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Simple vs Complex Data Types
Data is the cornerstone of our society. We use data to inform us before making most decisions. Whether that decision is to buy a business or end a long-standing friendship, we use data to support our choices in hopes of making the right one. Data in terms of...
Data Streaming: How it Works
Data streaming is the consistent and uninterrupted generation of data. This data is typically generated from multiple data sources. What makes streaming unique is that it is being processed and analysed as it is being generated, which provides the end user with...
What is Complex Data?
Complex data is defined by the size and complexity of the data itself. It is typically difficult to manually prepare and translate complex data into a format that can be digested. Business Intelligence (BI) tools are used to prepare, process, analyse, and visualise...
The Availability of Active Intelligence Software in South Africa
Business Intelligence (BI) was developed to encourage companies to make decisions based on data, and designed to inform users, not trigger action. This did improve decision making, but a new age of business is arising, and to support it, a new relationship with data...
Active Intelligence and Hyperautomation
It isn’t a secret that business is constantly evolving, and ever-increasing its development into a fast-paced environment. The world of business was already moving towards hyperautomation, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has fast-tracked this movement. This leap...
How to Choose Between Big Data Visualisation Tools
Data is something businesses will never have enough of. It is also constantly growing. Big data is becoming more and more popular, and the search for a suitable data visualiser can be challenging. With the number of options available, it is difficult to determine...
A Brief Rundown of Power BI Data Visualisation
Microsoft Power BI consists of a collection of business intelligence (BI) tools. These tools include software services, apps, and data connectors. It is a cloud-based platform that can be deployed both on-premises and on-cloud. In essence, it is used to consolidate...
What Is UiPath Used for?
Robotic process automation (RPA) is software that automates building, deploying, and managing software and digital systems. UiPath is an RPA tool used predominantly for Windows desktop automation. It is used to automate repetitive/redundant tasks. With a simple...
What is RPA in Layman’s Terms?
Robotic process automation (RPA) sounds like an automatic manufacturing process, but RPA has nothing to do with robots at all. In layman’s terms, RPA is the process where a software bot uses a combination of automation, computer vision, and machine learning to...