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Top 5 Tips for Power BI

10/02/2023: This article is brought to you by JBI Training, the UK's leading technology training provider. Learn more about JBI's Power BI training courses including Power BI - Visualisation, Power BI - Dax Data, and Power BI - Beyond the Basics JBI Training - Power BI Top Five Tips Our first tip (and perhaps most important) is images Make sure you incorporate images into your reports! Humans process images much faster than text, so creating attractive easily understandable and interesting visualisation of your data is essential! Power BI has inbuilt visuals which are great to get started with, allowing...

The Most Powerful Tools for Data Visualization in 2023

The Most Powerful Tools for Data Visualisation in 2023

10/02/2023: This article is brought to you by JBI Training, the UK's leading technology training provider. Learn more about JBI's Power BI training courses including Power BI - Visualisation, Power BI - Dax Data, and Power BI - Beyond the Basics The Most Powerful Tools for Data Visualisation in 2023 There are several tools available for data visualization, ranging from basic charts to advanced interactive visualizations. Some of the most popular ones include: Tableau - A powerful data visualisation tool that provides a wide range of interactive visualisations and dashboards. Pros of Tableau: User-friendly...

Why you should train your staff with the most up to date technology.

I wish that I knew what I know now When I was younger.

01/02/2023: "Clichés are Truisms, and all Truisms are True" - Jack Kerouac Hindsight - A Detailed Reflection Reflecting upon our past is indeed an enlightening practice. Countless instances might make us yearn for a portal to return to times past, equipped with the insight we hold now. If only we were bestowed with the knowledge back then, we could have orchestrated different choices. Note, so you do not think like this take a look at JBI's Power Automate training where you can be ahead of your industry curve. This philosophical stance extends to a practical facet of our lives– technology utilised...

How can Power Bi training help your business and staff!

23/01/2023: This article is brought to you by JBI Training, the UK's leading technology training provider. Learn more about JBI's Power BI training courses including Power BI - Visualisation, Power BI - Dax Data, and Power BI - Beyond the Basics Power BI is designed to make it easy to work with data. This article will examine how Power BI training can help your business and your staff. With the enormous amount of information across the global datasphere, being able to understand your data quickly and effectively is an essential for any business or organisation that wishes to remain ahead of the competitio...

Python training | 3 Reasons why Developers and Scientists need Python

Python training Courses | 3 Reasons why Developers and Scientists need Python

11/10/2022: Python has revolutionized the software development landscape. The following are the reasons for its widespread adoption: Python's simplicity makes it an ideal choice for introducing programming to young learners, while its advanced features are respected enough to be utilized in M.I.T.'s computer science curriculum. It is arguably the most prevalent dynamic language, boasting numerous high-quality, open-source libraries and frameworks. In the modern business world, data is the driving force. It provides businesses with a competitive edge. Python streamlines the process of extracting and...

Top 5 Pain Points for Data Scientists

22/08/2022: Every job has its stresses – but some are more stressful than others. With the huge focus on data in today’s organisations, data analysts/scientists are at the forefront of major disruption. And as you know, disruption brings pain. In this article, we’ll look at the top pain points being experienced by data professionals and offer some tips on how to ease the pain. The massive amount of data With so much data being available and being collected by organisations, it’s easy for data professionals to be completely overwhelmed by it all. This is made worse by the outdated and meaningless...

Top 5 Pain Points for Blazor Developers

10/06/2022: Blazor Server vs WebAssembly Which approach should be chosen Blazor Server or Blazor WebAssembly? The difference is to do with where much of the code executes, either on the Server side or on the client side. Whilst much of the code would be the same there are some aspects of the code and project structure which are different. Depending upon on what the application does potentially a non-trivial task to swop between the two. Binding Binding is superficially relatively straightforward, however depending upon the elements/component used, the manner in which data is updated may differ! Managing...

