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Feed: Planet MySQL; Author: Marco Tusa; PREVIOUS POST ProxySQL in its versions up to 1.x did not natively support Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC). Instead, it relied on the flexibility offered by the scheduler. This approach allowed users to implement their own preferred way to manage the ProxySQL behaviour in relation to the Galera events. From version 2.0 we can use native ProxySQL support for PXC.. The mechanism to activate native support is very similar to the one already in place for group replication. In brief it is based on the table [runtime_]mysql_galera_hostgroups and the information needed is mostly the same: ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Oracle today announced the discovery of and mitigation steps for “DrainerBot,” a major mobile ad fraud operation distributed through millions of downloads of infected consumer apps. Infected apps can consume more than 10GB of data per month downloading hidden and unseen video ads, potentially costing each device owner a hundred dollars per year or more in data overage charges. DrainerBot was uncovered through the joint efforts of Oracle technology teams from its Moat and Dyn acquisitions. Now part of the Oracle Data Cloud, Moat offers viewability, invalid traffic (IVT), and brand safety solutions, while Dyn ... Read More

Feed: Neo4j Graph Database Platform. Author: Jocelyn Hoppa. Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Irene Iriarte-Carretero at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016.Presentation SummaryGousto is a UK-based recipe box service that uses Neo4j to map recipe ontologies so it can provide more personalized recommendations to customers. It all starts with the customer data journey, and all the places along the way that data collection and analysis can help improve efficiencies in the areas of marketing, forecasting, warehouse distributing, and product allocation. Customer personalization plays an extremely important role in the company’s business model for a simple reason: providing relevant ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Capri Granville. This article is a solid introduction to statistical testing, for beginners, as well as a reference for practitioners. It includes numerous examples as well as illustrations and definitions for concepts such as rejecting the null hypothesis, one sample hypothesis testing, P-values, critical values, and Bayesian hypothesis testing. It has references to additional topics, such as  What is Ad Hoc Testing? What is a Rejection Region? What is a Two Tailed Test? How to Decide if a Hypothesis Test is a One Tailed Test or a Two Tailed Test. How to ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rob Caron. Now in preview Anomaly detection using built-in machine learning models in Azure Stream Analytics Many customers use Azure Stream Analytics to continuously monitor massive amounts of fast-moving streams of data to detect issues that do not conform to expected patterns and prevent catastrophic losses. This in essence is anomaly detection. Built-in machine learning models for anomaly detection in Azure Stream Analytics significantly reduces the complexity and costs associated with building and training machine learning models. This feature is now available for public preview worldwide. See how to use simple SQL language to author ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides a fully managed native Microsoft Windows file system so you can easily move your Windows-based applications that require file storage to AWS. Built on Windows Server, Amazon FSx provides shared file storage with the compatibility and features that your Windows-based applications rely on, including full support for the SMB protocol and Windows NTFS, Active Directory (AD) integration, and Distributed File System (DFS). With AWS CloudFormation you can use deployment templates to easily launch an FSx Windows file system, providing highly durable and available Windows shared file storage that can be ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Amazon EC2’s next generation compute optimized C5 and memory optimized R5 instances are now available in AWS China (Beijing) region operated by Sinnet and AWS China (Ningxia) region operated by NWCD. The C5 and R5 instances offer the latest generation Intel® Xeon Platinum processors (formerly codenamed Skylake) and feature the Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor that aims to deliver performance indistinguishable from bare-metal performance. C5 instances deliver the best price/compute performance in the EC2 product family, offering up to a 49% improvement in price/performance compared to C4 instances. C5 instances are ideal ... Read More

Feed: AWS Big Data Blog. Climate Change continues to have a profound effect on our quality of life. As a result, the investigation into sustainability is growing. Researchers in both the public and private sector are planning for the future by studying recorded climate history and using climate forecast models.To help explain these concepts, this post introduces the Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-D). This registry is used by the global climate change research community. This post also provides a step-by-step demonstration of how Amazon Web Services (AWS) services improve access to this data for climate change research. Data scientists ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; NordVPN is one of our go-to providers when making virtual private network recommendations. It held multiple spots in our best VPN guide and beat the competition in our NordVPN vs. CyberGhost and NordVPN vs. PIA comparisons. Though it fell short in our ExpressVPN vs. NordVPN guide, it’s superior to almost any other provider. IPVanish, on the other hand, is a middle-of-the-road provider that would be good if it wasn’t for questionable business practices. In this comparison of NordVPN vs. IPVanish, we’re going to pit the providers against each other to see which is the better ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Matthew Guarini. Lessons From Toy Land: Digital Strategy Beats Digital Marketing Mattel and Hasbro announced earnings this week. Both saw sales decline from the collapse of Toys”R”Us. But Mattel’s sales declined only 5% while Hasbro’s declined 13%, and Wall Street applauded the difference. Why? Because Mattel has been aggressively pursuing a digital products and channels strategy, extending its franchises in Hot Wheels and Barbie, while Hasbro has been crowing about its use of social media and ad tech. We’re not saying this is the entire story of the sales declines or stock market, but it ... Read More