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Data Transformation vs. Data Migration: Which is Right for Your Business?
Data Transformation vs. Data Migration: Which is Right For Your Business? The High-Stakes Choice to Become a Data-Driven Organisation If you’re leading a business wanting to become truly data-driven, you’re probably facing a pressing question: How do we modernise...
From Stagnation to Innovation: How Data Drives Business Growth
From Stagnation to Innovation: How Data Drives Business Growth Why Businesses Struggle to Innovate Every business leader understands the pressure to innovate and stay competitive. Yet, many organisations, especially in Financial Services and Manufacturing, struggle...
A Successful Business is Driven by Data Innovation
Data-Driven Innovation is Not Longer a Choice – It's Your Competitive Advantage Gut instinct alone isn't enough. The companies thriving are the one making every decision based on data. The rest? They’re struggling to keep up. For business leaders, the challenge...
Innovating with Data: Strategies for Your Business
Innovating with Data: Strategies for Your Business Data is the driving force behind innovation. Businesses that harness data effectively can unlock new opportunities, optimise operations, and gain a competitive edge. However, many organisations struggle to move...
How Data-Driven Business Innovation Drives Sustainable Growth
How Data-Driven Business Innovation Drives Sustainable Growth Businesses that fail to leverage data effectively risk falling behind in the marketplace. With the increasing market competition and evolving customer expectations, companies must find ways to operate...
Is Data-Driven Innovation the Future of Business?
Is Data-Driven Innovation the Future of Business? The ability to innovate and adapt is more crucial than ever. Companies leveraging data-driven innovation are finding new ways to acquire customers and increase profitability. The surge in data-driven approaches...
What is Data-Driven Business Innovation?
What is Data-Driven Business Innovation? Data is the new gold – just ask any CFO or COO trying to make informed decisions without it! Companies that are harnessing the power of data are not just surviving; they’re thriving, outpacing competitors, and setting new...
Big Data and AI World 2025
Big Data and AI World 2025 Guess what? We are exhibiting at Big Data and AI World – the premier event for data and AI professions - alongside our long-term partner WhereScape! Combining our bespoke consultancy services with WhereScape’s powerful data automation,...
10 Proven Tips for Optimising Business Innovation with Data
10 Proven Tips for Optimising Business Innovation with Data Data is essential for innovation. For business, especially in Financial Services and Manufacturing, making the most of your data. Using data, you can thrive in a world where opportunities (and challenges)...
Achieving Compliance with ISO 27001 Certification: What It Means for Our Clients
Achieving Compliance with ISO 27001 Certification: What It Means for Our Clients. Oh wow! We have reached a significant milestone, we have achieved our ISO 27001 Certification, the globally recognised standard for information security management systems (ISMS). We...
How to Upgrade Legacy Systems Efficiently
How to Upgrade Legacy Systems Efficiently Legacy systems may have once been the backbone of your organisation, but as technology advances, these systems can become outdated and inefficient. Modernising your infrastructure can offer a pathway to improve performance...
Modernising Legacy Systems: What You Need to Know
Modernising Legacy Systems: What You Need to Know Legacy systems can hinder business growth, operational efficiency, and security. As technology evolves, it is becoming essential for business to upgrade these outdated systems Whether it's improving performance,...
10 Tips for Choosing the Right Data Consultancy
10 Tips for Choosing the Right Data Consultancy Choosing a data consultancy is a significant decision that can impact on your organisation’s success. With the right partner, you can unlock insights, enhance decision-making, and drive growth. However, not all...
10 Tips for Optimising Your Legacy Systems
How Can We Improve Our Legacy Systems? Optimising your legacy systems is crucial to ensuring your business remains competitive. A legacy system, while integral to many businesses’ operations, can quickly become a bottleneck if not properly managed. Below are 10...
Implementing CI/CD in Your Data Warehouse: The Future of Data Management
Implementing CI/CD in Your Data Warehouse: The Future of Data Management As businesses continue to evolve, the need for efficient and reliable data management becomes increasingly critical. Traditional data warehousing approaches are no longer sufficient to handle...
