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Insights on data engineering, governance, and building data-driven organizations.
Case Study
Data Engineering
AI & ML
Analytics
From 500 Dashboards to Self-Service: AI-Driven BI Migration and Autonomous Analytics
An enterprise with 500+ Looker dashboards faced week-long turnaround times and a 3-month p95 backlog. Narona Data led an AI-driven migration to Streamlit on Snowflake and built 12 self-service analytics agents — cutting tech costs 30%, headcount costs 50%, and increasing data capacity 5x.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-04-06
Analytics
Data Engineering
The Supply-Demand Matrix: How to Position Your Data Team for Maximum Impact
It's shocking how few consultants and data leaders properly analyze supply and demand for their services. Demand alone tells you nothing — the balance determines everything.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-03-20
Analytics
Data Engineering
Unlocking ROI from Your Data Stack
Most companies are sitting on a gold mine of data but struggling to turn it into measurable business value. Here's how to change that.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-03-15
Analytics
Data Engineering
Cost Optimization
Why Your Data ROI Is Under Scrutiny (And What to Do About It)
With the unwinding of decades of zero-interest funding, the ROI of data departments across industries is under heavy scrutiny. Here's how to move beyond dashboards to real business value.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-03-10
Data Engineering
AI & ML
Linear vs Exponential: How to Bet on the Right Technologies
Some technologies evolve predictably. Others rewrite everything. The distinction determines whether your experience works for you or against you.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-03-01
Case Study
Data Engineering
Cloud
Healthcare
Beyond BI: How a Healthcare Scaleup Built a Data App Platform That Cut Costs 70% and Shipped 5x More Applications
How Narona Data partnered with a rapidly growing U.S. healthcare scaleup to build a Streamlit-on-Kubernetes data application platform that replaced costly BI tooling, cut costs 70%, and enabled 5x more data applications.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2025-05-22
Case Study
Data Engineering
Cost Optimization
DevOps
From dbt Cloud to Core: How a Tech Company Saved $100K+ and Got the Flexibility dbt Cloud Couldn't Offer
How Narona Data migrated a high-growth tech company from dbt Cloud to dbt Core with zero downtime, saving over $100K annually while delivering custom tooling that dbt Cloud couldn't match.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2025-04-15
Case Study
Healthcare
Cloud
Data Engineering
Cloud-Driven Genomics: How a Diagnostics Firm Cut Genome Processing to Under 2 Hours and Slashed Costs 60%
How Narona Data partnered with a diagnostics firm to deliver a cloud-based genome processing pipeline, reducing genome processing times to under two hours and cutting infrastructure costs by 60%.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2025-02-05