Resources

SNOWFLAKE SUMMIT 2023: KEY TAKEAWAYS

At Snowflake Summit, attendees embraced the data cloud's transformative power and explored Apache Iceberg and data warehouse advancements.

SAFEGUARD YOUR BUSINESS WITH CYBERSECURITY

With high costs and talent shortages, Security as a Service provides a reliable solution for robust protection without the need for in-house expertise.

LEAPFROG THE DATA TRUST GAP WITH POWERFUL INSIGHTS AND GOVERNANCE

Empower teams with a modern data stack using solutions like Snowflake, ThoughtSpot, and data.world.

MINI-EPISODES TO HELP POWER BI USERS GO FROM KNOW TO PRO

Starts with the basics of what you need to know about PBI Desktop, an overview, and importing some data within the Power Query Editor.

BUILDING USER CONFIDENCE WHILE REDUCING CLOUD COMPUTING COSTS

Kforce migrated from costly, legacy ETL processes to a modern approach that has widespread positive impacts on the business.

MODERN CLOUD DATA WAREHOUSES TO THE RESCUE

Big data is becoming more diverse, distributed, and dynamic. This strains your data warehouse and existing Business Intelligence (BI) processes.

2023 CHRISTMAS IN JULY GIVING CAMPAIGN

This annual campaign is a way for the company to spread joy and generosity during the summer months and give back to the community.

DATA-FIRST APPROACH TO INVENTORY ANALYTICS

A modern data stack and robust BI strategy can provide unparalleled insights into customer behavior, product performance, and channel performance.

A PLATFORM DESIGNED FOR CONTINUOUS DATA DELIVERY

Case study on data integration, automation, and governance for a customer-facing challenges around data collection.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND AI IMPLEMENTATION

Ideal Agent is partnering with SME to scale the business, reduce overhead expenses and improve customer experience.

CALL CENTER METRICS AND DASHBOARDS

Producing actionable results by identifying performance trends, reason for service tickets, and trends in call volume.

ACCELERATING FINANCIAL REPORTING

Transforming raw financial data to insights for Port Tampa Bay by pulling in raw data from Great Plains and iSeaports.

DATA ENGINEERING FOR FRAUD ANALYSIS

Case study on effectively utilizing Azure Data Factory and Snowflake to improve time to insight for potential fraud detection.

CHECKLIST REPORT, CLOUD DATA WAREHOUSING

If you’re overwhelmed trying to find a solution for cloud data warehousing, take a look at this TDWI checklist report.

TOP 6 REASONS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FAILS

Business Intelligence projects can begin with a simple goal, but can easily go astray, and often results in money wasted.

VIDEO TESTIMONIAL

Steve Johnston and Xavier Rodriguez from Ideal Agent, as a valued customer, help celebrate SME Solutions Group's 12-year milestone.

SIMPLIFY DATA ARCHITECTURE FOR FASTER INSIGHTS

Maintaining separate systems makes it difficult to be agile and responsive in today’s fast-moving markets.

TOP 10 BI & DATA TRENDS TO EXPECT IN 2022

Including collaboration mining, dashboard evolution, data lineage, & application automation for triggering action.

DATA LITERACY AND DEMOCRATIZING DATA FOR ALL

Understand the main characteristics of a data literate culture and the practical next steps for a data literacy program.

DATA WAREHOUSES, DATA LAKES, AND DATA LAKEHOUSES

A quick overview of the similarities, differences, and what these terms mean for the future of Business Intelligence (BI).

DATA ENGINEERING FOR FRAUD ANALYSIS

Case study on utilizing Azure Data Factory and Snowflake data warehouse to improve time to insight for potential fraud.

THE FOUNDATION FOR EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDING 2.0

As flexible as you want, responds instantly to new questions, and a mobile version that isn't just a scaled version of the desktop.

ACTIVE INTELLIGENCE VIDEO PLAYLIST

Interviews, how to's, and use case examples featuring Qlik. We also cover value added extensions like Vizlib and PlatformManager.

GOLD DATA ANALYTICS AND POWER BI PARTNER

As a certified Microsoft partner, specializing in Data Analytics, we help businesses enable digitization, innovation, and efficiency.

SEARCH AND AI-DRIVEN ANALYTICS VIDEO PLAYLIST

Check out these 2 Minute Drill videos and webinars on ThoughtSpot for insightful use cases, tips, and valuable information.

DATA LAKEHOUSE, WAREHOUSE, & AZURE ARCHITECTURES

BI projects often focus on the Visualization/Reporting aspects but place less emphasis on the layers that power this.

CRASH COURSE ON CLOUD COMPUTING

We understand that transitioning to cloud computing can be exciting. However, are you certain that you have a solid grasp of cloud computing?

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ROADMAP BUILT FOR SUCCESS

Understand the fundamental elements crucial for a thriving Business Intelligence (BI) Implementation and successfully steering clear of typical errors.

GETTING INSIGHTS AND DRIVING VALUE FOR UTILITIES

Watch how a utility company uses ThoughtSpot's search analytics to make it easy for anyone to get answers from their company data in seconds.

7 EXPERT TIPS FOR SELECTING THE RIGHT STRATEGY AND TOOLS

Making the move to the cloud as part of your overall strategy can help manage costs and increase agility.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PARTNER

SME and H20.ai announce strategic partnership. SME will leverage H2O.ai to help companies maximize data science efforts and innovate with artificial intelligence.

TRANSFORMING LIVES WITH NUMBERS AND STATISTICS

In the digital era, data fuels innovation, catalyzes transformative and positive change, and enhances the quality of life through informed decisions.

