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Business Analytics
AI & Data Science

Before You Ask GenBI, Build the Foundations

The evolution of GenBI.

Jasper Taminau

28 Jan 26

5min read

Data Governance

Introducing data domain thinking as a no-regret move towards fixing messy data

Organizing data around core business entities.

Maxim Dochez

17 Nov 25

5min read

AI & Data Science

LLM Data Security: From Business Risks to Responsible AI Innovation

What happens to your data in LLM tools.

Seppe Housen

23 Sep 25

5min read

AI & Data Science

What Are AI Agents? Benefits, Risks & Business Readiness Guide

Understanding AI agents.

Seppe Housen

22 Sep 25

5min read

Business Analytics
Data Engineering

The end of Fabric Default Semantic Models and what it means for you

Default semantic models sunset impact.

Ruben Van de Voorde

24 Jul 25

5min read

AI & Data Science
Data Governance

Tackling AI Risks: Insights from assessing a GenAI Chatbot

Responsible AI risk assessment workshops.

Stefan Lommaert

03 Jul 25

5min read

Data Engineering

From chaos to clarity: how dbt streamlines analytics projects and promotes collaboration

Data transformations with dbt.

Matthias Heyvaert

13 Jun 25

5min read

Business Analytics

The Power of Product Thinking in Data Management to increase business success

Product thinking for data impact.

Thomas Debacker

02 May 25

5min read

Business Analytics

From Planning to Execution: Our Recipe for a Successful Power BI Migration

Power BI migration strategy.

Jasper Taminau

26 Mar 25

5min read

Data Governance

4 Top Trends Transforming Data Quality in 2025

Data quality trends for 2025.

Gorik Desmet

07 Mar 25

5min read

AI & Data Science

Predicting Platelet Demand: Transforming Healthcare Logistics with Time Series Forecasting

Advanced analytics in healthcare supply chains.

Dimitri De Rocker

26 Feb 25

5min read

AI & Data Science

Taking responsibility: Governing AI to generate value while managing risks

Responsible AI risks and controls.

Seppe Housen

17 Feb 25

5min read

Data Governance

Top Trends Transforming Data Quality in 2025

Why data quality remains critical.

09 Feb 25

5min read

Data Governance
Data Engineering

Tech Review: Tracing Data Lineage from Notebooks into Microsoft Purview

Spark lineage integration with Purview.

Frederik Druyts

05 Feb 25

5min read

Data Governance

How Collibra and SAP are revolutionizing Data Governance by Bridging the Enterprise Data Divide

SAP data governance challenges.

Alexandre van Haute

05 Feb 25

5min read

Data Engineering
Data Governance

When Data Governance Meets Data Engineering: Optimizing Microsoft Purview with SparkLin for Automated Lineage

The importance of data lineage.

Tom Van Breuseghem

21 Jan 25

5min read

Business Analytics

Microsoft Fabric: Breaking Down Barriers to Modern Analytics

Fabric as a unified modern data platform.

Zahra Celen

21 Jan 25

5min read

Business Analytics

From Pitfalls to Power (BI): Top 3 Challenges We See Most Often

Three Power BI pitfalls to avoid.

Jasper Taminau

16 Dec 24

5min read

Data Governance

One-Stop Shop for Data Governance: Why Collibra is a Game-Changer

Collibra?s continued evolution.

Astrid Jehoul

16 Oct 24

5min read

Data Engineering

Implementing Microsoft Fabric: Insights and Best Practices

Real-world experience with Microsoft Fabric.

Tom Van de Velde

05 Sep 24

5min read

Business Analytics

Self-Service BI: Blessing or Burden? Dive into Benefits, Challenges, and Solutions

Self-service BI benefits and pitfalls.

Jasper Taminau

22 Jul 24

5min read

Data Governance

Is your data governance stuck in excel? It's time to upgrade!

Why modern data governance tools matter.

