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Data Scientists and Justin Trudeau: 5 amazingly common things between the Canadian PM and data scientists 

If you are not as cynical about Big Data as this grumpy cat, you’ll agree that Canada’s new leader  and Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau has some things strikingly similar to the data scientists. Here are the 5 things in no particular order. 1. Teaching What comes to your mind when you think of a teacher? A caring, […]

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Converting your Integration team into an Internet of Things team

No one makes a better case for integration consultants to start building prototypes in Internet of Things (IoT) applications than Cisco Security Services Senior Vice President Bryan Palma. In this short video, Palma explains that the Internet of Everything is an emerging field and consultants are the first ones to get engaged by the early adopters. […]

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Integration Practice: Solutions to 3 high-level challenges that Integation practice leads come across

Idea in brief This post will cover the 3 key challenges that integration practice leads come across while managing day-to-day affairs of their practice. We have also included solution-pointers, a thoughtful and practical use of these recommendations can help address these challenges. The challenges are: Acquiring Biz Talk projects Delivering projects profitably Partner management Each […]

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Internet of Things: A comprehensive checklist of IoT skills

Device Management An IoT consultant needs to be aware of the functions and workings of various hardware involved in typical IoT solutions. You should gain intermediate to expert-level knowledge of frameworks, programming, and other tools required for the integration, analysis, and reporting of IoT networks and data sets. Choose the following to get started: 1. […]

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What does the release of SharePoint 2016 Preview mean for enterprise customers?

Microsoft announced the release of SharePoint 2016 Preview back in August 2015. I sat down with one of our Sr. SharePoint consultants, Bilal Amjad, to understand what it means for the enterprise customers of SharePoint and the broader developer community.  Below is the quick Q&A session I had with Bilal. Q. How will the SharePoint […]

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Business Intelligence: How can Excel users easily use Microsoft Power BI for sales analysis?

In this video, Sr. BI consultant at Allied Consultants, Asim Yaqoob, demonstrates how power users of Microsoft Excel can easily start using Microsoft Power BI to analyze their data. The demo is based on sales data of a retail store chain. Video transcript Hello everyone, I have some retail sales data (See Image 1) & […]