Case Studies

Empowering Sales Teams with Power BI Training: A Case Study in Business Intelligence from JBI Training

21/04/2023: Introduction: At JBI Training, we understand the importance of upskilling employees to improve business intelligence and drive performance. When a large luxury watches brand approached us with their challenges in consolidating data and extracting insights, we knew that Power BI could be the solution. We worked closely with their sales department to customize a Power BI training program that addressed their specific needs and enabled them to leverage the full potential of Power BI. Solution: We designed a Power BI training program for the brands sales team, consisting of beginner, intermediate,...

Powering the Hedgehog Community of Hedgehog Community of Great Britain with Power BI: A Step-by-Step Guide

Powering Hedgehog Community of Great Britain with Power BI: A Step-by-Step Guide

11/04/2023: Introduction: Hedgehogs are one of the most beloved animals in Great Britain, and the Hedgehog Preservation Society estimates that there are fewer than a million hedgehogs left in the country. In recent years, hedgehogs have faced several threats, including habitat loss and predation by foxes and badgers. However, there is good news for hedgehogs and their supporters. Power BI is being used to help protect hedgehogs and promote their conservation efforts in Great Britain. In this guide, we will explore how Power BI is being used to help the hedgehog community in Great Britain, and provide...

Manufacturing Company gets Shiny new R training

13/03/2023: We recently provided training in R - Reporting & Dashboards with Shiny training, for a manufacturing company that specializes in producing customized industrial equipment for clients around the world. Over the years, the company had been using a mix of different data analysis tools such as Power BI and Tableau to generate reports and dashboards. However, the company had been experiencing a few challenges with these tools. For example, the staff found it difficult to create and customize dashboards, and the tools required a steep learning curve, which made it challenging for new staff...

Software Developers training keeps code clean

20/02/2023: Why Clean Coding is Vital For Software Engineers and Developers. At JBI Training we work with several international media brands supplying technology training to teams of software engineers & developers. This article examines why training in clean coding is vital for software engineers and developers at a major UK media company. Part of our series on coding in 2023. What is Clean coding? the practice of writing code that is easy to understand, maintain, and modify. It involves using consistent and meaningful naming conventions, writing clear and concise comments, and breaking code down...

Blazor Training Course for Development Engineers

Blazor training equips Police Force with up-to-date web Development skills

13/02/2023: We were recently approached by a UK Police Department to train teams of development engineers in Blazor. The development engineers working at a UK police department needed to train in Blazor, a framework for building web applications, in order to improve their ability to develop and maintain web-based applications used by the police. After an initial consultation between our team and the department it was determined that a 3-day course would be required, with the delegates trained remotely in our online classroom. What is Blazor? Blazor is a framework for building web applications using...

Television Web Developers train in TypeScript

10/02/2023: We recently ran a training course for Frontend Developers and Engineers working for a major broadcaster, supplying training in TypeScript for their front-end web development team. By training in TypeScript, a frontend web developer can improve the quality, scalability, and maintainability of their code, as well as their overall development experience. TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, meaning that the company’s JavaScript code is valid in TypeScript but JavaScript does not contain as many features for development. The Highlights of the course include: - Review Modern JavaScript...

Linux Training Course for software engineers

Media company covers all bases with Linux training

08/02/2023: The request was to train teams of software engineers in Linux, ensuring that their technology infrastructure and systems are maintained and up to date. Linux is software that sits underneath other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these to the computer’s hardware. Linux has become a popular operating system for web servers because of its ability to support a high volume of users and multithreading applications. Linux has backward compatibility, which means it is updated frequently to protect against security breaches and for functional patches,...

UK County Council get savvy with Power BI

08/02/2023: JBI Training has provided a Southern England County Council training in Power BI for the last four years. The decision to switch to using Power BI for one UK county council has been a wise one. In this case study we examine some of the considerations the council needed to make before implementing the software, as well as the nature of the training that staff would need to undertake. We look at how implementing Power BI has been enormously beneficial to the organisation and how training staff has provided a more efficient and effective operation. As technology changes implementing the...

The benefits of using Power BI for a Pension Provider

06/02/2023: The Benefits of Using Power BI for A Pension Provider! Recently the UK’s Largest Private Pension Scheme – participated in ongoing training for staff in Power BI, Power BI - Beyond the Basics and Power BI: DAX Training with JBI Training. Our bespoke Power BI training courses were supplied on the clients premises. We examine the benefits of using Power BI as a business intelligence tool for a pension provider. Data visualisation: Our Power BI fundamentals training taught delegates how to transform complex data into interactive and visually appealing reports, making it easier to understand...

UK County Council Staff are taught how to Automate

31/01/2023: The Approach We were approached to supply a customised training course for staff at a UK County council. After an initial consultation with the client, it was determined that council staff would be placed on our tailor-made course in Microsoft Forms and Power Automate. The Objective Councils are heavily focused on increasing operational efficiencies to deliver higher-quality services to residents. The council was keen for staff to be trained in Microsoft 365 tools which would allow them to start streamlining data collection and processing. The objective was to move staff away from working...

Threat Modelling training provides additional security for Major Media company

30/01/2023: Recently one of the largest media corporations in the World approached us to train a team of software engineers and developers. As one of the World’s top providers in bespoke training in technology, we were able to design a custom-made programme that would cover all aspects of training in a specially created course in Threat Modelling. With ever increasing sophisticated attacks, cyber security is a priority for all organisations and none more so than an international broadcaster. Threat Modelling Most large organisations will have threat modelling frameworks that are designed to counter...

Water Company trains staff in Advanced Power BI

27/01/2023: Power BI With its superior capacity to handle data and create visualisations and extensive reports, many organisations are turning to Power BI for business analytics and key decision making. Recently one of the UK’s major water suppliers contacted JBI Training as they needed to provide staff with courses that would improve proficiency in Power BI. The water company, having booked training with JBI, on our Power BI fundamentals training course, wanted to train delegates in the advanced Power BI course that we offer. The water company was using Power BI to analyse and visualise data related...

Major UK Bank trains graduates in C++

25/01/2023: Ongoing Training with JBI A major UK banking group requested JBI to run several training courses as part of their graduate and post graduate programme, we supplied a custom designed Python data analysis and quant course which was held on site at the bank. Following the success of this course, we took the same delegates and held a full week’s on-site training in C++. Why C++? A powerful programming language C++ is widely used in the banking industry due to its performance, reliability, and versatility. Used to develop trading platforms and algorithms, risk management systems, as well as...

UK Retail Bank invests in Python: Data Analysis / Quants training for graduates.

25/01/2023: Background to the requirement We were approached by a major UK Retail Bank with a requirement to train an intake of Graduates and Postgraduates in Python and Data Analysis, as well as in C++. The recently hired graduates were placed in the business in the role of Quantitative Analysts, the intake consisted of graduates from fields such as statistics, computer science, and economics, all hired for strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of statistical and mathematical concepts. The challenge was to train already existing skills. The graduates would need to be able to use their...

Apache Spark Databricks training course prepares online retailer delegates for certification exams

15/08/2022: A group of students from Northern Ireland took part in a training course on databricks as part of a wider technical program to turn the students into developers. The program had been set up and funded by a governmental department in Northern Ireland in order to attempt to convince and train students to join the technical sector in the country. The program developed by the department worked in collaboration with a major online clothing retailer who would extend job offers to the students capable of advancing into the technical world following the job. The first section of the training...

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