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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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Ust Oldfield
Tagging is Metadata’s Metadata: Why Good Tags Matter
What Are Tags, Really? Tags are often dismissed as technical conveniences — tiny labels stuck...

29th October, 2025

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AI Generative AI Data Strategy Databricks
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Toyosi Babayeju
Why Databricks is the Leading Platform in the AI Era
How Databricks Saw the AI Future Coming Databricks didn’t stumble into GenAI, it engineered...

17th October, 2025

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Your Data Governance Is Failing. The Catalyst Framework Can Help You...
Many organisations invest heavily in data infrastructure, analytics platforms, and AI...

29th September, 2025

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Why Your Databricks Metrics Views and Power BI Aren't Seeing...
Databricks is rapidly changing how organisations manage data and analytics. At the Data and AI...

17th July, 2025

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Adam Lammiman
A Stitch In Time: Understanding seams in software system migration
In my first article I talked about legacy systems and the problems many businesses face. I...

19th May, 2025

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Azure CosmosDB for GraphRAG: A Single-Platform Solution for GenAI
Introduction In the evolving landscape of enterprise architecture, organisations often find...

17th January, 2025

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Ust Oldfield
Data Products: Transforming Retail and CPG in the Digital Age
The retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries are undergoing a seismic shift, driven...

5th November, 2024

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Data Products: Fuelling Finance's Transformation Through Curation and...
Remember when financial data was locked away in dusty ledgers and arcane systems? Those days...

22nd October, 2024

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Unlocking the True Value of Data: Applying Economic Theories to Data
In this blog post, we delve into the economic principles that can help quantify the value of...

31st July, 2024

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