Must Know: Takeaways Gartner Data and Analytics Summit 2024
Didn’t make Gartner’s Data and Analytics Summit this year? Don’t worry. We did. Consulting Services Manager Kris gives us his download including key takeaways from specific sessions. Business outcomes, business outcomes, business outcomes. Ignite was founded on the belief that there are no data projects, just business projects that use data. The Garner summit reinforced […]
‘Democratising’ Data with Databricks’ Generative AI Code Assistant
Generative AI has the potential to make data accessible to every user within your organisation. It represents a paradigm shift in how data is harnessed and used. The excitement surrounding Generative AI must be tempered with a crucial realisation; you can’t simply apply a language model to your data and expect magical results. To unlock […]
A springboard for data sharing: B2B data portals opening opportunities for collaborative value gains
Consumer Data Rights have driven faster adoption of self-serve technologies for consumers to access their own data, freeing up the time of the service provider’s customer care team. In turn, consumers are becoming more receptive to exchanging their data with service providers, knowing they retain ownership, the exchange is secure, and they are deriving a […]
Data Sharing is the future, not something to be feared
The recent global fixation on Chat GPT, the more than 40 serious data breaches in Australia at the end of last year, and the ongoing rollout of Consumer Data Right across industries, has made data the topic of many dinner table conversations. And the main theme is fear. Yet it shouldn’t be. Data is powerful, […]
Data: The asset that is quickly becoming the liability?
The Optus data breach has been well publicised since it occurred on September 22nd. And the fallout continues for the organisation and its customers. This extremely challenging time for Optus employees and the people impacted by the data breach provides Australian businesses and Australian consumers with a great learning opportunity going forwards. The fallout The […]
Embedding Project Learnings: Energy Queensland
Our team recently worked with large Queensland energy provider, Energy Queensland to take a data project from Proof of Value Phase to Delivery Phase. Here’s the perspective of the team on how to optimise and smooth the transition from Proof of Value to Delivery. Proof of Value Discovery Thanks to the successful Proof of Value […]
Why bother with the Proof of Value Phase?
For cutting-edge projects, the Proof of Value phase of a project is incredibly important and an almost perfect predictor of a project’s success. Dave Hamilton, our Senior Data Engineer, recently conducted a Proof of Value (PoV) with large Queensland energy provider, Energy Queensland. From this and other Proof of Value projects, he can share several […]
A Simple Tech Stack to Start With
Our tech stack is a key component to our success when creating client solutions. Whilst we have preferred platforms at Ignite Data Solutions, we always take care to set the context broadly – the technology we deploy always depends on the client and what is right for them. To determine the best solution for a […]
How to boost confidence in your Data Science investments
In ‘How successful are your Data Science projects?‘ we acknowledged that the growing discipline of Data Science is benefiting from the recognition and associated investment being made by businesses. However, the failure rate of Data Science projects is alarmingly high, and we have to be careful this discipline is not overlooked as another hype cycle. We […]
How complete are existing Data Science methodologies?
In ‘How successful are your Data Science projects?’ we asked the question of all stakeholders, be they the sponsors who are investing, the leaders who have to justify the investment or the passionate data scientists, whether they were happy with the results of their effort in Data Science. For those wanting to improve this answer, we recommended […]