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Blogs by terry mccann

Welcome to the Advancing Analytics blog. We’re a bunch of data and AI specialists who build modern platforms and make messy data behave.

You'll find a trove of posts and video here, focused on AI and machine learning, data engineering and analytics. Our blogs are all based on what we’re seeing in the real world - with lessons learned from the sharp end of delivery. 

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Databricks Data & AI Summit Announcements 2025
We’re back from a packed week in San Francisco – and what a week it was. Last week saw the...

16th June, 2025

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Databricks announce SAP Partnership: What does it mean for you?
Databricks have just announced SAP Databricks! Read more here:...

13th February, 2025

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Must Attend Data Conferences for CDAOs in Retail
Why attend events? Unless you are new around here you will be aware that at Advancing...

17th June, 2024

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Overcoming Manufacturing Industry Challenges with Big Data. Demand...
Manufacturing is an industry that is increasingly turning to data and artificial intelligence...

23rd January, 2023

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Exploring the Differences: Multi-dimensional Modeling vs Relational...
Reinventing new solutions Over the weekend I joined an ongoing question about what is a Data...

22nd January, 2023

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Understanding ChatGPT as explained by ChatGPT
In 2022 Language models exploded in popularity. Their uses are seeping into every aspect of...

18th January, 2023

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Starting Advancing Analytics
I am super excited to announce my new venture. For the last 2 years I have been working for...

12th July, 2022

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How NeoInsurance is disrupting traditional Insurance
Insurance Disruption How NeoInsurance and Insuretech are changing the way we cover consumers...

19th May, 2022

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10 Ways AI & Machine Learning can drive Revenue in Insurance
Last week, Advancing Analytics attended BIBA 2022. It was a great opportunity to catch up with...

13th May, 2022

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Spark 3.0 Questions and answers from the Data AI Summit
At the Data + AI Summit, Simon delivered a session on “Achieving Lakehouse Models with Spark...

19th November, 2020

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