Wed.Sep 06, 2023

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ETL vs. ELT?

Waitingforcode

In our social media and marketing-driven era, it's quite hard to get things right. For me there is one common misconception brought by the Modern Data Stack idea that everything should be now ELT. In fact no, it shouldn't but only can.

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Top 20 Software Development Courses in 2023

Knowledge Hut

As a seasoned software developer with almost a decade of experience in the tech industry, I vividly remember the excitement of taking my first web development course. Back then, I was just starting my journey as a front-end web developer, and that course was a stepping-stone that transformed my career. Today, I am thrilled to share my insights on some of the top software development courses available, hoping to empower aspiring developers like you to find the perfect path to success.

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Elevate Math Efficiency: Navigating Numpy Array Operations

KDnuggets

Uncover the art of optimizing math for data analysis and how NumPy transforms complex calculations into simple, efficient spells, making math a breeze.

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Top Scrum Alliance Certifications That Pay Well in 2023

Knowledge Hut

Scrum Alliance training is crucial when it comes to proving competency in project management practices. A good Scrum Alliance certification can imminently help you to excel in your career. It is a versatile Agile Project Management framework suitable for any industry. Scrum Alliance certifications not only help to improve an organization's productivity but are also widely responsible for improving product qualities, risk mitigation, and robust team dynamics.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Building a Control Plane for Lyft’s Shared Development Environment

Lyft Engineering

Background Note : This publication assumes you have basic familiarity with the service mesh pattern (e.g. Istio, Linkerd, Envoy  — created at Lyft!) in microservice architectures. In addition, it is recommended you read the 2021 precursor post written by my colleague, Matt Grossman. Lyft runs hundreds of microservices to power the company’s offerings.

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Fast-tracking vs Crashing

Knowledge Hut

Projects undergo a multitude of challenges when they begin or start. What commences as a simple activity may undergo a series of alterations - due to unknown or unforeseen constraints. To face and overcome such adversities, the project manager needs to rely on ways or techniques of playing a balancing act. For constraints related to the project schedule, the two schedule compression techniques of fast tracking and crashing come in very handy in critical situations.

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KDnuggets News, September 6: Happy 30th Anniversary KDnuggets! • Getting Started with Python Data Structures in 5 Steps

KDnuggets

Happy 30th Anniversary KDnuggets!

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Easy and Instant Insurance Quotes Using Data Streaming with Confluent Cloud

Confluent

Using microservices, Confluent connectors, and stream processing on applicant data, historical data, actuarial tables, and predictive modeling to instantly generate insurance quotes.

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Data Visualization: Theory and Techniques

KDnuggets

Unlocking the secrets of how to observe our data-driven world.

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Revolutionizing FinTech: Kredivo’s Growth with Data Streaming

Confluent

Explore how Confluent and Apache Kafka are reshaping the data streaming landscape in FinTech. Learn how these powerful tools are fostering efficiency and scalability, featuring customers like Kredivo Holdings.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Women on Wednesday with Arunima Rastogi

Precisely

The diversity of the Precisely workforce is one of the organization’s strengths. Embracing each other’s differences is what drives great collaboration and innovative ideas. While many tech companies remain male-dominated, Precisely is focused on bringing more women into the industry. The Precisely Women in Technology (PWIT) program was created to help women in the company network, connect, support one another, and provide mentorship opportunities.

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20+ Best Ethical Hacking Certifications and Courses in 2023

Knowledge Hut

As an enthusiast of all things in cybersecurity and ethical hacking, I have taken on an exhilarating journey through the absolute best educational resources available to sharpen our skills as ethical hackers. In this evolving digital landscape, the need for cyber defenders has never been more critical. In this article, I am thrilled to share with you a meticulously curated list of 10+ best ethical hacking courses for you.

