<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Home on Xcelerent | AI Forward Deployment, Sydney</title><link>https://xcelerent.com/</link><description>Recent content in Home on Xcelerent | AI Forward Deployment, Sydney</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-au</language><copyright>© 2026 Xcelerent</copyright><atom:link href="https://xcelerent.com/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>About</title><link>https://xcelerent.com/about/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://xcelerent.com/about/</guid><description>&lt;h2 class="relative group"&gt;One person. Hands-on. No overhead.
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&lt;p&gt;I am &lt;strong&gt;Tao&lt;/strong&gt;. I run &lt;strong&gt;Xcelerent&lt;/strong&gt; as a solo practice based in &lt;strong&gt;Sydney, Australia&lt;/strong&gt;, working with teams across &lt;strong&gt;Australia, Singapore, and the broader Asia-Pacific&lt;/strong&gt; region.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>AI workflow deployment</title><link>https://xcelerent.com/services/ai-deployment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://xcelerent.com/services/ai-deployment/</guid><description>&lt;div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"&gt;
 Core service: I embed with your team and deploy AI into the work you already do — not a roadmap in a binder.
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&lt;h2 class="relative group"&gt;Who this is for
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&lt;p&gt;Finance, operations, compliance, reporting — any team where smart people spend a large chunk of the week moving data between systems, reformatting documents, or writing the same class of narrative again and again.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Contact</title><link>https://xcelerent.com/contact/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://xcelerent.com/contact/</guid><description>&lt;h2 class="relative group"&gt;Let us talk about your workflows
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&lt;p&gt;If your team lives in spreadsheets, PDFs, approvals, and handoffs — and you suspect AI or better automation could help — start here. The first call is &lt;strong&gt;30 minutes&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;no charge&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;no pitch deck&lt;/strong&gt;. We figure out whether there is a fit and what “observe first” would look like.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>KNIME implementation</title><link>https://xcelerent.com/services/knime/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://xcelerent.com/services/knime/</guid><description>&lt;div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"&gt;
 KNIME is the tool I reach for when a team is paying too much for ETL licensing, or when critical logic is trapped in Excel macros nobody wants to touch.
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&lt;h2 class="relative group"&gt;The problem with the status quo
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alteryx&lt;/strong&gt; — capable, but license cost scales with headcount and ad-hoc flows become expensive quickly.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VBA&lt;/strong&gt; — fast to write, fragile to own. One broken macro becomes a single point of failure with no tests and no lineage.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h3 class="relative group"&gt;Alteryx → KNIME
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&lt;p&gt;I recreate workflows so behaviour matches what the business expects, document the graph, and cut the licensing line item where it makes sense. You keep the logic; you lose the per-user bill.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>MarkLogic consulting</title><link>https://xcelerent.com/services/marklogic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://xcelerent.com/services/marklogic/</guid><description>&lt;div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"&gt;
 Certified expertise for teams that treat documents and semantics as first-class data — not an afterthought in a relational row.
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MarkLogic Certified Administrator&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MarkLogic Certified Developer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New implementations&lt;/strong&gt; — data modelling, app patterns, ingestion, and query design that will not fall over at production volume.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Operations&lt;/strong&gt; — cluster health, backups, recovery drills, monitoring hooks, upgrade paths.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Performance&lt;/strong&gt; — slow queries, index strategy, resource contention, and realistic benchmarking.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Security&lt;/strong&gt; — roles, compartments, encryption posture, integration with your IdP — described in a way your security team can sign off.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Search and applications&lt;/strong&gt; — REST APIs, custom search experiences, hybrid structured + unstructured use cases.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Migration&lt;/strong&gt; — off legacy repositories or failed first attempts, with a plan that respects downtime and validation requirements.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Legal and compliance document repositories&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If you are deciding whether MarkLogic is the right engine for a greenfield problem, I will be honest when something simpler is enough — and when it is not.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>