A little #BigDataLDN throwback🐸💜 A few weeks on, one message from our conversations still stands out: businesses have big ambitions for AI, but getting the data foundations underneath it right matters just as much. #MicrosoftFabric #AI

Hollie + 99 other inspiring women in tech. We like the sound of that! 💜🐸 Our Hollie Whittles has officially been named one of the Inspiring Women in Tech West Midlands 100 for 2026! 🎉 A brilliant recognition alongside 99 fantastic women making an impact across the region. #WITBHAM #WomenInTech

Your business knows it wants to use AI. But what comes next?🤔 Join Purple Frog MVPs Alex Whittles & Lewis Prince in Telford on 21 October for practical advice, honest conversations and hands-on learning at AI for Business. 🤖 👉 www.shropshire-chamber.co.uk/events/event... #Shropshire

AI for Business Event 21st October 2026

Shropshire Chamber of Commerce provides a variety of networking events including AI for Business Event on 21st October 2026 and business training courses representing all sectors. is a member of…

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The frogs have hopped home from #FabFest2026! 🐸💜 What a brilliant day in Birmingham yesterday! Fantastic speakers, great conversations and plenty of Microsoft Fabric and AI insights. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the day so special!

You don't have to adopt all of #MicrosoftFabric to start seeing value🏛️ Fabric Foundations gives your organisation a practical, scalable starting point, ready to grow as your business does. 📩 Find out more. www.purplefrogsystems.com #DataPlatform

A Fabric pipeline finishing doesn't necessarily tell you what happened inside it. In our latest Frog Blog, Jeet shows how to trigger a pipeline from a notebook and monitor it at the activity level to catch failures properly🐸 www.purplefrogsystems.com/2026/09/runn... #MicrosoftFabric #Python

Microsoft Fabric might be the next step. But is it the right next step for you? 👀 Join Data Engineer Laura-Jayne Adamson as she explores what to consider before migrating, the opportunities, the challenges and how to approach the move. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/should-you... #MicrosoftFabric

Should You Migrate to Microsoft Fabric? Everything You Need to Know

Thinking about Microsoft Fabric? Learn who should migrate, the business benefits, common pitfalls, and how to get started.

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Is “free” AI really free when business data is involved?🔐 Our Finance Director, Chantal, has been featured in AccountingWEB, discussing why CFOs need to consider the data and governance risks behind the AI tools their teams use. 📖: www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/fin... #AI #DataSecurity

CFOs urged to drop free AI tools as data risks loom

The rapid onset of artificial intelligence (AI) has yielded a mixed reaction from the finance profession, with some taking it in their stride and others

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Turns out Shropshire's got some seriously talented tadpoles! 🐸🏆 Team Purple Frog had a brilliant night at #STWAA2026, proudly sponsoring the Digital category. Huge congratulations to our winner, Luke Plimmer from Start Tech!💜👏

#MicrosoftFabric is powerful🔋 The right tools make it even better. Join Laura-Jayne Adamson for a practical look at fabric-toolbox and learn how your team can accelerate development and reduce repetitive #engineering tasks. 🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/hLTiQwr0yXQ

Your pipeline succeeded. So why is your data still wrong? 👀 Hard-deleted source rows can quietly remain in a warehouse because there's no ModifiedDate for an incremental load to catch. Jon explains how to handle them🐸⤵️ www.purplefrogsystems.com/2026/09/how-... #DataEngineering #ETL

It’s official… we’re one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech™! 🎉🐸 A brilliant recognition of the people, culture and team behind everything we do at Purple Frog. Turns out it really is good in the pond💜 #BestWorkplacesInTech

AI without the hype. Just practical advice for businesses🤖 On 21 October, Purple Frog MVPs Alex Whittles and Lewis Prince are taking to the stage at Shropshire Chamber’s AI for Business event in Telford. 👉 www.shropshire-chamber.co.uk/events/event...

Tomorrow’s the big night! 🏆 We’re looking forward to the Shropshire Telford & Wrekin Apprenticeship Awards tomorrow, celebrating the brilliant apprentices making their mark across our region. Proud to be supporting #STWAA again this year. Good luck to all the finalists!💜🐸

Running a notebook from a Fabric pipeline is easy. But what about running a pipeline from a notebook?👀 Jeet shares a working pattern for triggering, monitoring and handling pipeline failures from within a notebook 📰https://www.purplefrogsystems.com/2026/09/running-fabric-pipelines-from-a-notebook/

Running Fabric Pipelines from a Notebook - Purple Frog Systems

Everyone knows the easy direction: drop a Notebook activity into a pipeline, and the pipeline waits for it to finish before moving on. The reverse, a notebook kicking off a pipeline and waiting for…