INSPIRED CORPORATE GIVING WITH THE SME FOUNDATION

Each SME team member chose a nonprofit, shared their personal connection and mission, and received a $500 donation for their chosen organization.

TOP 7 ANALYTIC USE CASES IN HEALTHCARE

How organizations are driving digital transformation through accurate, granular, and contextual data analytics in the healthcare industry.

REDUCING HOSPITAL READMISSIONS, A CASE FOR INTEGRATED ANALYTICS

Healthcare organization utilizes BI to minimize readmission occurrences to drive lower costs and higher patient satisfaction.

QLIKWORLD 2023: HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TAKEAWAYS

The event drew global professionals and showcased keynote speakers, breakout sessions, workshops, and an expo hall with SME's tech partners like AWS and Snowflake.

DATA LINEAGE IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY

With the rapidly expanding data pipelines, assessing data demographics and identifying high-impact data sources became increasingly challenging.

SYSTEM-WIDE VIEW OF UTILITY OPERATIONS

In the energy and utility industry, our resources provide both an "on the ground playing field" perspective and a valuable "sky-box" perspective.

VENDOR MANAGEMENT SOLUTION AND PORTAL

In this energy and utility industry case study, we implemented a portal solution for vendor management that resulted in an efficiency increase of 40%.

DATA ENABLEMENT FOR POWER GENERATION

Assisting power generation companies through expert consulting to optimize energy production, reduce downtime, and increase efficiency.

TRANSFORMS DATA MANAGEMENT & STORAGE WITH CLOUD SOLUTIONS

Improved data management and storage systems to streamline processes, reduce costs, and make data-driven decisions faster.

DATA BLENDING AND DISPARATE SOURCE INTEGRATION

Case study on ingesting multiple data sets to see the whole story in your data and building dynamic presentations around the insights.

SMART PIPELINES FOR SMART METERS

The continuous and widespread rollout of AMI smart meters and IoT edge devices has led to an explosion of data in the energy and utility industry.

SME PARTNERS WITH TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL

Through the partnership between SME and TGH, analytical dashboards have been developed consolidating data between seven regional hospital systems.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN HEALTHCARE

The trends and digital healthcare technologies discussed demonstrate a clear shift in healthcare practices beyond the walls of hospitals.

DATA STRATEGY MIGRATES TO THE CLOUD

With SME Solutions Group, data.world, and a robust data strategy, you can build your data-driven future with modern Data Enablement.

SME SOLUTIONS GROUP ACQUIRES ACULYTICS

SME Solutions Group announced that it has acquired Aculytics, Inc., a Jacksonville, Florida data analytics consulting firm specializing in healthcare.

STATIC TO DYNAMIC REPORTING: DATA VISUALIZATION WITH QLIK

Data visualization tools, like Qlik, deliver insights to consumers in widely adopted and portable formats.

SME CEO NAMED USF ISDS BOARD CHAIR

University of South Florida names Chris Moyer as Chairperson for the Information Systems Decision Sciences (ISDS) Industry Advisory Board.

QUALITY IMPACTS DRIVEN BY QUALITY ASSURANCE

SME's Quality Assurance consulting services help to ensure that the product is of high quality and will meet the defined project requirements.

GET AHEAD OF COMPETITION WITH CCAAS

Contact Centers don’t seem flashy, but they can be the lifeblood of an organization. Having a good customer experience is critical to continued success.

MIGRATING TABLEAU REPORTS TO THOUGHTSPOT

Self-service analytics without extensive training. Deploying ThoughtSpot, with SME's help, resulted in less costs and higher adoption rates.

THOUGHTSPOT FALCON MIGRATION

Improving the power of ThoughtSpot while drastically reducing infrastructure costs by migrating from ThoughtSpot Falcon to Embrace.

DATA GOVERNANCE, DATA QUALITY ISSUES, AND THE COST OF DIRTY DATA

Data governance aligns people, processes, and technology. It plays a vital role in addressing data quality issues.

CYBERSECURITY: RISING TO THE CHALLENGE

The average cost of a data breach in 2021 reached $4.24 million. As breaches get larger and increasingly make headlines, the number one business priority is cybersecurity.

TRANSFORMING BI CAPABILITIES

One of the most transformational observations impacting the industry is the simultaneous advancement of two inputs: BI toolsets and user skills.

DEVOPS: AUTOMATE, COLLABORATE, AND ITERATE

DevOps is a data analytics methodology that promotes a collaborative, data-driven culture. Learn about the benefits of DevOps and how SME implements it.

AGILE DATA GOVERNANCE TOOLS AND APPROACH

Many organizations typically follow a linear and structured data governance path but encounter significant upfront bottlenecks with key stakeholders.

SME'S CEO RECOGNIZED BY WILLIAMSON COLLEGE

SME's President and CEO, Chris Moyer, was recognized by Williamson College of the Trade for how he founded a company based on professionalism and drive.

SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR FINALIST

The Tampa Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists for the 39th annual Small Business of the Year Awards and SME is proud to be a finalist.

THE WONDER OF DATA

Data can appear intimidating, overwhelming, and even misunderstood. However, it also represents a valuable corporate asset, showcasing the realm of possibilities it brings.

DATA-DRIVEN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

With sophisticated inventory analytics, companies gain insight into how to improve inventory control, productivity, efficiency, and profitability.

FIVE9 LIFTOFF FOR AVAYA USERS

Moving your contact center to the cloud can feel like a daunting exercise. Partnering with Five9 reduces the risk and makes it easy to move to the cloud.

FIVE9 LIFTOFF FOR CISCO USERS

We’re here to assist you in determining the most appropriate course for your company's future as you plan for your contact center’s seamless transition from Cisco to the cloud.