Sat.Aug 21, 2021 - Fri.Aug 27, 2021

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How ksqlDB Works: Internal Architecture and Advanced Features

Confluent

To effectively use ksqlDB, the streaming database for Apache Kafka®, you should of course be familiar with its features and syntax. However, a deeper understanding of what goes on underneath […].

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Natural Language Processing: A Guide to NLP Use Cases, Approaches, and Tools

AltexSoft

Humans have been trying to make machines chat for decades. Alan Turing considered computers’ ability to generate natural speech a proof of their ability to think. Today, we converse with virtual companions all the time. But despite years of research and innovation, their unnatural responses remind us that no, we’re not yet at the HAL 9000-level of speech sophistication.

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Data-driven competitive advantage in the financial services industry

Cloudera

There is an urgent need for banks to be nimble and adaptable in the thick of a multitude of industry challenges, ranging from the maze of regulatory compliance, sophisticated criminal activities, rising customer expectations and competition from traditional banks and new digital entrants. As banks find their bearings in this landscape, what appear to be insurmountable odds are in fact opportunities for growth and competitive differentiation. .

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Do Away With Data Integration Through A Dataware Architecture With Cinchy

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary The reason that so much time and energy is spent on data integration is because of how our applications are designed. By making the software be the owner of the data that it generates, we have to go through the trouble of extracting the information to then be used elsewhere. The team at Cinchy are working to bring about a new paradigm of software architecture that puts the data as the central element.

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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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Driving New Integrations with Confluent and ksqlDB at ACERTUS

Confluent

When companies need help with their vehicle fleets—including transport, storage, or renewing expired registrations—they don’t want to have to deal with multiple vehicle logistics providers. For these companies, ACERTUS provides […].

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How DataOps is Transforming Commercial Pharma Analytics

DataKitchen

DataOps has become an essential methodology in pharmaceutical enterprise data organizations, especially for commercial operations. Companies that implement it well derive significant competitive advantage from their superior ability to manage and create value from data. They will be able to produce high-quality, on-demand insight that consistently leads to successful business decisions.

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Decoupling Data Operations From Data Infrastructure Using Nexla

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary The technological and social ecosystem of data engineering and data management has been reaching a stage of maturity recently. As part of this stage in our collective journey the focus has been shifting toward operation and automation of the infrastructure and workflows that power our analytical workloads. It is an encouraging sign for the industry, but it is still a complex and challenging undertaking.

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Implement a Cross-Platform Apache Kafka Producer and Consumer with C# and.NET

Confluent

Sometimes you’d like to write your own code for producing data to an Apache Kafka® topic and connecting to a Kafka cluster programmatically. Confluent provides client libraries for several different […].

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Back to School! Time to Ditch the Promotions Calendar?

Teradata

As Back to School promotions hit the shelves, Christmas & New Year offers are already locked in. Are these long-lead cycles still effective in today’s dynamic Retail & CPG environment?

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Barnabas Maidics, Software Engineer

Cloudera

Meet Barnabas Maidics. . Barnabas is a 3 year Clouderan working as a Software Engineer in Hungary. . Having started his journey at Cloudera as an intern and then making his way to the Data In Motion team, Barnabas feels his first experience in the real world of work has allowed him to grow, not only professionally but on a personal level as well. He’s always known this was the career path for him.

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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!

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Logistic Regression vs Linear Regression in Machine Learning

ProjectPro

This blog introduces the critical differences that one encounters when anyone performs an analysis of logistic regression vs linear regression. Firstly, we introduce the two machine learning algorithms in detail and then move on to their practical applications to answer questions like when to use linear regression vs logistic regression. Table of Contents Linear Regression vs Logistic Regression - How are they related ?

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Rollups on Streaming Data: Rockset vs Apache Druid

Rockset

The world is moving from batch to real-time. With Confluent’s recent IPO, streaming data has officially gone mainstream, “becoming the underpinning of a modern digital customer experience, and the key to driving intelligent, efficient operations” to quote from their letter to shareholders. But while it’s easier to stream the data, analyzing it in real time still involves too much cost and complexity.