Kevin Segers

19 Jul 24

5min read

AI & Data Science

How to Leverage your Competitive Advantage in the Era of AI

Fine-tuning AI on proprietary data.

Seppe Housen

26 Jun 24

5min read

Business Analytics

Geospatial Analytics: From Theory to Impact

Geospatial analytics explained.

Matthias Rochtus

17 Jun 24

5min read

AI & Data Science

Is my chatbot ready for production?

Measuring value of LLM applications.

Seppe Housen

21 May 24

5min read

Business Analytics

Switch before it Hurts: Discover the wins of reporting in Power BI

Power BI enabling the next growth wave.

Arto De Graef

14 May 24

5min read

Data Engineering

Hive vs Iceberg Tables in AWS Athena

Choosing dbt for data pipelines.

Cedric Raeymaeckers

07 May 24

5min read

AI & Data Science

How to get Generative AI working in your business

Limits of generative AI in business.

Dimitri De Rocker

25 Apr 24

5min read

Data Governance
Data & AI Strategy

From Data Resistant to Data Literate

Change management during data transformations.

Roxane Jacquet

09 Apr 24

5min read

Data Engineering

Accelerating Spark Notebook Development with MSSparkUtils for Microsoft Fabric

Using MSSparkUtils in Fabric.

Tom Van de Velde

12 Feb 24

5min read

Data Engineering

How to build a cost-effective and robust streaming data pipeline

Clickstream ingestion with Snowplow.

Pieter Coremans

12 Feb 24

5min read

Data Governance
AI & Data Science

Automated Data Classification - 3 Methods to reduce your efforts significantly

Automating data classification.

Sophie Maene

12 Feb 24

5min read

Business Analytics

Fabric Default Semantic Models: One for all, all for one!

Default semantic models in Microsoft Fabric.

Tom Van de Velde

07 Feb 24

5min read

Business Analytics

10 Crucial Tips for Effective KPI Dashboarding

Modern performance management with data.

Veerle Hemeryck

18 Jan 24

5min read

Data Governance

CSRD Reporting Beyond Compliance: Building Robust Data Governance for Sustainable Success

CSRD and ESG reporting requirements.

Sophie Maene

09 Jan 24

5min read

AI & Data Science

The state of large language models? Where are we now? A business perspective

Why organizations should start with AI today.

Stefan Lommaert

21 Dec 23

5min read

AI & Data Science
Data Governance

Anticipating the EU AI Act - What Every Business Should Ask Itself Today

The impact of the EU AI Act.

Seppe Housen

13 Dec 23

5min read

Data Engineering
Business Analytics

Enhancing data validation processes with Microsoft Fabric

The importance of data validation.

Frederik Druyts

30 Nov 23

5min read

Business Analytics

Microsoft Fabric is general available, when and why should you care?

What deploying Microsoft Fabric means for your organization.

Jasper Taminau

23 Nov 23

5min read

Data Governance

What Amazon and Twitch can teach us about Data Governance

Leadership lessons from Jeff Bezos and Steve Huffman.

Martijn Vanhauwaert

20 Nov 23

5min read

Data Governance

An evening talking Data Governance, my key takeaways

Lessons from a Data Governance roundtable.

Nico Huybrechts

26 Oct 23

5min read

Data Governance

How to protect sensitive customer data without a single line of code

Centralized access control with Collibra Protect.

Martijn Vanhauwaert

25 Oct 23

5min read

Data Engineering

Is a Customer Data Platform the best solution for you?

Why CDPs are not plug-and-play solutions.

Anthony Maes

23 Oct 23

5min read

Data Governance

What you need to know about a Customer Data Platform

Customer Data Platforms explained.

Anthony Maes

12 Oct 23

5min read

Data Governance
Data & AI Strategy

Four essential steps to build a game-changing data marketplace

Lessons from Collibra Data Marketplace implementations.

