Sat.Jun 09, 2018 - Fri.Jun 15, 2018

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CockroachDB In Depth with Peter Mattis - Episode 35

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary With the increased ease of gaining access to servers in data centers across the world has come the need for supporting globally distributed data storage. With the first wave of cloud era databases the ability to replicate information geographically came at the expense of transactions and familiar query languages. To address these shortcomings the engineers at Cockroach Labs have built a globally distributed SQL database with full ACID semantics in Cockroach DB.

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Top AWS Certifications-Which one should I choose?

ProjectPro

AWS certifications are the most in-demand cloud computing certifications in the IT industry today, with an overwhelming growth in cloud computing. So, for those looking for a career in Amazon Web Services, this blog lists the best AWS certifications available today, including the cost, duration, and topics covered in each certification exam. With everyone from Netflix to American Airlines signing up to the cloud to keep things from crumbling into pieces, organizations are running into a signific

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The cost of not embarking on a customer 360 strategy

Cloudera

Gartner’s recently released report “Master Data Management Forms the Basis of a Trusted 360-Degree View of the Customer,” shares the results of an executive survey highlighting several key points, including that customer initiatives, are among CEOs’ top five priorities in 2018. The report includes numerous strategic recommendations and outlines the impact of a Master Data Management (MDM) strategy.

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All Aboard

Zalando Engineering

What new tech employees can expect from Zalando onboarding So, you’ve applied for a technical role at Zalando and you’ve just accepted the offer! If you’re wondering what to expect, look no further. We are excited to share a peek behind the scenes, so you can see what awaits you in the first few weeks of this journey, regardless of whether you’re joining in Berlin, Dortmund, Dublin, Hamburg, Helsinki or Lisbon, to make sure you’re well-equipped to dive into life at Zalando.

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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.

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Loading Time Matters

Zalando Engineering

How Zalando's overall site speed improved by more than 25% in five months We all know that providing a fast user experience is key. Still, it was somewhat a wake-up call for us last fall when we saw our aggregated loading time increasing; not because we had increased latency in our systems but simply because the share of mobile visits kept increasing.

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