by Data and Analytics | Nov 20, 2025 | Data consulting
Why development lifecycle matters Imagine you’re developing a new report. You tweak a measure, adjust a visual, and publish the update. But what if that change breaks a key calculation, which ends up confusing end users? Without a structured deployment process,...
by Data and Analytics | Jan 20, 2022 | Data consulting
Data warehouses have evolved a lot from the early days of simply being a large, central data store that enables historic reporting. Today, data warehouses play the crucial role of being enablers for artificial intelligence and machine learning. Synapse Analytics is...
by Michael Cowls | Nov 28, 2019 | Data consulting
More data, more data integration As the volume and variety of data being captured by organisations continues to increase, so does the demand for data integration work. Central data teams working on enterprise-scale data integration are concerned with breaking down...
by Michael Cowls | Nov 29, 2018 | Data consulting
Metadata is the neglected child of information management. It just doesn’t generate the same level of interest and executive buy-in as aspects like data quality and master data. Yet most organisations are quick to rattle off the ‘self-service’ mantra when it comes to...
by Michael Cowls | Nov 27, 2018 | Data consulting
In September 2018 Microsoft released Azure Data Studio, a cross-platform database development tool originally branded as SQL Operations Studio. The cloud or bust Microsoft’s intention is to provide a seamless database management experience, regardless of whether users...