Anthony Schoeters

18 Sep 23

5min read

AI & Data Science

Is the Generative AI hype real? A look at the AI Gartner Hype Cycle

Is AI hype real?

Dimitri De Rocker

06 Sep 23

5min read

Data Engineering

How Hyperscale comes to the rescue when troubleshooting Azure SQL Server performance

Solving performance issues with Hyperscale.

Jonas De Troch

14 Aug 23

5min read

AI & Data Science

Data-Driven Marketing: Embracing Data Science and AI for Success

AI-driven marketing use cases.

Senne Vanstraelen

25 Jul 23

5min read

Data Governance

[drumbeats] Collibra's Workflow Designer enters the stage

Exploring new data products for professionals.

Laurens Potiau

29 Jun 23

5min read

AI & Data Science

How not to fail your AI projects

Why some AI initiatives succeed and others fail.

Stijn Van Hijfte

28 Jun 23

5min read

AI & Data Science
Data Governance

The European AI act: a critical review of what you've heard in the news

Nuancing AI narratives in the media.

Seppe Housen

28 Jun 23

5min read

AI & Data Science

Building an Ethical Framework for Generative AI

Responsible AI guidelines from KU Leuven.

Stijn Van Hijfte

12 Jun 23

5min read

AI & Data Science

Three out of four Flemish companies still make no use of AI

Challenges in AI adoption in Flemish organizations.

Stijn Van Hijfte

12 Jun 23

5min read

Data Governance

Do You Speak Data??? A Case for Data Literacy

Building data-literate organizations.

Martijn Vanhauwaert

05 Jun 23

5min read

Business Analytics

Microsoft Fabric: The Game-Changer in Data Analytics?

Microsoft Fabric introduction and first insights.

Tom Van de Velde

26 May 23

5min read

Data Governance
Data Engineering
AI & Data Science
Business Analytics

5 factors that make your data team successful

Five factors that make data teams successful.

Alexandre van Haute

21 Apr 23

5min read

Data Engineering

Spark your Infrastructure: Terraform to deploy AWS Glue Pyspark job

Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

Stefanie Turelinckx

06 Apr 23

5min read

AI & Data Science

AI for every business

Practical AI use cases across business domains.

Dimitri De Rocker

20 Mar 23

5min read

Data & AI Strategy

Let's face it: data doesn't drive business value

How to quantify the value of data projects.

Datashift

27 Feb 23

5min read

AI & Data Science

AI: The Future is Now - Are You Ready to Embrace it?

The evolution and future impact of AI.

Alexander Meynen

25 Jan 23

5min read

Data Governance

Kickstart Data Quality by Design with Great Expectations

Data Quality by Design with Great Expectations.

Gorik Desmet

19 Dec 22

5min read

Data Engineering

How to query your S3 Data Lake using Athena within an AWS Glue Python shell job

Using AWS Glue Python shell jobs effectively.

Cedric Raeymaeckers

14 Nov 22

5min read

Data Governance

3 priceless tips to help you succeed in Data Governance user adoption

Boosting data governance user adoption.

Sophie Maene

09 Nov 22

5min read

Business Analytics
Data Governance

Semantic data discovery: separating facts from fairy tales

Semantic data discovery in practice.

Laurens Serneels

19 Oct 22

5min read

Data Governance

Data Mesh - Beyond the buzz

Understanding data mesh through a practical example.

Anthony Schoeters

28 Sep 22

5min read

Data Governance

Monitoring data quality just got easier with Soda

Business-friendly data quality with Soda.

Laurens Potiau

31 Aug 22

5min read

Business Analytics

Everything you really need to know about a data lakehouse

The evolution of data warehouses, lakes and lakehouses.

Tom Van de Velde

16 Aug 22

5min read

Data Engineering

What an event-driven architecture brings to the table to solve your data ingestion challenges

Event-driven data ingestion architectures.