Top 10 Pain Points for C++ Developers

09/06/2022: Based on feeback from C++ developers working in the Enterprise, the following list contains the most commonly referred to "Pain Points": Pointer and Memory Errors Some classic problems with C++ relate to runtime errors caused by pointers, either trying to work with ‘null’ pointers or memory leaks. Off by one errors The use of traditionally arrays and conventional loops can lead to errors due to misalignment of access. Efficiency C++ applications are known for their efficiency. However, to get the best from C++ requires some work. Which Types to use? Unlike many modern languages, such...

Top 10 Pain Points for Data Analysts working in the real world

26/05/2022: This article is brought to you by JBI Training, the UK's leading technology training provider. Learn more about JBI's Power BI training courses including Power BI - Visualisation, Power BI - Dax Data, and Power BI - Beyond the Basics 1. The amount of data being collected With today’s data-driven organizations and the introduction of big data, risk managers and other employees are often overwhelmed with the amount of data that is collected. An organization may receive information on every incident and interaction that takes place on a daily basis, leaving analysts with thousands of interlocking...

Top 10 Pain Points for Data Scientists working in the real world

20/05/2022: - Access to relevant data Relevant data may not be directly available to the analyst (may need org permission, support infrastructure in place, different process for "one off" access vs. need to regularly refresh data) - Data availability Relevant data may still need to be identified and collected (same as above re. need for infrastructure in place before starting with the analysis job) - Data Integration Data from different sources need to be integrated into a normalised form, specific issues like record merge, record deduplication, missing attributes need to be tackled. Lack of documentation...

Top 7 Pain Points for Data Analysts using Power BI

Top 7 Pain Points for Power BI users working in the real world

10/05/2022: This article is brought to you by JBI Training, the UK's leading technology training provider. Learn more about JBI's Power BI training courses including Power BI - Visualisation, Power BI - Dax Data, and Power BI - Beyond the Basics 1) many to many: Problem: tables are connected by a many-to-many relationship, this is accepted by PowerBI but can lead to problems, incorrect calculations and bad performance. Solution: in the query editor create a table that would have a unique list of combinations from the two original tables and then use a 1-to-many relationship toward the two original...

Kubernetes and Microservices

04/08/2021: How do Kubernetes and Microservices fit in? Where would we be without microservices? In today’s world, organisations need to quickly build and scale a whole range of applications – and microservices architecture makes this possible. It lets organisations break down tasks into manageable chunks that can be worked on independently by separate teams of developers. This modular approach gives more control and allows for faster deployment and better scalability. It also gives the teams more autonomy. Each microservice has its own encapsulated process and can be coded by the most appropriate...

Front End Choices: Typescript vs Javascript

08/06/2021: Should we be using TypeScript? JavaScript is a fantastic programming language that is everywhere on the web. It was originally designed as a client-side language and tends to run very fast, and is extremely versatile with extended functionality. It also has rich interfaces that can be used to enhance the user interface and overall experience of a site. There are over 1.8 billion websites in the world, and JavaScript is used on 95% of them (according to Github's 2020 Octoverse Report). It is also increasingly used on server-side code. Like everything however, JavaScript does have its downsides....

Visual choices : Tableau vs PowerBI

10/05/2021: This article is brought to you by JBI Training, the UK's leading technology training provider. Learn more about JBI's Power BI training courses including Power BI - Visualisation, Power BI - Dax Data, and Power BI - Beyond the Basics Visual choices – Power BI vs Tableau The amount of data available to organisations today is phenomenal – but it can be overwhelming. It’s hard to see the wood from the trees at times. That’s why business intelligence (BI) packages such as Power BI and Tableau are so popular. They provide data analysis and visualization tools that let you understand the data,...

Cloud AI Services and AutoML – a growing trend

25/03/2020: The 4th annual Artificial Intelligence Dev Conference at DeveloperWeek was a full day of thought leadership talks and technical workshops on the newest technologies and best practices in AI development. Cloud AI services and automated machine learning (AutoML) were the subjects of one of the talks, and in this article we’ll explore why they’re so popular and how they can help your organisation. Cloud computing has been around for years and most of the key providers now offer cloud-based AI services. These leverage the providers’ extensive expertise and deep pockets, and make it easier...

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