The LISTAGG function transforms non-null values from a group of rows into a list of values that are delimited by a configurable separator. LISTAGG can…

January 11, 2019 • 2 minute read

The amount of data in the world continues to grow at an incredible rate. IDC suggests that, by 2025, there will be 163ZB (zettabytes) of…

January 9, 2019 • 7 minute read

Artificial intelligence or AI is fast becoming a key technology for the life sciences field. Combined with advanced analytics, it has almost limitless potential to…

January 4, 2019 • 8 minute read

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been one of the key buzzwords in the technology industry over the last few years. From enabling devices on the Internet…

January 3, 2019 • 1 minute read

We live in an age of unequaled access to data.  By some estimates, the average company has between 150 and 400 terabytes of information stored….

December 19, 2018 • 6 minute read

For almost as long as there has been business, there has been business analytics. Frederick W. Taylor is often credited with introducing business analytics in…

December 18, 2018 • 9 minute read

Artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics, individually, topped the digital agenda for companies in 2018 according to CIO magazine. The publication noted that the intersection of…

December 13, 2018 • 8 minute read

In an article published this year by Steven Levy, “Inside Amazon’s Artificial Intelligence Flywheel”, we learned how Amazon took a “leap of faith” in using…

December 11, 2018 • 3 minute read

In my previous blog, I looked at operational excellence in oil and gas. In its Oil and Gas Trends 2018-19, PwC suggests that companies should ‘double…

December 6, 2018 • 5 minute read

Intelligent recommendations, or recommendation engines as they are also called, are everywhere. As digital consumers, we experience them when we buy merchandise on Amazon, pick…

December 6, 2018 • 5 minute read

It seems that every week companies are trying to secure my loyalty with great discounts and vouchers. They would be great if they reflected my…

December 6, 2018 • 6 minute read

Excellence may be its own reward, but we consider recognition by one of the world’s most authoritative reviewers high praise indeed. That’s why we at…

December 3, 2018 • 5 minute read