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Artificial intelligence (AI)20 January 2026

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Data Prep is the Real Work of Machine Learning

There is a romanticised version of Machine Learning (ML) that exists in movies and marketing pitch decks. In this version, the hard work is the “AI” itself, complex neural networks, cutting-edge algorithms, and futuristic code.

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Agentic AI13 January 2026

10 Tech Predictions for 2026: The Year of the "Agentic" Enterprise Author

2025 was a year of friction for the entire tech industry. We saw the “AI Boom” collide with the reality of legacy infrastructure, creating a gap between expectation and delivery.

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Artificial intelligence (AI)9 December 2025

Why 17th-Century Secretary Script Is So Difficult

Some projects are technical. Some are operational. And every now and then, one is quietly profound.

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Artificial intelligence (AI)3 December 2025

When Data Becomes Art

How We See the World: London has a new landmark, and for once it’s not another glazed tower, street installation or temporary sculpture that people take selfies with for a week and forget.

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Business intelligence (BI) analytics1 December 2025

Spreadsheets as Spectacle: Meet Excel Esports

It sounds ridiculous. Fifteen people hunched over laptops. The screens glow. Fingers fly across keys like speedy dance moves.

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Artificial intelligence (AI)25 November 2025

A New Chapter in Data Engineering

High Digital has officially kicked off a new data warehouse implementation that redefines how modern analytics environments are designed

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Agentic AI19 November 2025

Agentic AI for Enterprise will Reshape Digital Operations

Let’s be blunt: most organisations are still treating AI like a glorified intern, useful, clever, occasionally dazzling, but never fully trusted to run the show.

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Agentic AI3 November 2025

The Evolution of Data Products

For years, data products have powered business growth, dashboards, reports, and analytics tools helping leaders see what happened and why. But these systems still rely heavily on human

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Artificial intelligence (AI)27 October 2025

Ask Your Data Anything: Natural Language Queries in Modern Analytics

For decades, accessing business data meant writing structured queries in SQL or relying on analysts to interpret dashboards. But as businesses grow and teams diversify

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