Frederik Druyts

04 Jul 22

5min read

Data Engineering

How a data hub helps you step up customer engagement

Operational data hubs for business users.

Cedric Raeymaeckers

20 Jun 22

5min read

AI & Data Science

Who knows who: from Hollywood to Flanders

Graph analysis sequel using shortest path algorithms.

Jens Trogh

16 Jun 22

5min read

Data Engineering

Get ready for the future. Meet Azure Synapse.

Getting started with Azure Synapse Analytics.

Tom Van de Velde

13 Jun 22

5min read

Business Analytics

Movie star popularity based on graph analysis

Graph analysis using IMDb data.

Datashift

03 Jun 22

5min read

Business Analytics
Data Engineering

Laying the groundwork for a modern data platform

Building a cloud-first modern data platform.

Dries Wynants

16 May 22

5min read

Business Analytics

Why a lightweight cloud analytics lab goes hand in hand with your BI environment

Using cloud analytics labs as a modernization step.

Datashift

06 May 22

5min read

AI & Data Science
Data Governance

How can AI & ML strengthen data governance practices?

AI and machine learning in data governance.

Pieter Van Damme

15 Apr 22

5min read

Business Analytics

How to move your on-premises data warehouse into the cloud

Navigating cloud data warehouse migrations.

Jonas De Troch

15 Apr 22

5min read

Data Governance

Kick-starting your data governance track with Collibra automation

Why Collibra is still our favorite Data Governance tool

Martijn Vanhauwaert

17 Mar 22

5min read

Data Governance

The future of Data Quality & Collibra DQ

The future of data quality with Collibra DQ.

Laurens Potiau

10 Mar 22

5min read

Business Analytics

Is Data Warehousing still relevant for your business?

Why data warehousing still matters.

11 Feb 22

5min read

AI & Data Science

AI is on the rise. So are AI safety and ethical AI.

The rise of ethical and responsible AI initiatives.

Seppe Housen

16 Nov 21

5min read

Data Governance

Data governance for banks: From defense to offense

From defensive to offensive data governance in banking.

Martijn Vanhauwaert

13 Sep 21

5min read

Data Engineering

How to auto-scale your Azure SQL database in Azure Data Factory

Autoscaling Azure SQL databases using Azure Data Factory.

Datashift

04 Aug 21

5min read

Data Governance

Kick-start your data governance program with a business glossary

Solving data misunderstandings across departments.

Martijn Vanhauwaert

04 Aug 21

5min read

Data Engineering

Azure Data Factory vs on-premise ETL tools

Choosing between Azure Data Factory and on-prem ETL tools.

Dries Wynants

04 Aug 21

5min read

AI & Data Science

AI for everyone? It's no alchemy run by wizards!

Practical guidance for adopting AI in organizations.

Datashift

04 Aug 21

5min read

Business Analytics

How to build a churn prediction model that actually works

Turning churn prediction into actionable retention.

Eline Vanwalleghem

04 Aug 21

5min read

Data Governance

Why Collibra is the best data governance tool

Why Collibra is the leading data governance platform.

Nico Huybrechts

04 Aug 21

5min read

Data Governance

5 ways to leverage your existing data with minimal effort

Five practical ways to leverage existing business data.

Datashift

04 Aug 21

5min read

Data Engineering

How to manage your Microsoft Azure costs like a pro

The total cost of ownership of your Microsoft Azure environment can easily spin out of control.

Dries Wynants

04 Aug 21

5min read

Data Governance

5 reasons for an IT auditor to become a Data Governance Consultant

Five reasons to become a Data Governance Consultant at Datashift.

Anthony Schoeters

04 Aug 21

5min read

Data Governance

What we learned from implementing a business glossary

Key lessons learned from implementing a business glossary.

Martijn Severijns

04 Aug 21

5min read

Data Governance

How to build a Data Governance end-user community

What is the most challenging part of a Data Governance program?

04 Aug 21

5min read