data strategy

Microsoft’s India-stage remarks this week distilled a familiar but urgent thesis: artificial intelligence will reconfigure work, not simply “steal” it — but the cost of standing still will be a fast slide into irrelevance for individuals and organisations alike. Satya Nadella and Puneet Chandok...

Senior business leaders in Gloucestershire looking to improve efficiency, create tech‑powered strategies and learn how AI can benefit day‑to‑day operations are invited to a free, one‑off breakfast workshop this September that promises hands‑on insight into Microsoft Copilot, data‑driven decision...

Nimble Gravity’s acquisition of Fog Solutions marks a fast-moving consolidation play in the boutique data-and-AI consultancy market, adding roughly 50 specialists and deep Microsoft–Databricks engineering capabilities to a firm that has been actively scaling through investment and earlier deals...

The Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) is setting the stage for one of Australia’s most ambitious public sector digital overhauls yet, with a hard deadline in sight: by the end of 2025, the department aims to have completed a foundational rollout of Microsoft 365, forming the backbone of its...

Leeds-based consultancy Oakland has reached a new and notable milestone by earning the Analytics specialization on Microsoft Azure, marking another step forward in a journey already defined by expertise and recognition in the data and AI domain. This latest accolade, awarded by Microsoft, comes...

In the fast-evolving landscape of digital transformation, the capacity to extract actionable insights from vast, distributed data remains a critical differentiator for organizations across industries. For many UK enterprises, finding a trusted partner capable of architecting and executing...

South32, an Australia-based mining and metals company with operations on three continents, faced a formidable challenge not uncommon among enterprise-scale organizations: its most valuable information—data—was fragmented, inconsistent, and often invisible across departments and formats. Tackling...

Microsoft’s push to modernize how organizations monitor, analyze, and optimize operations has converged on a powerful, integrated offering: Microsoft Fabric. Fabric’s unique ability to unify disparate data sources—whether streaming from Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, flowing out of enterprise...

Data governance may not be the flashiest topic discussed in boardrooms, but in the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and digital transformation, it has rocketed to the top of every organization’s must-have agenda. The mission is clear: ensure that valuable data remains secure...

Driving transformative AI initiatives at scale demands more than a burst of innovation; it requires a calculated blend of structure, vision, and responsibility. Few organizations exemplify this balance better than Microsoft, whose experience in adopting Microsoft 365 Copilot and various other AI...

Microsoft has recently announced a significant update to its Teams attendance report service, introducing a one-year retention policy for meeting attendance reports. This move marks a clear step forward in aligning data management practices with evolving privacy, compliance, and operational...

Python, R, and SQL have reached a crescendo in the modern data science landscape, not through head-to-head competition, but as critical, complementary pillars that together form the backbone of contemporary analytics workflows. Despite the temptation to pit these languages against each other in...

If you’re feeling a little whiplash from the breakneck pace of digital transformation, you’re not alone—today’s organizations are collectively clipped into the world’s fastest technological Peloton, powered not just by caffeine but also by the data-warping, reality-bending engine that is...

Akash Chauhan’s appointment as Data Architect at Verdane marks an exciting step in navigating the ever-evolving landscape of data-driven business solutions. Based in the Oslo office, Akash is charged with refining internal tools and processes, and his role is set to advance the company’s data...

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, the role of data as a strategic asset has reached unparalleled significance, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Teresa Tung, Global Lead of Data Capability at Accenture, recently shared valuable insights into transforming...