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Advanzia Bank: A secure and scalable transformation in under a year

Advanzia Bank partnered with element61 to transform its on-premises data estate into a scalable, governed foundation for analytics and AI. In under a year, the core platform was migrated to Azure Databricks, improving performance and stability while enabling self-service analytics, faster machine learning and a clear path for future growth.

The end of a Data Platform. The birth of …

As AI agents gain direct access to enterprise systems, a new question emerges: who provides the business context?

Bart Van Der Vurst

Bart Van Der Vurst

Mercredi, 14 octobre 2026

Qlik NPrinting to Qlik Cloud Reporting: five gotchas

Migrating from Qlik NPrinting to Qlik Cloud Reporting is often straightforward, but real-world projects can reveal unexpected challenges. In this article, we share five practical lessons learned from a recent migration, helping you avoid common pitfalls and make your transition smoother.

Gregory Petit

Jeudi, 8 octobre 2026

Apache Ossie: The creation of a vendor-neutral Semantic layer

Apache Ossie introduces a vendor-neutral semantic layer that allows organizations to define KPIs and business concepts once and use them consistently across tools such as Databricks, Power BI, Snowflake, and dbt. By reducing semantic fragmentation and vendor lock-in, it improves data governance, supports more reliable AI-driven analytics, and enables greater flexibility when evolving your data and analytics ecosystem.

Ruben Mertens

Mardi, 6 octobre 2026

Databricks OpenSharing: Open Exchange for Data and AI Assets

Databricks OpenSharing extends Delta Sharing to AI models, Agent Skills, and Genie Agents, enabling organizations to securely share governed AI assets across platforms and ecosystems. As AI adoption accelerates, OpenSharing could become the open standard for exchanging trusted data and AI assets between organizations, partners, and customers.

Pieter Van Daele

Pieter Van Daele

Mardi, 22 septembre 2026

Microsoft enters the world of Planning, budgeting, and forecasting: A first view on Microsoft Fabric Planning

Microsoft Fabric Planning brings budgeting, forecasting and scenarios into the same governed platform as your data and Power BI. Our first view and verdict.

Bjorn Van Damme

Bjorn Van Damme

Ruben Govers

Jeudi, 17 septembre 2026

Ardo: An analytics journey from idea to true acceleration

Ardo partnered with element61 to define a clear data & analytics roadmap and build a future-ready foundation for reporting, analytics, and AI. By aligning strategy, governance, technology, and business priorities, Ardo transformed scattered data initiatives into a structured approach that supports self-service analytics, better decision-making, and long-term innovation.

Opinion: The AI alarm is real. So is the privilege of understanding it.

AI is moving faster than our ability to govern it, making AI literacy, strong governance and responsible adoption more important than ever.

Tom Bouten

Lundi, 14 septembre 2026

SAP is closing the ODP door. Qlik Talend Cloud has already built another way in.

Since 9 June 2026, SAP technically blocks all third-party access to ODP-RFC. A policy documented since 2017 is now enforced. We explain who is affected, what the December 2026 deadline means, and which four migration paths are ready within the Qlik portfolio.

Stan Decoene

Jeudi, 3 septembre 2026

Why AI is raising the bar for your Data Platform

Conversational BI has huge potential for organizations to make data more broadly accessible & shared. But giving AI tools like Copilot, Claude, or Genie access to all your data is not enough & Anthropic just proved it on their own data. In this opinionated article, we share what they have learned & how we feel it teaches us something about how organisations should invest in Data & AI.

Bart Van Der Vurst

Bart Van Der Vurst

Jeudi, 27 août 2026