How Can We Improve Our Legacy Systems?
How Can We Improve Our Legacy Systems? Businesses often find themselves struggling with outdated technology – commonly known as legacy systems. While these systems were once the backbone of operations, they can now be a significant barrier to growth. Improving...
The Risks of Ignoring Legacy System Modernisation
The Risks of Ignoring Legacy System Modernisation Clinging to outdated systems can be a signficant barrier to growth and innovation. While legacy systems may seem reliable and familiar, ignoring their modernisation can expose your business to a variety of risks. ...
We’re going to Big Data LDN 2024!
We're Going to Big Data LDN 2024! We are thrilled to announce that we will be at Big Data London this year! And to make things even better, we are exhibiting with our long-term partner WhereScape! Combining Engaging Data’s bespoke consultancy services with...
Why Modernise Legacy Systems?
Why Are Legacy Systems Still in Use? Legacy systems: things from history books. Well, that's how it should be, unfortunately it isn't. Within technology, a legacy system is any outdated computing software or hardware that is still in use. Despite their age,...
Optimise Your Use of Data Lakes and Data Warehouses
Optimise Your Use of Data Lakes and Data Warehouses Managing vast amounts of information efficiently is crucial. Optimising your data lake or data warehouse can lead to significant improvements in performance and cost savings. But beyond these benefits, there is a...
Why Are Legacy Systems Still in Use?
Why Are Legacy Systems Still in Use? The persistence of legacy systems in many organisations is very puzzling to see. These outdated computer systems, software, or applications continue to operate within numerous businesses despite the availability of...
Data Vault vs. Data Warehouse: Key Differences and Benefits
Data Vault vs. Data Warehouse: Key Differences and Benefits Within data management, two terms often come up: Data Vault and Data Warehouse. While both are crucial for organising and storing data, they serve different purposes and have unique advantages. This blog...
Legacy Systems are Killing Your Business
Legacy Systems are Killing Your Business Legacy systems are outdated software and hardware that remain in use, despite new alternatives being available. These systems often form the backbone of business operations. However, as technology evolves, the limitations of...
The Impact of Outdated Technology on Modern Businesses
The Impact of Outdated Technology on Modern Businesses Technology evolves at a breakneck pace, and what was once cutting-edge can quickly become obsolete. Have you ever wondered how your outdated technology affects your business today? Well, luckily for you that's...
Powering Data Innovation: Engaging Data and Databricks Partnership
Powering Data Innovation: Engaging Data and Databricks Partnership Collaboration is key to unlocking the full potential of information. Today, we are excited to shed light on the partnership between us, Engaging Data and Databricks! A partnership poised to redefine...
The Power of Data Vault: Advantages for the Modern Business
The Power of Data Vault: Advantages for the Modern Business Businesses face the challenge of managing vast amounts of data effectively while adapting to ever-changing business needs. Traditional data modelling techniques often fall short in addressing these...
Is Kimball Data Modelling Dead
Is Kimball Data Modelling Dead? Are you still relying on traditional data warehousing approaches, like Kimball, to manage your data? If so, it's time to rethink your strategy. The truth is, traditional data warehousing is no longer sufficient for today's complex data...
Balancing Innovation and Legacy Systems: Striking the Right Harmony
Balancing Innovation and Legacy Systems: Striking the Right Harmony Businesses find themselves standing at a crossroads, torn between the allure of innovation and the comfort of legacy systems. It's a delicate dance, akin to walking a tightrope between embracing the...
When Should You Hire a Data Consultant?
When Should You Hire a Data Consultant? Businesses of all sizes are drowning in data. It is everywhere – sales figures, customer information, market trends, and more. But having all this data is useless if you don't know what to do with it. This is where a data...
The Misconceptions about Data Vault
The Misconceptions about Data Vault Data Vault methodology is a game-changer in the realm of Data Warehousing. Its agile and scalable design offers businesses unparalleled flexibility in managing and analysing data while ensuring its integrity remains intact. Common...