Confessions of a Data Guy

JULY 9, 2024

When I was young and full of myself, writing Perl and PHP, while your ma was still reading you a bedtime story and giving you a stuffy to fall asleep with, I had to program uphill, both ways, in the rain and snow. Not like you milk toast Data Engineers clickty clicking around Databricks and […] The post The Abstractions Are Making You Dumb (rise of the Shallow Expert) appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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Snowflake

JULY 9, 2024

Snowflake is committed to helping customers protect their accounts and data. That’s why we have been working on product capabilities that allow Snowflake admins to make multifactor authentication (MFA) mandatory and monitor compliance with this new policy. As part of that effort, today we’re announcing several key features: 1. A new authentication policy that requires MFA for all users in a Snowflake account 2.

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KDnuggets

JULY 9, 2024

This article is for anyone looking to maximize their use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) generative AI (GenAI) services. Here are eight courses that range from beginner to expert level.

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Scott Logic

JULY 9, 2024

It seems barely a month goes by without a new supply chain attack making the headlines, and malicious code in dependency packages from package registries such as NPM is a common method. My usual sentiments include “oh another one, what a surprise” , before thoughts eventually turn to - someone really ought to be doing something about this. Fortunately, it turns out that quite a few things are indeed being done - there’s progress, activity, and promising ideas for the future.

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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?

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Ripple Engineering

JULY 9, 2024

Introduction: Embracing the Future with Ripple's Data Platform Migration Welcome to a pivotal moment in Ripple's data journey. As leaders at the intersection of blockchain technology and financial services, we're excited to share a transformative step in our data management evolution. We recently embarked on a significant data platform migration, transitioning from Hadoop to Databricks, a move motivated by our relentless pursuit of excellence and our contributions to the XRP Ledge

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Snowflake

JULY 9, 2024

There is a scene in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation where Tom Cruise is hanging onto the outside of a jet as it has taken off. And while, yes, he’s going with it, he’s not really on board or in control. Some data executives feel like that. It’s not enough to establish goals — or, the destination in this metaphor. The data strategy must provide a flight plan for making sure you get there — on time, on budget and, of course, safely on board.

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Monte Carlo

JULY 9, 2024

The DuckDB hype is real — this in-process analytical database has skyrocketed in popularity over the last few years. Known for its columnar storage, vectorized query execution, and scale-up approach to SQL analytics, DuckDB fans proclaim it’s faster, more efficient, and more affordable than other databases. DuckDB is also becoming a must-have layer in many AI stacks.

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Precisely

JULY 9, 2024

What comes to mind when you hear the word mainframe ? If it’s a computer from the 1950s, you probably don’t know as much about mainframes as you could. Keep reading for five little-known mainframe facts. If you work in the mainframe industry or have a strong background in technology, these mainframe facts may not be little-known to you. But to the public at large, they are. 1.

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Monte Carlo

JULY 9, 2024

You know how it feels when you’re stuck in traffic? Inching along at a snail’s pace, while important events are unfolding somewhere else? That’s kind of what it’s like when your business is running on stale data. In fast-paced businesses, timely data is the key to making informed decisions and staying competitive. At the center of this capability is a critical aspect of data management: data timeliness.

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RandomTrees

JULY 9, 2024

Amazon Bedrock provides a versatile platform called Playgrounds, enabling users to experiment with various foundation models within the service. This feature allows users to run model inference against different base models through a graphical interface, simplifying the process of selecting the most suitable model for specific needs. Playgrounds support text, chat, and image-based interfaces, offering flexibility for designing and building diverse generative AI applications.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Striim

JULY 9, 2024

In today’s fast-paced financial markets, detecting anomalies in trading data is crucial for preventing fraudulent activities and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. By leveraging advanced machine learning (ML) techniques, businesses can enhance their anomaly detection capabilities, leading to more robust and secure operations. In this blog, we’ll explore how to use Striim’s Change Data Capture, Stream Processing, and extensibility features to integrate an anomaly detection

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Hevo

JULY 9, 2024

‍‍Pull raw data, build auto-updated reports dashboards, and find the real-time information you need. Follow this step-by-step explanation to learn how to automatically retrieve data from your Postgres and import it into Google Sheets with a script you can copy and paste into Google Apps Script.

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KDnuggets

JULY 9, 2024

Choosing a career as a data engineer is not just a good decision, it might just be the perfect one.

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Towards Data Science

JULY 9, 2024

Delta Lake and its relevance As the data world races towards generating, storing, processing and consuming humongous amount of data through AI, ML and other trending technologies, the demand for independently scalable storage and compute capabilities is ever increasing to deal with the constant need of adding (APPEND) and changing (UPSERT & MERGE) data to the datasets being trained and consumed through AI, ML etc.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Edureka

JULY 9, 2024

Introduction “Skills gaps” have grown in importance as a topic related to employee growth and retention in today’s changing job market. The need to pay more attention to the concept of skills gaps has arisen from the widening gap between the skills employers seek and the skills held by job seekers as industries continue to advance and adapt to the economic climate.

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Edureka

JULY 9, 2024

Continuous learning and professional development are not just buzzwords – they are business-critical. With all the hype around continuous learning and upskilling, we know investing in corporate training programs is valuable and necessary for growth, innovation and to stay ahead of the competition. In fact as per a study, companies that spend at least $1,500 per employee per year on training activities earn 24% more profit than those who spend less (Source) Investment in training has incred

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