Category: Big Data Applications

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Mark Johnston. Over the past decade, as customers’ demands have changed, in-store sales have declined and shareholder pressure has risen, many retailers have turned to data as a way to survive an increasingly cut-throat industry. But turning to data means nothing if you don’t also understand how to use it to your advantage. To that end, Domo and customer-experience specialists One Connected Community (OCC) hosted 17 senior retail leaders in London last month for a thought-provoking, interactive workshop on all things retail, data and digital. What follows are my takeaways from each of the four main ... Read More

Feed: Apple Machine Learning Journal. Author: . Deep neural networks are a milestone technique in the advancement of modern machine perception systems. However, in spite of the exceptional learning capacity and improved generalizability, these neural models still suffer from poor transferability. This is the challenge of domain shift—a shift in the relationship between data collected across different domains (e.g., computer generated vs. captured by real cameras). Models trained on data collected in one domain generally have poor accuracy on other domains. In this article, we discuss a new domain adaptation process that takes advantage of task-specific decision boundaries and the ... Read More

Feed: Blue Medora. Author: bluemedora_editor. So, you’re considering migrating from on-prem to the cloud? You’ve probably heard about people’s success in doing so and are now deciding that it might be time for you to join them. Good news—no matter what problem you’re facing, Google has built a world-class platform that you can be successful on. This post helps to identify what possible solutions Google Cloud has for you, all while trying to lay out a general map of what to look for in migrating to the cloud. What is Google Cloud Platform (GCP)? You’re probably here because you’ve heard ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch. Competing in today’s business climate is difficult. A staggering amount of data is being created all around us every single minute of the day, and if you don’t know how to use it to your advantage, you can easily get left behind. To stay in the game, many companies find themselves making significant investments in technology. And those that choose Domo often tell us they aren’t just winning, they are killing it. That’s awesome to hear. But to what extent is that actually true? We had to find out. So last year, we contacted ... Read More

Feed: Blue Medora. Author: Nate Coppinger. The Day It’s that time of the quarter again, and the 14th Blue Medorathon has come and gone, and once again those here at Blue Medora have shown up with their A game, bringing their passion projects to life while having a ton of fun at the same time. I was especially excited for this event since it was my first ever Blue Medorathon and even my first hackathon. For those of you who are in my boat and are not very familiar with what a hackathon is, let me run you through a ... Read More

Feed: Feed | Tractica. Author: . IPsoft held its Analyst Event on May 9, 2019 at its headquarters in New York. Here are some observations: First impressions and highlights of the event: I sensed a thematic shift in IPsoft’s go-to-market focus from a year ago. At last year’s event, the focus was on internally-facing virtual digital assistant (VDA) solutions in the form of IPsoft’s IT helpdesk solution called 1Desk. This year, the focus was on externally-facing cognitive solutions for customer service. In terms of highlights, two customers, Telefonica and BNP Paribas, spoke in detail about projects they have underway with ... Read More

Feed: Blue Medora. Author: Nate Coppinger. It has been an eventful month here at Blue Medora. Our team has been hard at work to bring you some great new features! Back in April, we released the Google Cloud Stackdriver Logs capabilities on BindPlane in Alpha, but last month we added a ton of cool new capabilities and source integration “bundles”. Here are all of the sources that we have included in logs as of May: Of all the new sources released for logs, I wanted to touch a little more on a couple we thought were pretty awesome. We have ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Mark Johnston. Over the past decade, as customers’ demands have changed, in-store sales have declined and shareholder pressure has risen, many retailers have turned to data as a way to survive an increasingly cut-throat industry. But turning to data means nothing if you don’t also understand how to use it to your advantage. To that end, Domo and customer-experience specialists One Connected Community (OCC) hosted 17 senior retail leaders in London last month for a thought-provoking, interactive workshop on all things retail, data and digital. What follows are my takeaways from each of the four main ... Read More

Feed: Blue Medora. Author: Steven Miller. Blue Medora has recently completed a SOC 2 Type 1 audit by Plante Moran!  Anyone who has been through a SOC 2 audit, or any other compliance regimen (SOX, HIPAA, PCI, etc.) knows that it can be strenuous to ensure you have all your processes and procedures documented, as well as proving out that you follow those procedures.  To my surprise, some of our modern deployment processes made this process easier than expected!  Let’s explore how modern techniques can streamline compliance verification. Peer Review Through Version Control Version control is a tool that provides ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: CEO.com. It’s a simple idea, executed with thoughtful precision: making socks cool again. Jeff Kearl brought together a vision for something better, with radical design and the best material scientists in the business, to redefine an overlooked market. Eight years later, Stance has grown from a small startup in San Clemente, California, to a global phenomenon with products found in stores across the world—and on the feet of pop culture icons like Jay Z, Nas, Justin Trudeau, and Rihanna. In this interview with CEO.com, Kearl talks about Stance’s journey, the data behind the business, building teams, ... Read More