NEWS & EVENTS

Cloud overengineering for data platforms Willem Conradie, CTO and Technical Director at PBT Group I recently read an article about overengineering architecture in the cloud – and it got me thinking about how I have experienced this in practice, specifically with...

Taking care of data management and security best practice Nkhumeleni Kutama, Senior Business Intelligence Consultant at PBT Group Every industry puts different expectations on its businesses. But regardless of this, any successful data management strategy requires...

What’s the fuss about predictive modelling?  Ryan Wedlake, a data analyst at PBT Group  Too often the terms ‘predictive modelling’ and ‘machine learning’ are used interchangeably, however, there are important differences between the two that should be kept...

With data considered the new currency, why should we pay attention to data monetisation? (Part 1)  We have all become very familiar with the old clichés of “data is the new gold”, “data is the new oil”, “discovering diamonds in the data”, and more recently “data...

Willem Conradie, CTO and Technical Director at PBT Group Welcome to the second of my blog series where I examine the steps companies should consider taking to optimise their cloud migration journey. Previously, the spotlight was on defining the cloud migration...

Understanding how to optimally embark on a cloud migration journey – part 1  Willem Conradie, CTO and Technical Director at PBT Group  The cloud has certainly shown itself as something that is here to stay. However, embarking on a cloud migration journey for...

The increasing skills shortage and the high cost of employing new talent are key challenges for Australian businesses. The labour market’s unpredictability makes it vital for organisations to take advantage of their existing assets to maximise efficiency and minimise...

Kimball vs Data Vault, or taking the best of both?  Dudley Drummond-Hay, Senior Data Architect at PBT Group  In 1996, Ralph Kimball introduced a dimensional modelling technique that used a set of defined methods, processes, and techniques to design and...

The need for data virtualisation for the modern, data-driven business  Jessie Rudd, Technical Business Analyst at PBT Group  Data virtualisation can be seen as the layer residing between disparate sources of data, whether stored in the cloud or across...

Data warehouse automation for better business decision-making  Cor Winckler, Principal Consultant at PBT Group  Automation has become such a loaded term with many organisations thinking this will mean they can now forget about managing certain elements of...

By Nickie Viljoen, PBT Group Head of Claims Migrating data from one system to another, whether local migration, on premises to cloud, or between cloud-hosted systems, is often the most underestimated, yet complex part of a new system implementation. It is frequently...

Broadening the reach of data for the business  Jessie Rudd, Technical Business Analyst, PBT Group  Even though data has become the lifeblood of every organisation, it is still not accessible (or even understandable) to all employees. The potential of data is...