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Why in some cases a managed, heterogeneous SCRUM team may be preferable to body shopping?

When developing data and business intelligence (BI) solutions, not only technology, but also team building and operation contribute significantly to the success of a project. There are situations where body shopping can be an effective solution, for example for short, clear tasks or specific expert needs, but if the project requires a longer term, more complex, or more serious business risk and comprehensive expertise, a managed, heterogeneous SCRUM team is often the preferred choice.

Innovation in Business Intelligence: What Happened at the 2024 Budapest BI Forum?

The importance of data-driven decision making has never been more pronounced than it is today. Data management, analysis and visualization have undergone a level of technological development that not only opens up new opportunities for professionals, but also makes data-driven operations simpler and more efficient for business actors.

As a Microsoft Azure Data & AI Solution partner, we help our customers achieve their business goals

This year, we successfully renewed our partnership with Microsoft to continue providing our customers with the most innovative data platform and AI-based Azure services.

The case for Automated Testing

In Roman times, the engineers of a legion, upon having finished building a new bridge, had to stand under the arches as the whole legion marched across it for the first time. This formidable (and most likely apocryphal) performance was supposed to make sure that the builders would take extreme care in the design and implementation of the bridge.

Part II – The Anatomy of a Review

In Part I of this series, I have outlined some general considerations that could be summarized as discussing the spirit of the review process. In this article, I shall try to dissect and show you what a review might look like in practice – we shall examine the anatomy of a review, if you will.

Part I – The relevance of a review

On numerous occasions I had to make a case for reviews as I had to introduce them as standard procedure to teams that wanted to improve them. I have decided to put my thoughts on the matter to writing, in the hopes that it might be helpful for others as well.

Behind the Scenes of Measuring Inflation — This Is What You Need to Know!

We can feel in our own skin a decrease in the purchase value of our money. Inflation is not an unusual economic process, but it has been unusually high for more than a year now, and it is having an intense impact on our daily lives.

The IT world could be completely rearranged by 2025 — we looked at the future through the lens of Gartner

As an IT company, it is important for us not only to follow industry trends, but also to participate in shaping them to the best of our ability. That is why an important part of the work of the specialists working in our team is the continuous monitoring of medium and longer-term technological forecasts in addition to current innovations.

Privacy 2022: we help you understand why it's important!

January 28 is International Data Protection Day. For our company, United Consult, it is a professional minimum not only today, but every day of the year, to keep cybersecurity in mind and to provide our customers with preventive advice on the protection of their data.

Five-star IT innovations in the world of the five rings

We are past perhaps the most extraordinary world game in the history of the modern Summer Olympics. Tokyo has brought a lot of excitement and so many novelties never seen before. It was unusual at first that due to the pandemic, a competition that carried 2020 unchanged in his name was held in 2021, but in the series of numbers related to the Olympics, this is by no means the greatest curiosity.

Fast decision making in trading

The past year has presented trade networks with hitherto unknown challenges, with the onset of the epidemic in Hungary due to increased demand for certain products and difficulties in supply chains, followed by various restrictions.

When does the self-driving car slow down at the vegetable store?

Do you know the difference between polar vegetable and image analysis algorithm? One measures a melon in pounds and the other in pixels. And what is the similarity? Both like the fruit to be as red as possible on the inside. The joke, of course, is not serious, but the topic is very serious - let's show how the melon got into the picture!

Book moth problems: how does a Hungarian data scientist choose what to read?

Here it is winter, after the holidays, and in the long evenings, more and more people find relaxation in reading. However, bookworms often encounter the problem that it is difficult to get information about a volume “spoiler-free”.

Real estate pricing

The value of real estate can be easily summed up based on the location of the plot, its size, the value of various resources invested. On the other hand, the price is more difficult to determine in a “dynamically” changing environment, where properties find a new owner with a mixture of different and different purposes.

CDP Proof Of Concept at MOL — Project Reference

One of the first Hungarian users of CDH (Cloudera Distribution Hadoop) was the MOL Group.

Critical Success Factors: Business Lightning Strikes in the World of Hybrid Clouds

Companies have never had as many opportunities to use the data they have for their own benefit as they do today. But do they take advantage of this opportunity?

What to expect on the Cloudera Data Analyst exam?

I recently passed the Data Analyst Cloudera exam. But maybe we shouldn't run so far ahead.

Children's day visualization: why don't Hungarian and Austrian children celebrate together?

Hungarian girls and boys are already looking forward to the weekend, as it is Children's Day. The Austrian or even Thai lurkos are not so enthusiastic, which is no wonder, because they still have to wait many months for this momentous occasion.

DIY film recommendation

In the last few years, referral systems have taken up more and more space in our lives, almost any activity we do online is present. There they are in online commerce, in advertising, and recommendation systems also help in choosing movies, music. The purpose of these systems is to suggest relevant elements to the user.

Did the air really get better because of quarantine?

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on world leaders to use the situation created by the coronavirus pandemic to improve the world and work together to tackle other global threats such as climate change.

They're Mom's Favourites — Spectacular Visualizations of Trendy First Names

This weekend will be the first Sunday of May, which has been celebrated as Mother's Day in Hungary since 1925. The first gift mothers give to their newborn children is a carefully chosen first name that will accompany them for the rest of their lives. For Mother's Day, we looked at naming trends from the 1950s to the present day.