The core components of successful business automation software

The core components of successful business automation software

Successful business automation software can automate a wide variety of processes within a business and can offer a boost in productivity, improvement in efficiencies and an overall reduction in costs. Organisations around the world are increasingly looking to implement business automation across many departments ranging from customer service and sales to HR and accounts. Research […]

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Migrating your data to the cloud – what you need to know

Migrating your data to the cloud – what you need to know

Making the decision to move your data to the cloud is an important one, and it needs to be carefully considered before you start. The three essential stages of cloud migration cover: analysis of both your business needs and technical operation, risk analysis and a plan for the scope of the migration process and the […]

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Data Warehousing technologies - making the right choice (2)

Data Warehousing technologies – making the right choice

There are not many organisations around the world that are untouched by technology and that are not creating a huge amount of data through their day-to-day operations. How you sort that information, and whether it reaches its full potential in usability, functionality, and cost-effectiveness will depend on how you handle it, and whether you have […]

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data warehouse for your data

Why you need a data warehouse for your data

Modern businesses create and process a lot of information from a lot of different sources. It can be difficult to make the best use of this data when you have to track down all the relevant channels, have multiple systems and servers to search, and need different skill sets to operate each platform. […]

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Key challenges with data management

Key challenges with data management

Effectively managing your data can become challenging as the sheer volume of data is increased considerably from hour to hour, day to day. Data for most organisations is always evolving in volume, variety, velocity and source. This presents a number of challenges for data management but also presents opportunities that businesses can capitalize on. Businesses […]

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Data warehouse architecture – what you need to know

Data warehouse architecture – what you need to know

A data warehouse is a system used to strategically organise data for it to be used for data reporting and analysis purposes. Well-architected data warehouses can provide a wealth of benefits to organisations that deal with large volumes of varied data. Data warehouse adoption is the most popular data solution as highlighted by Trust Radius. […]

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Data Warehousing Architecture Azure SQL vs Redshift (4)

Data Warehousing Architecture: Azure SQL vs Redshift

There are quite a few different data warehouse technologies to choose from, and knowing where to start, what to look for, and what data warehouse service is going to be best for your business is key. Deciding on a data warehousing technology that is suitable to your business needs, goals and objective is essential as […]

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Data Warehouse vs Database: The key differences

Data Warehouse vs Database: The key differences

Cloud technology and advances in hybrid-storage technologies have meant that data storage is no longer left entirely to internal equipment and a single company-owned server. Finding a database management solution that works with the size and scale of your needs is not a task to be overlooked. […]

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Building data pipelines – a starting guide

Building data pipelines – a starting guide

Data visibility can be a huge driving factor for organisation growth. Poor data visibility can lead to a lack of compliance with data security, difficulty in understanding business performance and increased complexity in dealing with system performance issues. Developing secure, robust and scalable data pipelines can empower businesses to gain data visibility by connecting the […]

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What is Schema Optimisation and why do you need to optimise your schema

What is schema optimisation and why do you need to optimise your schema

When utilising cloud services and data warehouses, the relationships of your data forms will lead to the creation of a database schema. Simply put, a schema is an abstract design which represents the storage of the data in the database – the term applies to both the organisation of the data and how the tables […]

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