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NZ Scaleup AgileData achieves Google Cloud Ready – BigQuery Designation

AgileData has achieved Google Cloud Ready – BigQuery designation, streamlining data management for customers and partners. This certification confirms the integration’s functionality and reliability, reducing complexity through a low-code interface. By leveraging Google Cloud’s infrastructure and BigQuery, AgileData empowers business leaders to rapidly gain insights and make informed decisions efficiently.

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Merging Data Vault and Medallion Architecture Patterns with Patrick Cuba

Join Shane Gibson as he chats with Patrick Cuba on combining the Data Vault data modeling pattern with the Medallion Architecture pattern.

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AgileData Feature #03 – Catalog Browse and Search
AgileData Feature #03 – Catalog Browse and Search

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Data Persona’s can use the Catalog to quickly search, find and access the Data Assets (Tiles) they need to complete a data task, such as supporting the development of Information Products or using the data for analysis.

Topic Tags and Dynamic Filtering allows Data Assets to be easily found using the Organisations business terminology.

With the Menu Anywhere capability they can drill out to any other screen in the AgileData App, retaining the context of the Tile, removing the need to go to the screen and manually searching for that Data Asset again.

Any time a data user performs a data task in the AgileData App, or an automated data task is executed on the AgileData Platform, the Catalog is automagically updated. The Catalog data is treated as a first class citizen, not as data exhaust.

The Catalog is part of a wider ensemble of features that let them search or browse to locate essential Data Assets quickly, view comprehensive details for each set of data, and track the flow of data similarly to parcel tracking.

AgileData Feature #02 – Single Sign-in
AgileData Feature #02 – Single Sign-in

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With Single Sign-On (SSO), users gain streamlined access to the AgileData App, eliminating the need for repeatedly logging in and reducing friction in their data day.

This feature leverages Google Identity and Access Management (IAM) to provide seamless and secure authentication, ensuring that users can easily connect to the platform using their existing credentials.

AgileData’s SSO is not only secure but also scalable, designed to meet the needs of growing teams while maintaining the highest standards of data protection and access control.

5 core Data Collection Patterns
5 core Data Collection Patterns

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At AgileData, delivering our Fractional Data Service has revealed the diverse challenges of integrating data from varied organisations, industries, and systems. To scale effectively, we’ve adopted five core data collection patterns based on our “Define it Once, Reuse it Often” (DORO) principle:

1. Push
2. Pull
3. Stream
4. Share
5. File Drop

These patterns are supported by a toolkit of tested technologies like Dataddo, Meltano, and Google services, allowing us to solve new data challenges quickly. Our approach ensures flexibility and scalability, always starting with the question: Push, Pull, Stream, Share, or File Drop?

An Experiment – Top Data Trends for 2025 with Coalesce and Google NotebookLM
An Experiment – Top Data Trends for 2025 with Coalesce and Google NotebookLM

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Join two LLM generated guests as they discuss the Top Data Trends of 2025 Whitepaper published by Coalesce.

This is a different episode.  Instead of a human guest, we have two robot guests. 

I decided to try and experiment. My experiment was, can I upload a white paper to LLM, have it generate a podcast listen to that podcast in my daily walk and see whether that summary removes the need for me to actually read the white paper.

So in this case, I have grabbed a white paper  called Top Data Trends for 2025 from Coalesce, uploaded it to the Google Notebook LLM and got it to generate a podcast with two hosts chatting about the white paper.

Have a listen, let me know what you think.

AgileData Feature #01 – Marketplace
AgileData Feature #01 – Marketplace

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Information Consumers can quickly search, find and access the Information Products they need to answer their business questions.

This feature enables Information Consumers to search and find all the available dashboards, reports and analytical models in the AgileData App, regardless of what third party Last Mile tool they are created in.

It also enables the Information Consumer to quickly open that report or dashboard directly from the Marketplace, when those reports are accessible by a web URL

Agile Project Management with Johanna Rothman
Agile Project Management with Johanna Rothman

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jurgen Appelo about the crisis in the agile community.

