Future state data analytics platform reference architecture & roadmap – our large utility customer case study
A complete interactive blueprint for a scalable future state for this large utility customer’s comprehensive data analytics needs and a roadmap on how to get there. See how we did it here.
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Azure Synapse Analytics – the essential SQL on-demand cheat sheet
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen Disclaimer: as Azure Synapse Analytics is still in Public Preview, some areas may not yet function as it will in a full General Availability stage. This article contains the Synapse SQL on-demand test drive as well as a cheat sheet that describes how to get up and running step-by-step. I then conclude […]
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Azure Synapse Analytics – Insights for all and breaking down silos
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen (And a party down the lakehouse) Cloud databases are a way for enterprises to avoid large capital expenditures, they can be provisioned quickly, and they can provide performance at scale. But data workloads continue to change, fast, which means conventional databases alone (including those running in data warehouse configurations) can no longer […]
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Operator Performance – our Credit Union SA case study
Consolidaring Operator Performance data into the previously Exposé designed and delivered Customer Insights Data Analytics Platform, the retirement of the manual data processes for measuring operator performance allowed for consolidated data ownership by the Credit Union’s data team. See our case study here.
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Customer Insights Platform – our Credit Union SA case study
A Customer Insights Platform was developed to provide Credit Union SA a consolidated view of the customer portfolio and a holistic 360 degree view of the customer. It also overhauled historic data modelling now allowing users to explore the data at a given point in time and not just the current view of a customer […]
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Digital Twin – Topical use cases
Being left behind in an increasingly digital world is a scary thought. Gartner predicts that this year alone, organisations with digital trustworthiness will have a substantial advantage (of up to 20% increased revenue in online channels) compared to their competitors. In our previous article, Digital Twins – Why all the fuss, we introduced the concept […]
Read MoreDigital Twins – Why all the fuss?
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen What do Twins, NASA, Pokémon Go, the Internet of Things, Big Data and business value have in common? As our landscape changes to embrace digital integration, the physical and virtual worlds are moving closer together than ever before. As flagged by Gartner, digital twins are pegged to be a key strategic technology […]
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Establishing a corporate report style and data model framework – our Local Government case study
Our Local Government case study shows how the establishment of a corporate report style and data model framework greatly assisted business report designers build their operational reports in a more streamlined fashion with greater consistency, and provide the IT team a foundation to expand on. Read the case study here: exposé case study – Local […]
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Smart Wastewater network – our SA Water case study
This solution enables greater customer service through better management of the wastewater assets through an industry-leading smart wastewater network management solution. It incorporates a leading edge architecture built on the Azure platform using key technologies including Databricks, IoT, Stream Analytics, App Service, and more. Read our case study here: Smart Wastewater network – our SA Water […]
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Databricks: beyond the guff, business benefits and why businesses should care. Here’s a cheat-sheet to get you started
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen Search for info on Azure Databricks and you’ll likely hear it described along the lines of “a managed Apache Spark platform that brings together data science, data engineering, and data analysis on the Azure platform”. The finer nuances and, importantly, information about the business benefits of this platform can be trickier to […]
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Virtual Customer Assistant – our Local Government case study
A seamless AI solution providing a scalable, cost effective and enhanced customer service experience in the area of intranet content navigation. See our case study here: exposé case study – Local Government – Virtual Customer Assistant Chatbot
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Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Health and Safety – AI an enabler or a threat
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen We increasingly hear statements like, “machines are smarter than us” and “they will take over our jobs”. The fact of the matter is that computers can simply compute faster, and more accurately than humans can. So, in the short video below, we instead focus on how machines can be used to assist […]
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