Tue.Jun 04, 2024

article thumbnail

Databricks Buys Tabular – 1 Billion Dollar Deal. Iceberg vs Delta Lake?

Confessions of a Data Guy

The battle for the Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Lake House, or whatever you want to call it, in the age of AI just got more interesting. In an unsurprising move, Databricks has announced plans to buy Tabular for 1 billion dollars, beating out Snowflake who was reportedly trying to do the same thing. It’s well […] The post Databricks Buys Tabular – 1 Billion Dollar Deal.

Data Lake 100
article thumbnail

Unapologetically Technical Episode 12 – AJ Hunyady

Jesse Anderson

Unapologetically Technical’s newest episode is now live! In this episode of Unapologetically Technical, I interview AJ Hunyady, the founder and CEO of InfinyOn. We talked about his early experiences with networking systems, such as creating firewalls, email, and web servers, and how those prepared him for data work. We chatted about the various implications of Generative AI and LLMs for the current and future coders of the world.

Systems 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Next Generation of Databricks Notebooks: Simple and Powerful

databricks

Over the last year, we’ve been listening to feedback and iterating on new ideas with a single goal: to build the best data-focused.

Building 127
article thumbnail

Simplified End-to-End Development for Production-Ready Data Pipelines, Applications, and ML Models

Snowflake

In today’s world, innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum; collaboration can help technological breakthroughs happen faster. The rise of AI, for example, will depend on the collaboration between data and development. We’re increasingly seeing software engineering workloads that are deeply intertwined with a strong data foundation. Whether you’re part of a global data team or a solo developer, Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud is a single platform that helps you run development tasks (building apps, pipeli

article thumbnail

Apache Airflow® Best Practices for ETL and ELT Pipelines

Whether you’re creating complex dashboards or fine-tuning large language models, your data must be extracted, transformed, and loaded. ETL and ELT pipelines form the foundation of any data product, and Airflow is the open-source data orchestrator specifically designed for moving and transforming data in ETL and ELT pipelines. This eBook covers: An overview of ETL vs.

article thumbnail

Beginner’s Guide to Machine Learning with Python

KDnuggets

Master the Fundamentals of Predictive Modeling with Python: An In-Depth Guide to Machine Learning Algorithms and Sci-kit Learn Implementation.

article thumbnail

A Guide to Cyber Security Plan [Elements, Templates, Benefits]

Knowledge Hut

A cyber security plan agrees on the security policies, procedures, and controls required to protect an organization against threats, risks, and vulnerabilities. A cyber security plan can also outline the precise steps to take to respond to a breach. A cyber security plan sets the typical actions for activities such as the encryption of email attachments and restrictions on the use of social media.

More Trending

article thumbnail

Software Engineer Challenges and Solutions to Overcome

Knowledge Hut

Software engineers use a well-defined and systematic approach to develop software, and this strategy is thought to be the most efficient one for creating high-quality software. Software engineer challenges are common despite using a systematic approach to software development. For instance, the "build once, deploy everywhere" paradigm, in which a single application can run across various platforms, is now more frequently used to guide software engineering initiatives.

article thumbnail

Snowflake’s Best-in-Class Enterprise Data Foundation Unlocks Interoperability with Open Data and Internal Collaboration 

Snowflake

Snowflake provides a strong data foundation anchored on unified data, optimal TCO and universal governance. The Snowflake platform eliminates silos to enable any architectural pattern, while supporting all data types and workloads. To further embrace open standards, Snowflake is excited to announce both the launch of Polaris Catalog — an open source catalog for Apache Iceberg that allows you to read and write using your engine of choice, without lock-in — and the general availability of support

article thumbnail

5 Tips for Writing Better Python Functions

KDnuggets

This tutorial covers five simple yet effective practices for writing better and maintainable Python functions.

Python 100
article thumbnail

How to use Flink SQL, Streamlit, and Kafka: Part 1

Confluent

Make a streaming stock chart with Alpaca (data), Kafka (orchestration), Flink SQL (processing), and Streamlit (UI/app). Pt. 1 (of 2) gets data via Kafka into Flink.

Kafka 75
article thumbnail

Apache Airflow®: The Ultimate Guide to DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!

article thumbnail

The Ultimate Guide to Approach LLMs

KDnuggets

An evergreen approach to learning any new technology breakthroughs

article thumbnail

2024 State of Reliable AI Survey

Monte Carlo

Each year, Monte Carlo Carlo surveys real data professionals about the state of their data quality. This year, we turned our gaze to the shadow of AI to understand what’s happening right now, how it impacts data quality, and what data professionals are doing about it. And the results speak for themselves. While responses indicated that nearly 100% of data teams are actively pursuing AI applications, 68% said they weren’t completely confident in the quality of the data that powers it.

article thumbnail

2024 Data Streaming Report: Powering AI, Data Product Adoption, and More

Confluent

Dive into our 2024 Data Streaming Report to learn why 86% of 4,110 IT leaders cite data streaming as a top strategic or important priority for IT investments.

Data 69
article thumbnail

We need bold and better GovTech – not ‘Big IT’ by Steve Foreshew-Cain

Scott Logic

It feels like we’re standing still, spinning our wheels, and – at times – sliding backwards. The 2010s saw a cultural shift in the UK public sector to embrace 21st-century approaches to commissioning and delivering digital public services. However, it feels like we’ve taken our foot off the pedal in the 2020s. Are lessons being unlearnt? In July 2011, the Public Administration Select Committee published its important review of UK Government technology procurement (snappily) titled Government and

IT 59
article thumbnail

Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

article thumbnail

Apache Hop 2.9.0 is available

know.bi

Another two months after the 2.8.0 release, the Apache Hop community is proud to announce the availability of Apache Hop 2.9.0.

article thumbnail

Capital One Shares Insights on Cloud-Native Streams and Governance

Confluent

Learn why cloud-native architectures and data products have become essential for powering real-time fraud detection and personalization at Capital One.