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Maximizing the 5G Analytics Dividend

Teradata

As 5G puts data analytics at the heart of the next wave of sustainable growth, telcos must ensure their existing investments in data infrastructure can be leveraged to enable that growth.

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Why Ecosystems are Essential for Growing Partnerships: an Interview with Tech Data’s Vice President of Data, AI and IoT

Cloudera

In this edition of Partner Perspective, Cloudera’s own Rachel Tuller sits down with Craig Smith, Vice President of Data, AI and IoT at Tech Data. They discuss the importance of business partnerships, the pandemic’s impact on the tech industry, and Craig’s predictions about the industry going forward. Tech Data is one of the largest technology distributors globally.

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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.

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20+ Data Engineering Projects for Beginners with Source Code

ProjectPro

Most of us have observed that data scientist is usually labeled the hottest job of the 21st century, but is it the only most desirable job? For beginners or peeps who are utterly new to the data industry, Data Scientist is likely to be the first job title they come across, and the perks of being one usually make them go crazy. Within no time, most of them are either data scientists already or have set a clear goal to become one.

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What is Customer Data Integration?

Grouparoo

The State of Customer Data The Modern Data Stack is all about making powerful marketing and sales decisions and performing impactful business analytics from a single source of truth. Customer Data Integration makes this possible. Customers expect personalized experiences, connection, and relevancy. However, the fact of the matter is that without accurate, up-to-date data in a centralized location, your marketing team is missing out on opportunities.

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Apache Superset 1.3: Release Notes

Preset

Apache Superset™ 1.3 is out! This version adds new chart types and support for new data sources. In addition, confusing UI flows have been redesigned.

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The Ethics of Data Exchange

Cloudera

COVID-19 vaccines were developed in record time. One of the main reasons for the accelerated development was the quick exchange of data between academia, healthcare institutions, government agencies, and nonprofit entities. “COVID research is a great example of where sharing data and having large quantities of data to analyze would be beneficial to us all,” said Renee Dvir, solutions engineering manager at Cloudera.

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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?

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Cloud Snapshots…Magic or Just Another Tool in the Toolbox?

Teradata

Learn more about Cloud Snapshots, how they compare to traditional backups and how they can be deployed in your architecture to maximize data protection.

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How Vimeo Achieved End-to-End Visibility in Snowflake and Looker with Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

When it came to achieving data trust at Vimeo, Lior Solomon, VP of Engineering, Data, and his team were faced with an important choice: build or buy their data observability platform. After trying various solutions, they chose to partner with Monte Carlo, a decision that allowed them to “ literally jump into the future ” with the platform’s automatic detection and end-to-end visibility into their Looker and Snowflake pipelines in minutes — not days.

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Apache Superset™ As A Looker Alternative

Preset

Why Apache Superset™, an open source data visualization and BI platform, is the most compelling Looker alternative, a closed-source BI platform by Google.

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Data Impact Award Spotlight and Update on 2020’s Industry Transformation Winner: Telkomsel

Cloudera

With submissions for the Data Impact Awards coming in, we’re revisiting last year’s winners to find out what set them apart. . In 2020, Telkomsel took home the gold in the Industry Transformation category. . The company stood out to the judges for taking its business to the next level by disrupting the telecommunication’s industry through the application of new technologies, skills, and operational processes.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

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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15 Data Visualization Projects for Beginners with Source Code

ProjectPro

Consider that you are with the following data table and its associated graph: Age Daily consumption Dairy Staple Food High-CalorieFood Supplements 0- 10 50 30 10 10 11- 30 35 45 15 5 31- 50 25 55 13 7 51- 80 40 40 4 16 Even if you’ve just skipped over the figures, you’d agree that the graph is at the very least a tad bit more memorable and appealing than data tables or text.

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RudderStack Product News Vol. #011 - Visual Data Mapping & Webhook Source

RudderStack

In this update, we cover two major feature releases related to sources and cover several new integrations.

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Apache Ozone Powers Data Science in CDP Private Cloud

Cloudera

Apache Ozone is a scalable distributed object store that can efficiently manage billions of small and large files. Ozone natively provides Amazon S3 and Hadoop Filesystem compatible endpoints in addition to its own native object store API endpoint and is designed to work seamlessly with enterprise scale data warehousing, machine learning and streaming workloads.