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ICTP 268: Optimising performance and success through business intelligence, with Raquel Seville of BI Brainz

Posted by Michele Marius | 6 Sep 2023 | Podcast Episodes

Business intelligence (BI), like data analytics, does not seem to be as prominent these days as data science and Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, data analytics and BI are separate disciplines from data science and AI, with the former still being especially relevant when trying to improve organisational performance and success. With Raquel Seville of BI Brainz, we get a primer on BI, and among other things, she highlights: misconceptions people have about BI; important skills individuals who want to work in BI should possess; and basic activities and tools MSMEs can use to begin to tap into the benefits of BI.

ICTP 229: Moving from data to insights, with Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe

Posted by Michele Marius | 9 Nov 2022 | Podcast Episodes

Information Management professional, Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe, discusses among other things: the types of data that could benefit from a data warehousing solution; when an organisation should consider moving to a data warehouse configuration; privacy and data protection issues that still must be considered; and why more organisations may actually need a data warehouse.

Data in the Caribbean: we actually have a lot more of it than we think, but we are not using it

Posted by Michele Marius | 16 Sep 2022 | ICT/Tech

Although data might be the new oil, Caribbean countries and their governments seem to be behind the curve in terms of processing and analysing it to drive innovation, strategy and competitiveness. We discuss a few of the reasons why Caribbean governments, in particular, ought to be doing more with the data they already have.

Edge computing: What is and why you finally need to pay attention to it

Posted by Michele Marius | 14 Jan 2022 | ICT/Tech

Over the last few years, edge computing has been gaining considerable attention, but it is not as known as cloud computing. In this article, we highlight the basics of this technology, and why it is likely to become more prominent in the foreseeable future.

ICTP 181: Internet Exchange Points and the data scarcity challenge in the Caribbean region

Posted by Michele Marius | 17 Nov 2021 | Podcast Episodes

In this our November 2021 Community Chat, and with two members of the Caribbean tech community, Claire Craig and Matthew Cowen, the panel discusses: making Caribbean Internet Exchange Points more visible and accountable; and the Caribbean region’s data scarcity challenge.

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ICTP 268: Optimising performance and success through business intelligence, with Raquel Seville of BI Brainz

ICTP 229: Moving from data to insights, with Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe

Data in the Caribbean: we actually have a lot more of it than we think, but we are not using it

Edge computing: What is and why you finally need to pay attention to it

ICTP 181: Internet Exchange Points and the data scarcity challenge in the Caribbean region

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