reports and dashboards rely. Various technologies (such as Tableau, Qlik and Power BI), now facilitate user-access to […]
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Employee Expenses Reporting Platform – our South Australian Government case study
A solution to provide a regular view of Employee Expenses against budgets. Our solution overcomes a lack of capacity and flexibility in the incumbent Human Resources system. See our case study on the solution that combines data from disparate systems, presenting it to the business in an easy to consume format, allowing the business to […]
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Transmissions Dashboard – our Energy Infrastructure Provider case study
This Transmissions Dashboard solution we designed and developed for this national Energy Infrastructure Provider involved both a data platform and analytical dashboards. It reduced reporting turnaround potential by over 1000%, allowing staff to focus on business-critical tasks. It embedded a trusted source of truth and quality and consistency of analysis. It improved analytical agility and timely […]
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Financial forecasting, reporting and commentary at scale – LSA Synergy Case Study
Synergy gave LSA (Lifetime Support Authority) financial forecasting, reporting, commentary and interactive analysis at scale. This translated to astounding business benefits such as: Effective low latent financial reporting Lesser reliance on IT to manage reporting structure Saved huge reporting and analysis effort Commentary to contextualize data that follow the analysis for life Auditing and workflow Etc. […]
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Get more from your Retail data with Predictive Analytics
This case study showcases our solution that allows Sales and Marketing to match customers to the products they are most likely to buy using retail data and predictive analytics. This case study is just as relevant today as it was just shy of one year ago when we created it. Combining this solution with Cognitive […]
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Better Client Care with IoT – Our Eldercare Case Study
Utilising Internet-connected devices and real-time Advanced Analytics, we created a solution that provides better client care, a reduction in cost, time and potential health risks. The solution helps the organisation overcome customer wellbeing challenges. Medication and Food must be kept at constant temperatures. This clever solution uses Azure IoT Suite and Cortana Intelligence Suit of […]
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We test drive Azure Time Series Insights
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen In this video, we take Azure Time Series Insights for a test drive. It is the new “fully managed analytics, storage, and visualization service that makes it simple to explore and analyse billions of IoT events simultaneously”. We also importantly look at the differences between Power BI’s real-time visualisation capabilities and Azure […]
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From operational challenges to a modern, automated and simplified organisation – Our Business SA case study
An Exposé case study around our advanced analytics solution for the ‘voice of business in South Australia’, Business SA. The solution was an important component of a large digital transformation program that saw Business SA transition to a modern, automated and simplified organization which was underpinned by the following technology changes; • A cloud-first strategy which […]
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