We explore how the agile job market has changed with diminishing roles for agile coaches and scrum masters. And we discuss what people can do now that the agile consulting and training gold rush is over. We talk about the poor quality of agile practices in organizations claiming to have done agile. And the need to improve further, to get the benefits available. And we talk about the evolution and rebranding of agile practices and the impact of AI on the industry.

Gain valuable insights into the future of agile, the importance of adapting to change and strategies for sustaining relevance in a shifting market.

DataOps

DataOps Leveraging automation and continuous monitoring, DataOps optimises the flow of data from collection to consumption, reducing manual intervention and ensuring that updates and changes are seamless.Scalable and...

The crisis in agile with Jurgen Appelo
The crisis in agile with Jurgen Appelo

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jurgen Appelo about the crisis in the agile community.

We explore how the agile job market has changed with diminishing roles for agile coaches and scrum masters. And we discuss what people can do now that the agile consulting and training gold rush is over. We talk about the poor quality of agile practices in organizations claiming to have done agile. And the need to improve further, to get the benefits available. And we talk about the evolution and rebranding of agile practices and the impact of AI on the industry.

Gain valuable insights into the future of agile, the importance of adapting to change and strategies for sustaining relevance in a shifting market.

The Haier model with William Malek
The Haier model with William Malek

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with William Malik about the Haier operating model. Haier, a Chinese appliance giant, transitioned from a failing state-owned enterprise to a highly profitable publicly owned organisation with over 5,700 micro enterprises and $50 billion in revenue.

We explain how Haier uses an internal marketplace to allow microenterprises to trade goods and services with each other, based on a value added mechanism and smart contracts. An approach based on the philosophy of RenDanHeYi, where managers release control and support teams to achieve their potential to create valuable solutions within an open environment.

William makes a compelling case for the benefits of a decentralized agile organizational model in driving high innovation and performance.

Manage

Manage Ensure continuous management and control, allowing you to seamlessly manage, monitor, and govern your data for complete operational visibility.See how our platform provides real-time oversight, observability and...

Rules

Rules Transform your data with simplicity via our our Low-Code browser based interface.Simplify data transformation with our Natural Language Change Rules. The AgileData App allows you to define transformations using...

Trust

Trust Ensure data reliability with Trust Rules.The AgileData App allows you to set specific rules to validate your data, ensuring its accuracy and consistency, and building trust in your data-driven decisionsAssisted...

Quickstart
Quickstart

Ask a Quick Question Get answers fast with our ‘Ask a Quick Question’ feature, empowering you to ideate and prototype with data at lightning speed.Input your query and watch as instant insights help you rapidly...

Collect

Collect Collect data from your business applications and store it in AgileData, so it can be combined and consumed in a simply magical way.AgileData enables you to easily push, pull, stream, share and file drop your...

High performance organisations with Steve Spear
High performance organisations with Steve Spear

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Steve Spear, author of a High Velocity Edge, Wiring the Winning Organization and Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System.

We discuss how good leaders create a system that makes it easy for people to do quality work when and where it’s needed by continually asking, what’s the problem and how can I help?

Steve explains how to use a developmental leadership approach with collaborative problem solving, workflow visualization and iterative improvement to become a high performing organization with an unbeatable competitive edge.

Catalog
Catalog

Catalog Explore with ease using the data Catalog.Navigate your data assets with ease using our Data Catalog, designed to help you find and explore data assets effortlessly.Catalog Search Explore Catalog Search. Simply...

Marketplace
Marketplace

Marketplace Empower information consumers by providing a seamless and intuitive way to search, discover, access, and utilise Information Products. The AgileData App ensures users can quickly access the right...

Wiring the Winning Organisation with Gene Kim
Wiring the Winning Organisation with Gene Kim

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Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Gene Kim, leader of the Enterprise Technology Leadership Conference and author of the Phoenix and Unicorn Projects.

Gene describes how DevOps research shows that excellent socio-technical leadership is critical to team success and failure. He explains how technical leaders can dramatically increase team effectiveness by improving the organisational architecture and wiring to support independence of action, rapid feedback and simplification while maintaining stability and security.