Sometimes as a data analyst or data consultant, I do get stuck on finding solutions to data management problems. It is important to note that within the data analytic or data management space, things tend to change rapidly based on the latest trends…

Butterfly Data are proud to have taken part in the Digital Sandbox Sustainability Cohort this year. Successful Companies, selected by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and City of London Corporation (COCL), were challenged to tackle problems in finance…

As someone who loves reading, I have decided to begin a blog series exploring some of the ideas from any books I have read related to data or our work at Butterfly Data. 

The first book I am going to cover is called ‘Deep Work’ by Cal Newport, a guide to working effectively in an age of constant distractions…

Last month while exploring Madrid I visited El Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de España (MUNCYT) [National Museum of Science and Technology]. An exhibition on product development over the last 150 years caught my attention for a couple of reasons. The description read:

All objects we are using, at this very moment, are doomed to obsolescence…

As May 10th is World Lupus Day we thought now would be a great opportunity to talk about Lupus and how it affects Ros, the wife of director Wayne…

Here at Butterfly Data we care for the mental wellbeing of our staff and to evidence our dedication to this, we have signed up to the Mental Health at Work Commitment (MHAWC)…

Do you ever find yourself asking yourself at the end of the day “where has the time gone?!” With the ever-increasing plethora of modern technology available, much of which is designed to make our daily tasks quicker and easier, it would be simple to assume that life would be less hectic…

You have probably heard of root cause analysis, and perhaps even been asked to do it, but what is it? It may sound like an invasive dental procedure but, far from pulling teeth, root cause analysis is an important part of working with data…

Building an application from scratch has often been seen as a daunting task, a web of intricate code, functions, and dependencies traditionally best left to the programmers. These programmers are required to have an in-depth knowledge of their language of choice, as well as the peculiarities of development environments, deployment processes, and then their approach to testing…

When you need to export data from your SAS system JSON proves to be an ideal format, given the superb inbuilt tools in SAS…