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Johnny Read 03/10/2025

Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks: Why Legacy Tech Still Matters In software development, there’s always a rush toward the new. Cloud platforms, AI services, frameworks grab…

Johnny Read 03/10/2025

Machine Learning (ML) and AI are discussed everywhere, used here and there and integrated rarely. We outline what we have found in looking at using ML to investigate plan…

Helen Macaskill 25/09/2025

I’ve been lucky enough to attend Data:Scotland again, after having such a great time last year. This community conference is a great place to share knowledge and exp…

Graham James 12/06/2025

Business intelligence (BI) is quickly becoming an essential tool for wholesale distribution businesses of all sizes. With the right BI solutions in place, these organisat…

Graham James 14/05/2025

A bit of background. I have been providing data management, data warehousing and Business intelligence solutions to the NHS for over 25 years. In that time, I have always…

Johnny Read 27/11/2024

For decades, manufacturing has faced the dual challenge of maintaining operational efficiency while adapting to evolving market demands. At Village Software, we’ve seen f…

Johnny Read 25/11/2024

Our experience of working with manufacturing is that there is a lot of data, it is spread between inbuilt reports, business intelligence systems and a lot of spreadsheets…

01/07/2024

In today's data-driven world, the healthcare sector stands to benefit significantly from advanced analytics solutions. Among the numerous tools available, Azure Synapse A…

16/05/2024

Seize the Data Podcast. Discussing the What, How and Why of your companies data strategy.