Tag: analytics

Feed: Microsoft Azure Community Events. Author: . COST: FREELEVEL: BeginnerIn a data-driven world, the need for data platforms to be open, secure and flexible to your needs is more important than ever. Microsoft has the most complete cloud platform and solutions for all your data needs, with the Microsoft assurance of trust and security built into all aspects of our technology to serve your business needs. Unlock the potential of your dataData Discovery Days is your opportunity to explore Azure Data Services through discussions and demonstrations by the best in the field. Unlock the full potential of your business by ... Read More

Feed: What's New. CloudFormation has added support for the following new resources:AWS::SecretsManager::ResourcePolicyUse the AWS::SecretsManager::ResourcePolicy resource to define a resource-based policy and attach it to a secret that's stored in Secrets Manager.AWS::SecretsManager::RotationScheduleUse the AWS::SecretsManager::RotationSchedule resource to configure rotation for a secret.AWS::SecretsManager::SecretUse the AWS::SecretsManager::Secret resource to create a secret and stores it in Secrets Manager.AWS::SecretsManager::SecretTargetAttachmentUse the AWS::SecretsManager::SecretTargetAttachmentresource to complete the final link between a Secrets Manager secret and its associated database. AWS::DLM::LifecyclePolicyUse the AWS::DLM::LifecyclePolicy resource to create a lifecycle policy for Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager. Secrets Manager Dynamic reference:Use the secretsmanager dynamic reference to retrieve entire secrets or secret values that are ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Floyd Smith. Bill Vorhies of Data Science Central and Rick Negrin of MemSQL recently delivered a webinar on data lakes and the use of Hadoop in the age of operational machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). In this blog post, we summarize some of the key points from the webinar, as a preview for the webinar. You can also view the recorded webinar at any point. Businesses need flexible access to their data to make the best decisions. Unfortunately, the systems in use today impose complexity and structural delays. MemSQL, a fast, fully scalable relational ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Daniel Morneau. Just a few years ago, conversations about robotic process automation (RPA) were scattered and far between. Those familiar with RPA had a limited understanding of its potential and at best had carried out only a few isolated “proof of concept” experiments. Today, the RPA market is estimated to reach $2.9 billion by 2021, and conversations are becoming more frequent.  As a Forrester advisor on the Technology Council, I’ve partnered with senior technology leaders to find solutions to their challenges, identify opportunities to strategically leverage new technology, and connect them to research experts and their peers for support. While understanding of RPA has come a long way, there is still much to learn. As RPA moves from handling automation of simple ... Read More

Feed: Hortonworks Blog – Hortonworks. Author: Michael Lin. Businesses today compete in a hyper-competitive landscape. Analyzing the past for knowledge in the present is no longer good enough – enterprises must have an eye into the future. One way is to extrapolate predictive insights out of enterprise data. Through analyzing data, retailers can design features and products appealed to a broader or concentrated audience based on trends and purchase patterns, manufacturers can predict maintenance schedule of machinery to avoid production downtime, security operations can catch a hacker before a malicious attempt even takes place, and the use cases go on ... Read More

Feed: Hortonworks Blog – Hortonworks. Author: Paul Codding. Building on the vision and concepts outlined previously in Arun and Saumitra’s blogs, we wanted to show the Open Hybrid Architecture Initiative (OHAI) concepts in action, and see how they could be used to solve a data-driven business problem. In this example, we’ll use look at how our Open Hybrid Architecture Initiative (OHAI) applies to an enterprise. Hortonworks Air Freight has a business problem to solve. They are a global logistics provider with hubs in San Francisco and Dallas, but they need to plan out their next hub on the east coast and ... Read More

Feed: Blog Post – Corporate – DataStax. Author: Patrick McFadin, VP of Developer Relations. So far, we have run five out of six DataStax Developer Day events this month. After four dates in the United States, we are now on the first leg of the European tour. DataStax Developer Days are aimed at a mix of people with Cassandra skills—from those who are new to this database to those who want to expand what they do with search, analytics, and graph. However, our Developer Day in London (on November 6) surprised me by how many people wanted to discuss multi-cloud ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Snigdha Kotta. As I was waiting to board my flight to Houston, I looked around and noticed a lot of women waiting to board the same flight. Evidenced by their company shirts or the terminal window on their laptop screens, I determined that most of them, like me, were heading to the Grace Hopper Celebration. I knew this was a sure sign that the next few days would be exciting, challenging, and filled with tech talks, career conversations, and professional development workshops. What’s the Grace Hopper Celebration? For those who don’t know, the Grace Hopper Celebration ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Community Events. Author: . 16. November 2018, 08:00 – 15:00Microsoft Schweiz GmbHRichtistrasse 38304 WallisellenThe Big Data & Data Lake hands-on lab explores the technologies available on Microsoft Azure around big data & data lakes. We will do this through a series of hands-on labs and 'chalk & talks'. During the day you will also explore how these components can be combined to build and operationalize big data, data lake and modern data warehouse solutions.The lab day will focus on technology and given the technical nature of this lab day, the target audience is data engineers, big data ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Chiara Migotto. Did you know that the human attention span is eight seconds, which is a second shorter than that of a goldfish? About eight seconds is all you have to capture your viewer’s attention and create a reason to stay on your dashboard. Therefore, having a great dashboard, and not just a good one, is essential! With SAS® Visual Analytics you can take your dashboard from good to great in a way that enables readers (or viewers) to quickly and easily get better insight. Creating a great dashboard takes time, effort, concentration and attention to ... Read More