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New Fivetran connector streamlines data workflows for real-time insights

ThoughtSpot

In a survey by the Harvard Business Review , 87% of respondents stated their organizations would be more successful if frontline workers were empowered to make important decisions in the moment. And 86% of respondents stated that they needed better technology to enable those in-the-moment decisions. Those coveted insights live at the end of a process lovingly known as the data pipeline.

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Top 20+ Big Data Certifications and Courses in 2023

Knowledge Hut

It is a well-known fact that we inhabit a data-rich world. Businesses are generating, capturing, and storing vast amounts of data at an enormous scale. This influx of data is handled by robust big data systems which are capable of processing, storing, and querying data at scale. Consequently, we see a huge demand for big data professionals. In today’s job market data professionals, there are ample great opportunities for skilled data professionals.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Solving 5 Big Data Governance Challenges in the Enterprise

Precisely

According to a recent report from Drexel University’s LeBow Center for Business Analytics , 77% of data and analytics professionals say that data-driven decision-making is an important goal of data programs. However, fewer than half of survey respondents rate their trust in data as “high” or “very high.” Poor data quality impedes the success of data programs, hampers data integration efforts, limits data integrity causing big data governance challenges.

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15 Best EC-Council Certifications That Pay Well in 2023

Knowledge Hut

After mastering the fundamental EC council certifications, the world of cybersecurity opens up with numerous potential career paths to explore, as it is brimming with exciting opportunities. According to Global Knowledge's IT Skills and Salary Report, cybersecurity stands as the most challenging technical field to recruit for because of the scarcity of qualified professionals.

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4 Steps to Shopper 360 Success for Retailers and Consumer Goods Brands

Snowflake

In today’s hyper-connected world of retail and consumer goods, understanding the customer journey is more critical than ever. As digital disruption and evolving customer expectations continue to shape the future of these sectors, organizations are striving to achieve ‘Shopper 360,’ a comprehensive and integrated view of their shoppers that is the retail equivalent of ‘Customer 360.

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15 Best (ISC)² Certifications That Pay Well in 2023

Knowledge Hut

Many people working in information technology (IT) pursue certifications to learn more about their industry, develop a specialty, or find new employment prospects. (ISC)2 certifications are among the most well-known credentials for a cybersecurity professional. You can develop your information security abilities and advance in your IT profession by obtaining these certifications.

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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Top 20 Cyber Security Certifications in 2023

Knowledge Hut

In this digital age, I've come to realize just how invaluable data truly is. Everywhere I turn, there's a new cyber threat lurking, making the digital landscape feel a bit like the Wild West. For someone like me, passionate about the digital realm, this highlights the critical need for skilled, certified cyber guardians. How do I gauge the value of these certifications, well, it's a mix of the reputation of the issuer, the skills they teach, their alignment with my ambitions, and the

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Best Devops Certifications in 2023

Knowledge Hut

In my experience, I've witnessed the growing significance of DevOps certifications in the IT sector. As companies increasingly grasp the advantages of integrating DevOps practices to optimize software delivery and operational efficiency, these credentials gain prominence. Recognized organizations offer certifications that validate an individual’s adeptness in adopting DevOps principles, technologies, and methodologies, carrying substantial industry recognition.

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Top 10 Data Science Certifications

Knowledge Hut

Nowadays, I often hear people saying they aspire to become data scientists or they want to work with data, but they don’t know the path to do so. I myself have faced this problem and data science certifications come as a rescue for this problem. As we all know Data Science is the most demanding job in the IT industry, today tons of data is created by just a single click, hence it is extremely important that this data is properly tailored and utilized to make viable business decisions.

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14 Best Database Certifications in 2023 to Boost Your Career

Knowledge Hut

Over the past decade, the IT world transformed with a data revolution. Back when I studied Computer Science in the early 2000s, databases like MS Access and Oracle ruled. Now, it's different. The rise of big data and NoSQL changed the game. Systems evolved from simple to complex, and we had to split how we find data from where we store it. This change birthed various specialized databases like columns for numbers, key-values for simple info, and graphs for relationships.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.