Cloud 59
article thumbnail

The UI Labyrinth: Navigating the User Interface Challenges in the SAP S/4HANA Migration Odyssey

Precisely

The journey to SAP S/4HANA , the next generation of SAP’s ERP system, promises improved performance, real-time analytics, and a simplified data model. But for many companies, the voyage is fraught with challenges, particularly regarding user interfaces (UIs). This article explores the struggle companies face in choosing the right UI for their SAP ERP environment, especially when dealing with a mix of systems due to mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Process 52
article thumbnail

Monte Carlo Now Available on Snowflake Marketplace to Help Organizations Achieve Trusted Data for AI

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo and Snowflake customers can leverage Snowflake Native App framework to achieve data and AI reliability natively in the Data Cloud. As the AI-first data observability company, we’re pleased to announced that we’ve launched our data observability platform on Snowflake Marketplace to help companies gain AI-powered end-to-end visibility into the reliability of the data powering their most critical workloads—from data products to LLMs.

AWS 52
article thumbnail

Apache Airflow®: The Ultimate Guide to DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!

article thumbnail

How to Use Real-Time Machine Learning to Make Better Business Decisions

Striim

With the help of real-time machine learning (ML) analytics, it’s possible to overhaul your decision-making processes to be more efficient, accurate, and fast. Thanks to advanced real-time ML analytics, you can gain access to personalized recommendations, leverage continuous performance monitoring, harness the power of predictive analytics, and more — all in real time.

article thumbnail

Most Profitable Data Science Business Ideas of 2024

Knowledge Hut

Data science is an interdisciplinary field that employs scientific techniques, procedures, formulas, and systems to draw conclusions and knowledge from a variety of structured and unstructured data sources. A data scientist is a person who is better at statistics than any programmer and better at programming than any statistician. Data science is the idea to "understand and analyzing actual phenomena" with data by integrating statistics, machine learning, data analysis, and their related

article thumbnail

Celebrating Achievements in Data Intelligence: Presenting the 2024 Databricks Data Intelligence Award Finalists

databricks

The annual Data Team Awards spotlight data teams and the pivotal role they play in business operations across industries and markets. By continually.

Data 52
article thumbnail

Event Binding in Angular: Definitive Guide with Examples

Knowledge Hut

If you've always wanted to learn how to use event binding in Angular, you've come to the right place. This article will discuss Angular's event binding and how to apply it to our Angular project. According to a report Google receives 8.55 billion searches every day. Now that we think about it, everything that happens is predicated on user inputs, most notably clicks on the search button.

article thumbnail

The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

article thumbnail

Snowflake Summit 2024 Keynote Recap: The Era of Enterprise AI

Monte Carlo

We’re covering the Snowflake Summit conference keynote for the third straight year (check out our 2022 and 2023 recaps). For Snowflake Summit 2024, festivities have moved from the Las Vegas desert to the San Francisco bay—and with its return to the tech capital came a whole list of buzzy new announcements. Table of Contents Setting the stage Getting Geeky with Benoît Taking A Journey With Christian Kleinerman Strengthening the Data Foundation DocumentAI, Dynamic Tables, Iceberg, and Polaris Inte

article thumbnail

Data Science in Pharmaceutical Industry [Use Cases + Examples]

Knowledge Hut

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most innovative and competitive industries in the world. The pharmaceutical industry according to report has made a jump from $40 billion in 2021 to an expected $130 billion in 2030, with projections hitting $450 billion by 2047. With an extensive range of products, it has to be competitive on multiple fronts, from research and development to marketing and sales.

article thumbnail

Snowflake Announces State-of-the-Art AI to Talk to your Data, Securely Customize LLMs and Streamline Model Operations

Snowflake

Generative AI presents enterprises with the opportunity to extract insights at scale from unstructured data sources, like documents, customer reviews and images. It also presents an opportunity to reimagine every customer and employee interaction with data to be done via conversational applications. These opportunities also come with challenges for data and AI teams, who must prioritize data security and privacy while rapidly deploying new use cases across the organization.

article thumbnail

Process to Build CLI with Node.js [Step-by-Step Guide]

Knowledge Hut

Command-line interfaces (CLIs) built-in Node.js authorize automating repetitive tasks while leveraging the Node.js ecosystem. Package managers like npm and yarn are distributed and ingested across multiple platforms. The Nodejs Commander package is an excellent utility for creating a CLI with NodeJS. The Nodejs Commander package is the first choice to build command-line interface Node CLI as it offers many features to design CLI.

Process 52
article thumbnail

15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

article thumbnail

Delivering Effective AI for Telecom Companies: Trusted, Open, Hybrid

Cloudera

It’s not a surprise that in today’s challenging economic landscape, rising costs pose a significant threat to the telecommunications industry. Consider that in 2022, Bain Capital was predicting that Telcos would grapple with increased personnel and escalating operating costs due to inflation. And here we are. To combat these challenges, telcos must proactively seek opportunities to streamline operations and optimize revenue streams.

article thumbnail

Data Visualization in Data Science: Types, Examples and Tools

Knowledge Hut

Data visualization in data science is pivotal for effectively communicating insights. A picture is often worth more than thousands of words, especially when it comes to deciphering complex data. That's precisely why data visualization in data science is crucial across all stages of a data science project, from understanding the data to validating models.