Photo by Victoriano Izquierdo on Unsplash Companies that are serious about using raw data for business intelligence need some way to centralize and control that data. Many of them are using specialized vendor products to do so. Fivetran is one choice for getting all of that data wherever it resides and centralizing it in an…
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Source Apache Airflow is a popular open-source tool that helps teams create, schedule, and monitor sequences of tasks, known as “workflows.” Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow, abbreviated as MWAA, is a managed service designed for orchestration in Apache Airflow. With MWAA, users can easily operate data pipelines at scale, setting up and managing them from…
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Scaling data talent is hard. It’s hard to hire. Hard to grow and just overall hard in terms of managing processes and output. But there are brilliant leaders and managers doing it everyday. I recently interviewed Veronica Zhai, the principal product manager at Fivetran. She has led Fivetran’s analytical team for nearly the last year…
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Data is continuing to prove to be a valuable asset for businesses of all sizes. I say that both from the fact that consulting firms like McKinsey have found that in their research companies that are using AI and analytics can attribute 20% of their earnings to it. Similarly, I have been able to consult for…
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Photo by Kaleidico on Unsplash Companies of all sizes have embraced using data to make decisions. However, according to a 2019 report from Goldman Sachs it’s actually quite difficult for businesses to use data to build a sustainable competitive advantage. Our team has worked with and for companies across industries. We have seen the good, the bad and the…
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Data is fast becoming an essential part of small and big companies globally. Treating data as an asset implies using tools to perform data analytics to the vital aspects of your business. The increasing importance and demand for data analytics have generated several global prospects and ideas on data. According to International Data Corporation, Big data…
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Data science, Sigma Six, analytics, business intelligence, all are different sides of the same multi-sided polygon. Each have different tools, vocabularies, projects, and certifications. However, they all serve the business to reduce costs and increase revenues. These are practical tools that help businesses be more effective at what they do! And each comes with their…
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Data Science Consulting Sometimes Predicts Too Well In data science consulting, we enjoy sharing stories of success and failures. It helps us learn, and gain further insight to how to implement data science processes and policies (the hardest part of the job). One such example a data science project that went a little too…
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