Why use a Partner for your Cloud Services vs going Direct?
Unlocking the power of a partner, your path to success There are many cloud providers out there, such as AWS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft/Azure, Google, etc), but how do you know which one to use and if you are getting the full benefits from them? Is going direct really the right option? Using a partner […]
Leveraging Data Platforms for Better ESG Reporting and Sustainability
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have become crucial considerations for businesses worldwide. ESG reporting enable companies to measure and communicate their impact on the environment and society, while ensuring good governance practices. To improve their ESG performance, more and more companies are turning to data platforms which allow them to collect, analyse, and report […]
Unlock the Power of Data with TechConnect and GDPR Compliance
What Is GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU legislation enacted in May 2018 that establishes data protection as a fundamental right to UK and EU based users. It includes numerous provisions covering the use, storage, confidentiality, and transfer of personal data. This law ensures that privacy remains a priority, no matter […]
Achieving Success through Data-Driven Decision Making with the AWS D2E Program
Insights fromTechConnect’s COO As the COO of TechConnect, I have witnessed firsthand the incredible results that can be achieved with data-driven decision making. I recently participated in an AWS Data-Driven Everything workshop and was impressed with how the program moves beyond theoretical discussions to provide a structured approach to becoming data-driven. The AWS D2E program […]
My Personal Cloud Journey
Cloud before there was Cloud…. I was very fortunate to be part of a start-up company that was born in Melbourne Australia in the early 2000’s (if I remember they started in 1999). This company was leading edge, as they had rightfully predicted that the internet will be the future of business access to information. […]
AWS CDK: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Preamble I’m sure that if you’ve been involved with Cloud Infrastructure in the past 5-10 years you would have heard about Infrastructure as Code – the art of defining and deploying your infrastructure through code templates rather than using a GUI in a cloud console or portal. Benefits of using infrastructure as code include things […]
Azure Access Control Management at Scale
As organisations move into the cloud, a risk – if not addressed early on, is the correct access control implementation across the Azure landscape. From initial Proof of concepts to testing in the cloud, sometimes the Role-based Access Control model utilised when starting off, might not be the correct and most effective for the organisation. […]
Demystifying the AWS Datalake
AWS provides a rich ecosystem of services to employ in delivering data products. In fact, the number of services are so large that it can be daunting for an organisation to navigate the landscape. One of the guiding principles of cloud based Datalakes is the separation of compute resources from storage resources. In general, the […]
Cloud Governance and Compliance on AWS with Code
How AWS Control Tower customisation can assist in automating cloud infrastructure governance? Technology is the bedrock for almost every single industry out there. With that in mind, technology (specifically cloud based platforms) goes through a high rate of innovation and fast-paced evolution. The challenge these days is to deliver constant improvements while providing bedrock-like stability. […]
7 Steps to becoming a more Data-Driven company
Getting the best use from your data
Digital Transformation and Smart Cities
Digital Transformation and Smart Cities; are they the same thing? There has been much written about Digital Transformation and probably a similar amount regarding Smart Cities. This blog will explore some of these two concepts with the focus on Smart Cities within the context of Australian Local Government Authorities (LGAs). What should define a Digital […]
Migrating Relational Data into an Amazon S3 Data Lake
The concept of a data lake is not new, but with the proliferation and adoption of cloud providers the capacity for many companies to adopt the model has exploded. A data lake is a centralised store for all kinds of business data: unstructured – images, videos, PDFs, Word documents semi-structured – JSON, XML, spreadsheets structured – CSVs, RDBMS […]
Chest X-Ray Triage using Artificial Intelligence Solutions
As a long term partner of IntelliHQ, a Queensland AI Hub consortium member, the TechConnect team was alerted to the Queensland AI Hub Medical datathon to be held over 2 weeks in June 2020. TechConnect is an AWS advanced consulting partner with a data science team whose experience spans from beginner to expert. As such, […]