The BEST Data Architecture in the world!
Author: Lynton Mack The BEST Data Architecture in the world! What makes the “best” architecture for data in this industrial age, the 4th Industrial Age? We are in the midst of the 3rd Industrial Revolution, and the way in which we work, play and relate to one another and the world is changing rapidly. Back […]
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Envision and deliver the Central Data Analytics Platform – our Department for Health and Wellbeing case study
See how we envisioned and delivered a realtime Central Data Analytics Platform using modern best practice to provide, amongst others, a 360-degree clinical view of a patient in realtime, across previously fragmented data from unrelated systems across the South Australian health networks. This platform will ultimately better patient outcomes and care. Read our case study […]
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Azure Synapse Analytics – the essential Spark cheat sheet
Author: Nghia Nguyen In this article, I take the Apache Spark service for a test drive. It is the third in our Synapse series: The first article provides an overview of Azure Synapse, and in our second, we take the SQL on-demand feature for a test drive and provided some resulting observations. This article contains […]
Read MoreAzure 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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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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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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Blockchain in bits – A technical insight
In our previous two articles, we articulated several real-life use cases for Blockchain implementations, and we have also elaborated conceptually how Blockchain differs from current/previous data storage architecture as well as other conceptual benefits of Blockchain as a platform. In this article, we touch upon the technical components of Blockchain networks and Smart Contracts, and […]
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Networks Asset Data Mart – our Energy Infrastructure Provider case study
Exposé designed and developed a solution that saw an increasingly temperamental Networks Asset Analytical solution move to the Exposé developed Enterprise Analytics Platform. The solution now: • Allows staff to focus on business-critical tasks by utilising the data created by the system.• Reduces support costs due to the improved system stability.• Utilises the IT resources […]
Read MoreBlockchain, lifting the lid on confusing concepts
In the previous article An Internet of Value – Blockchain, beyond the hype and why CxO’s must take note, we articulated why blockchain is more than just hype and provided some real-life use cases as to where/how blockchain is already helping businesses. But we want to dig deeper within this article, the second in a series […]
Read MoreAn Internet of Value – Blockchain, beyond the hype and why CxO’s must take note
Author: Etienne Oosthuysen A Blockchain, in its simplest form, is a distributed database system where there is no one master (primary) database, but many databases that are all considered primary. All parties participate in populating entries into the respective databases and receive the entries of the other participants. But how does this apply to your […]
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