Click to learn more about author Zeke Dean. True to its name, Apache ZooKeeper corrals the proverbial zoo of otherwise unruly elements within an Apache Kafka cluster. The open-source ZooKeeper project delivers a centralized way of coordinating Kafka’s brokers and cluster topology, serving as a file system that ensures the consistency of Kafka configuration information. […]
The Dangers of Data Illiteracy: Coronavirus and Data Distortions
Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. Click to learn more about co-author Len Silverston. People are unconsciously incompetent at communicating with data. This applies to our personal and professional lives. This ignorance creates an ethical issue that is profoundly important to all business and societal communities. This inability to understand and communicate with […]
The Importance of Data Destruction in Your Business’ Data Management Protocols
Click to learn more about author Daniel Santry. Businesses are increasingly becoming dependent on technology, a situation that has led to the creation of a lot of digital data. Ensuring data destruction is carried out to the highest standards is essential for businesses, government agencies, and individuals who deal with sensitive data. In this guide, […]
Assessing the Risks and Challenges on the Road to Owning Training Data
Click to learn more about author Sameer Vadera. Artificial intelligence (AI) applications have an insatiable appetite for consuming data. Today’s AI models for business applications are built to ingest massive amounts of complex data sets. The cost of collecting and curating data for training AI models, however, can be staggering. In the context of the […]
Disaster Recovery Lessons from Tiger King: Why the 3-2-1 Rule Rules
Click to learn more about author W. Curtis Preston. You had to have been living under a rock to have not heard of Tiger King, Netflix’s latest true crime documentary. Watched by more than 34 million people in its first ten days, it’s the story of the self-proclaimed “Tiger King,” Joe Exotic. Spoiler alert: Don’t […]
Data Management has Failed! And Presented Us a Historic Opportunity
Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. Click to learn more about co-author Thomas Redman. In addition to Tom and John, the following folks also contributed and co-authored this piece. We all feel it is time for Data Management to move “off of the beach.” Theresa Kushner is a Consultant for AI/Analytics at […]
The Evolution of Data Governance
Click to learn more about author Olivia Hinkle. This is the second part of a series on Data Governance, see part one here. Today’s forward-thinking businesses place enormous emphasis on all things data. It hasn’t always been this way. In fact, the shift toward a data-focused strategy has largely occurred in the last two decades. […]
Best Practices for Handling Customer Data
Click here to learn more about Ben Kelley. Back in 2006, UK mathematician Clive Humby was the first to coin the phrase, “Data is the new oil.” While the analogy has been controversial to some, the statement foretold how business has evolved in the last decade. Today, companies in all sectors rely on customer data […]
How to Handle Throttling in Cloud Databases
Click to learn more about author Niels Brinch. Retry. Yes, retry is the answer and conclusion of this article, but let’s spend a little time looking at the problem on a higher level — what solutions there are and what the consequences are of those solutions. What is Throttling? If you are used to having […]
Bad Analytics: What Is It and How to Avoid It?
While there are a lot of discussions about good analytics, how do we recognize bad analytics? Bad analytics is about more than not having good insights. So, unless one can identify bad analytics within a company, it cannot be prevented. Here are 11 key characteristics to watch for: 1. Fundamentally, analytics is defined as using […]