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Edward Hearn Edward Hearn
Updated on March 15, 2023

Are Companies Investing Too Much in Digital Infrastructure?

In the big data arms race, companies might be tempted to invest heavily in sophisticated predictive models. But when it comes to forecasting, bigger isn’t always better.

Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on March 15, 2023

Shopify’s Data Engineers Power Sales for More Than a Million Merchants

Data engineering is a still-evolving discipline, but companies like Shopify deploy it to great effect.

Young Entrepreneur Council Young Entrepreneur Council
Updated on March 15, 2023

12 Ways to Address the Risks Big Data and AI Pose to the Business World

Members of the Young Entrepreneur Council offer advice on identifying and mitigating the harmful effects these technologies might have on society.

Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on March 15, 2023

Data Lake vs. Data Warehouse: Will the Already-Blurred Line Between Them Disappear?

Modern cloud storage combines the best of both worlds.

Farah Kim Farah Kim
Updated on March 15, 2023

Taking the Data Analyst Role Beyond ‘Data Janitorial Work’

Data analysts should work with data to derive insights for a business, but too often they spend most of their time on prepwork. Here’s how you can fix that problem.

Renen Hallak Renen Hallak
Updated on March 15, 2023

How the Data Center Needs to Evolve for Modern Applications

Data centers will increasingly take on the characteristics of a supercomputer.

Edoardo Romani Edoardo Romani
Updated on March 10, 2023

What Is Database Normalization?

Database normalization ensures we’ve conceptually organized our data in a way that makes the most sense given the data’s attributes and the overall data model. Here’s how it works.

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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on March 08, 2023

What Is Cluster Analysis?

We use cluster analysis in machine learning, image analysis, data mining and pattern recognition. Here’s how it works and when you’ll find it most useful.

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Kaycee Lai Kaycee Lai
Updated on February 09, 2023

What Is a Data Lake? Is It Right for Your Company?

A few questions to help determine if it’s the data architecture you really need.

Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on February 06, 2023

What Is Extrapolation?

Extrapolation is a statistical technique used in data science to estimate values of data points beyond the range of the known values in the data set.

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