Sat.Nov 25, 2017 - Fri.Dec 01, 2017

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Building a Big Data Culture

Cloudera

In an earlier VISION post, The Five Markers on Your Big Data Journey , Amy O’Connor shared some common traits of many of the most successful data-driven companies. In this blog, I’d like to explore what I believe is the most important of those traits, building and fostering a culture of data. . The most important elements to establishing a data-driven culture are having a strong executive sponsor and consistent communication.

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Running Kafka Streams applications in AWS

Zalando Engineering

Second in our series about the use of Apache Kafka’s Streams API by Zalando This is the second in a series about the use of Apache Kafka’s Streams API by Zalando, Europe’s leading online fashion platform. See Ranking Websites in Real-time with Apache Kafka’s Streams API for the first post in the series. This piece was first published on confluent.io Running Kafka Streams applications in AWS At Zalando, Europe’s leading online fashion platform, we use Apache Kafka for a wide variety of use cases.

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Recap of Hadoop News for November 2017

ProjectPro

News on Hadoop - November 2017 IBM leads BigInsights for Hadoop out behind barn. Shots heard.theRegister.co.uk, November 8, 2017. IBM’s BigInsights for Hadoop sunset on December 6, 2017. IBM will not provide any further new instances for the basic plan of its data analytics platform. The existing instances will continue to be available on the Bluemix console as is from December 7, 2017 to November 7, 2018.

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Strata Data Singapore 2017: Big Data, Safe Data, Cloud Data

Cloudera

If you’re going to Strata Data Singapore 2017 at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre , here are four sessions to attend that cover various combinations of my favorite themes: big data, safe data, and cloud data. Hear our ideas, bring your questions, and enjoy the show. Pro-tip: I know these speakers would be very happy to meet with you in smaller groups too.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know as a Data or Product Professional

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Introducing Cloudera Altus Analytic DB (beta) for Cloud-based Data Warehousing

Cloudera

Today, we are thrilled to announce the upcoming beta release of Cloudera Altus Analytic DB. As the first data warehouse cloud service that brings the warehouse to the data, it delivers instant self-service BI and SQL analytics to anyone – easily, reliably, and securely. Business analysts get iterative and flexible analytics with no limits on the number of users or use cases, and IT can easily manage across all tenants with simplified security and governance.

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Introduction to Six Strategies for Advancing Customer Knowledge

Cloudera

It’s almost indefensible today to say that there is a single more important asset to a modern business than the health and happiness of their customers. We simply can not grow as an enterprise without the support, voice, and participation of our users and constituents. However, rarely are our customers raising their hands to speak to us. That doesn’t mean that our customers aren’t talking to us.

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