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In the age of AI, is the traditional BI dashboard dead?
In the age of AI, is the traditional BI dashboard dead? Nicky Pantland, Data Analyst at PBT Group In today’s AI-enabled analytics environment, the traditional BI dashboard remains highly relevant. What has changed is users' expectations of what comes next once a...
Data products vs data projects and why the mindset changes the value of data
Data products vs data projects and why the mindset changes the value of data Nathi Dube, Director: PBT Innovation at PBT Group Many organisations have invested heavily in modern data platforms and cloud infrastructure, yet the return from those investments is often...
AI confidence starts with trusted data and source – African Business Quarterly
From data chaos to AI confidence: Why trusted data starts with the basics
From data chaos to AI confidence: Why trusted data starts with the basics Nathi Dube, Director: Innovation at PBT Group Before an organisation can scale Artificial Intelligence (AI) responsibly, it needs to understand its data landscape. That means knowing what data...
AI in analytics: Where it creates value and where human expertise still wins
AI in analytics: Where it creates value and where human expertise still wins Joe Dreyer, Data Transformation & Enablement Specialist at PBT Group Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed how organisations work with analytics. It can analyse large volumes of...
Data for analytics and data for AI: What is the difference, and why does it matter?
Data for analytics and data for AI: What is the difference, and why does it matter? Jan de Villiers, Head of the PBT Group Technology & Practices Hub Many organisations are asking how quickly they can move from analytics to artificial intelligence (AI). They have...
Most data strategies fail before they start: What organisations miss about their data ecosystem – Ai-Impact
Change the narrative: Data storytelling is an underrated skill in analytics, says PBT Group – ITWeb
Cloud optimisation: Why migration is only the beginning
Cloud optimisation: Why migration is only the beginning Leejay Bell, Senior Data Engineer at PBT Group For many organisations, cloud migration is still treated as the major milestone. Once workloads have been moved, systems are live, and users can access what they...
Reaching fit-for-AI status in data management
Reaching fit-for-AI status in data management Nathi Dube, Director: PBT Innovation at PBT Group For many organisations, data has historically been treated as an afterthought. It existed. It was stored. It supported reporting. But it was rarely placed at the centre of...
Assessing your data ecosystem: What to evaluate, where inefficiencies hide, and how to optimise for change
Assessing your data ecosystem: What to evaluate, where inefficiencies hide, and how to optimise for change Julian Thomas, Principal Consultant at PBT Group In the first part of this blog series, I spoke about why assessing your data ecosystem is critical, and why it...
Assessing your data ecosystem: Why it matters, when to do it, and why most organisations get it wrong
Assessing your data ecosystem: Why it matters, when to do it, and why most organisations get it wrong Julian Thomas, Principal Consultant at PBT Group In most organisations, there is an implicit assumption that the data ecosystem has evolved according to some form of...