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The last (for now) of our #AgileDataDiscover summaries!

Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining completed a 30-day public experiment using a Large Language Model for legacy data warehouse discovery. They confirmed it was feasible, viable, and valuable, securing their first paying customer. They’re showcasing their progress at Big Data London in September under their new product, AgileData Disco.

New Google Cloud feature to Optimise BigQuery Costs
New Google Cloud feature to Optimise BigQuery Costs

This blog explores AgileData’s use of Google Cloud, specifically its BigQuery service, for cost-effective data handling. As a bootstrapped startup, AgileData incorporates data storage and compute costs into its SaaS subscription, protecting customers from unexpected bills. We constantly seek ways to minimise costs, utilising new Google tools for cost-saving recommendations. We argue that the efficiency and value of Google Cloud make it a preferable choice over other cloud analytic database options.

5E’s
5E’s

As Data Consultants your customers are buying and outcome based on one of these patterns – effort, expertise, experience or efficiency.

We outline what each of these are, how they are different to each other and how to charge for delivering them.

Agile DataOps
Agile DataOps

TD:LR Agile DataOps is where we combine the processes and technologies from DataOps with a new agile way of working, to reduce the time taken and increase the value of the data we provide to our customers What's in a...

The “Killer” Feature
The “Killer” Feature

One feature to rule them all As product managers we are always looking for the next “killer feature” for our product. You know the one, that feature that will become the magical thing that will have customers flooding...

3 types of product features
3 types of product features

Our UX/UI journey is accelerating We are currently full steam into the development of the initial User Interface for AgileData.io. The team have done some awesome work on the UX designs for a bunch of the core screens,...

Why we founded AgileData
Why we founded AgileData

My co-founder Nigel and I have been working in the data and analytics domain for over 30 years (well I have, he is slightly younger). We have both held multiple roles through these years, Nigel primarily in the...