Click here to learn more about Gilad David Maayan. Enterprises are using big data analytics to identify business opportunities, improve performance, and drive decision-making. Many big data tools are open source and not designed with security in mind. The huge increase in data consumption leads to many data security concerns. This article explains how to […]
What Financial Institutions Need to Know About Processing Private Data
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. A financial institution that is governed by a customer data protection regulation like GDPR in the European Union, CCPA in California, or the upcoming PDP in India must have a valid, lawful basis to process personal data from prospects and customers along with customer private data from aggregators […]
Case Study: Deriving Spark Encoders and Schemas Using Implicits
Click to learn more about author Dávid Szakallas. In recent years, the size and complexity of our Identity Graph, a data lake containing identity information about people and businesses around the world, begged the addition of Big Data technologies in the ingestion process. We used Apache Pig initially, and then migrated to Apache Spark a […]
A Look Into 2020: What the New Year Will Bring for Data Infrastructure
Click here to learn about Karthik Ranganathan. As we leave the 2010s behind and enter into the ‘20s, we have the opportunity to look back on the past ten years and look ahead to what is next for the technology landscape. From open source adoption to the rise of cloud-native apps and hybrid multi-cloud deployments, […]
Data Lake or Data Warehouse?
Click here to learn more about Joe deBuzna. Abandoning a data warehouse for a data lake may not be the answer. Over the last few decades, we’ve seen an explosion in the use of data warehousing within the IT industry. It was all the rage for doing analytics and reporting. Data warehouses are popular because […]
Top Three Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Predictions for 2020
Click to learn more about author Oussama El-Hilali. 2019 definitely kept IT professionals on their toes. As we close out the decade, we should anticipate new data challenges, cyber threats, and increases in complex IT environments to continue. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t answers to these challenges on the horizon. New technologies are coming […]
Four Types of Idle Cloud Resources that are Wasting Your Money
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. We have been talking about idle cloud resources for several years now. Typically, we’re talking about instances purchased on-demand that you’re using for non-production purposes like development, testing, QA, staging, etc. These resources can be “parked” when they’re not being used, such as on nights and weekends, […]
Data: The Key to Powering the Age of Enlightenment
Click to learn more about author Piet Loubser. Industry pundits are calling our current age the “post-digital era.” Accenture outlines some interesting thoughts on the subject – most importantly, that engaging in digital today is nothing more than table-stakes in order to do business. Never before has it been so critical to apply digital technologies […]
2020 Vision: Game-Changing Data Storage Trends for the Year Ahead
Click here to learn more about Sean Derrington. As data proliferates at an exponential rate, companies must not only store it. They must approach Data Management expertly and look to new approaches. Companies that take new and creative approaches to data storage will be able to transform their operations and thrive in the digital economy. […]
How Efficient is Edge Computing Compared to Cloud Computing?
Click here to learn more about Vladimir Belyi. Edge computing and cloud computing solve different network infrastructure issues. While edge computing works in the Internet of things (IoT) industry, cloud computing includes software development platforms, storage, and servers provided via internet connectivity. Therefore, the use of edge computing does not preclude the use of cloud […]