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Big Data 101: An Introduction To Data Query Engines

Big Data 101: An Introduction to Data Query Engines

Big Data is one of the most valuable commodities in business today, but only if organizations have the power to analyze it and make it work for them. The term “Big Data” represents a massive amount of structured and unstructured data from several different sources. As more and more companies find themselves in possession of […]

How To Migrate To Microservices (and Recognize When You Need Them)

How to Migrate to Microservices (And Recognize When You Need Them)

Microservices can become a strong pillar of innovation, but the process of adopting them can bring organizations to a standstill if handled incorrectly. While microservices bring many advantages, such as solving issues with complexity or accelerating the velocity of deployments, they also present a lot of new challenges that can really slow down the process […]

An Introduction To Data Pipelines

An Introduction to Data Pipelines

Data is at the heart of all modern enterprise applications, so facilitating its seamless flow from one location to another is a vital part of the software development process. A data pipeline is a set of processes or actions that enable the efficient flow of data from one place to another. Think of it as […]

How Java Developers Can Prepare For Apache Spark

How Java Developers Can Prepare for Apache Spark

Java has been the go-to coding language for decades, but as advancements in big data processing continue to emerge, Java developers are forced to learn new skills and explore additional programming languages. That is especially true when developers start working with massive amounts of data and need more elegant solutions, faster. As an alternative to […]

Making Blockchain Work For Your Business

Making Blockchain Work for Your Business

News of Blockchain’s potential has reverberated throughout almost every industry this past decade, and the hype is justified. In Deloitte’s 2019 Global Blockchain Survey, 53% of senior executives expressed that blockchain has become a critical priority for their organizations this year, up 10 percentage points since 2018. Furthermore, 83% see compelling use cases for the […]

How To Get Started With Data Lakes

How to Get Started with Data Lakes

The ability to make better business decisions relies on better access to information, which companies are finding through the implementation of data lakes. Data lakes are centralized repositories that can be used to store all of a company’s structured and unstructured data at any scale. They allow businesses to rapidly harness more data from more […]