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Big news from the pond... Alex has made the CIO 100! 🎉🐸 A fantastic recognition of Alex’s leadership and contribution to the technology community. Congratulations, Alex! 👏 #CIO100 #Technology #Leadership

Looking to get more from the Companies House API? Our latest Frog Blog by Callum Bryant shows how to use Python to filter, enrich and score company data for smarter analysis🐍 📖 www.purplefrogsystems.com/2026/06/part... #Python #DataEngineering

What do running a business and performing in an orchestra have in common? 🎼 Hollie Whittles MBE joins Joey Pinz to talk leadership, her journey to receiving an MBE, supporting women in tech and the pressure that can sit behind success. 🎧Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CJt... #WomenInTech

What a #BigDataLDN!🐸💜 Two brilliant days at K50 talking Microsoft Fabric, AI, Power BI, data engineering and plenty more. A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by to meet the Purple Frog team. Lots of conversations to continue and ideas to explore!📊

We’re incredibly proud of Hollie Whittles, who has been shortlisted for the Inspiring Women in Tech West Midlands 100 List 2026! 🎉💜 A brilliant recognition of her work supporting others and championing women in tech. Fingers crossed for the final Top 100! 🤞 #WITBHAM #WomenInTech

A week well spent in Barcelona!🐸 Some of Team Purple Frog have spent this week at #FabConEurope, catching up with the community and diving into the latest across Microsoft Fabric, data & AI. Plenty of new ideas and insights to bring back home! 💜✈️

Ribbit ribbit... that's frog for "we've changed our social media handles." 🐸 We're now @purplefrogdata.bsky.social. Still the same team behind the scenes, just with a fresh name out front. Give us a follow and stick around. There's plenty more coming from the pond💜

Fabric Workspace Monitoring is more than a diagnostics tool. Learn how to monitor pipelines, semantic models, Eventstreams, create alerts, and get better visibility into your #MicrosoftFabric workloads with James' latest blog. 📖

Fabric Workspace Monitoring: What It Actually Shows You - Purple Frog Systems

Fabric Workspace Monitoring turns workspace logs into KQL queries and Activator alerts.

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Technology alone doesn't transform organisations📢 The right strategy, governance, engineering and adoption are what turn data into business value. If that's a conversation you're having internally, we'd love to continue it with you at #BigDataLDN.

Experimenting with AI is one thing. Building AI that your business can trust is another. Watch Microsoft MVP Lewis Prince explain how Microsoft Foundry bridges that gap. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9EY... #MicrosoftFoundry #BusinessAI

💻Beyond ChatGPT and Claude Building Business AI with Microsoft Foundry🤖 with MVP Lewis Prince

Most businesses have experimented with tools like ChatGPT and Claude. The real challenge isn't generating text, it's building AI solutions that can be trusted, governed and integrated into business…

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Should you migrate to Microsoft Fabric?💭 That's exactly what we'll be discussing in our next free webinar with Laura. Practical advice, migration considerations, and plenty of time for your questions. 📅 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/should-you... #MicrosoftFabric #Azure #Data

Should You Migrate to Microsoft Fabric? Everything You Need to Know

Thinking about Microsoft Fabric? Learn who should migrate, the business benefits, common pitfalls, and how to get started.

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Thinking about AI? Start with your data👏 Successful AI isn't built on hype, it's built on trusted data, strong governance, and the right platform. But how do you decide which? That's where our expertise comes in💯 Come and talk to us about building the right foundations for AI at #BigDataLDN🐸

Behind every AI success story is a team that got the data right first. Meet Team Purple Frog; the consultants, engineers and AI specialists helping organisations build the foundations for AI through modern data platforms and analytics💜🐸 #AI #MicrosoftFabric #DataEngineering #TeamPurpleFrog

Power BI is powerful⭐📊 Knowing how to use it well is what makes the difference. Our hands-on training helps teams build confidence, create better reports and get more value from their data. 📅 Get in touch to learn more. www.purplefrogsystems.com #PowerBI #Training

What skills do you actually need for a career in AI?👨‍🔬 And how do businesses move beyond "We need to do something with AI"? Find out in Episode 1 of AI 101 with Branden Millward💯 🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K80X... #AI #TechCareers #BusinessAI

AI 101 with Branden Millward 🤖 AI Careers, Hype & Business Reality 🐸

Everyone's talking about AI, but what's real, what's hype, and where should you actually start?🤔 In the first episode of our AI 101 interview series, Purple Frog's Senior AI Engineer Lewis Prince…

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