Essex County Fire and Rescue Service Migration to Microsoft Fabric – Fab or Drab?
Guest blogger, Rob Ellis, from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, shares the organisation's migration to Microsoft Fabric.
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Assessing the Cost-of-Living Pressures on Our Residents – Part 1
We’ve all noticed increasing financial pressures in the shops, in our bills, and in all aspects of life over the past few years. It can often feel like every time we tune in to the news there is some worrying …
Unlocking the Power of Collaboration
In recent years, the landscape of governance and public service delivery has been reshaped by the transformative potential of data analytics. Data is a pivotal asset, offering profound opportunities for collaboration and innovation across public sector organisations. From driving efficiency …
A problem solved was a problem shared!
When Sir Robert Peel set up the first state funded police service in London in 1829, its safe to say that he would have expected his ‘peelers’ to use gut instinct and experience to tackle the large volume of pick …
Data Talks: Save the dates
4 to 6 March 2024 – Save the dates! Data Talks is a new virtual conference for the public sector, bringing together a diverse array of expertise all with a shared passion for turning data into insight to achieve real …
From a trickle to a flood
The exponential growth of data in the world, from a few spots of datum to a deep, expansive ocean of 1s and 0s, shows no sign of slowing and is expected to shape the world in ways we are still …
A resident’s perspective on the Data Ethics Committee
As a newcomer to the Data Ethics Committee (DEC), I was unsure what to expect from my first meeting. From being a teacher, through to becoming a head teacher, and ultimately to working as an Essex School Advisor I have …
Exploring citizens’ attitudes to data sharing - Part 1
We talk A LOT about the potential for data within our world, whether that’s with our data colleagues, across the services in our organisations, together with other public sector partners locally or nationally with our data peers. What we don’t …
The 'Terrible Twos' - a warm up for Project Management
5 Top Tips for successfully navigating 'the terrible twos'... and partnership working!
If you want to go far, go together
Welcome to the new Essex Centre for Data Analytics blog!
We're starting with a celebration as ecda turns two! Find out about our year of collaboration, and what our new blog has in store!