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Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on October 04, 2024

25 Big Data and Data Science Consulting Firms to Know

Separating the signal from the noise is tough work in the era of big data. These consultancies have the managerial and technological chops to help businesses see more clearly.

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Mamdouh Refaat Mamdouh Refaat
Updated on October 01, 2024

What Is Overfitting?

Overfitting is a common problem in machine learning wherein a model tries to fit the data too precisely. Here’s how to solve it.

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Anthony Corbo Anthony Corbo
Updated on September 30, 2024

What Are Data Structures?

A data structure is a format for organizing, processing, retrieving and storing data so it can be easily accessed and effectively used.

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Updated on September 25, 2024

7 Companies Hiring Database Administrators

Companies across sectors like fintech, SaaS and defense are hiring database administrators to manage their data and keep it secure.

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Alyssa Schroer Alyssa Schroer
Updated on September 20, 2024

27 Big Data in Healthcare Examples and Applications

Companies are turning to big data to reimagine every aspect of healthcare.

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Alyssa Schroer Alyssa Schroer
Updated on September 17, 2024

Big Data in Retail: 13 Companies to Know

These companies are changing the e-commerce industry with their innovative uses of big data.

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Supratik Shankar and Kauts Shukla Supratik Shankar and Kauts Shukla
Updated on September 13, 2024

Why Separating Knowledge, Compute and Storage is the Next Big Leap in Data Platforms

Traditionally, these three elements of a data platform were intertwined, leading to dependencies that impeded scalability. Our experts explain why you should separate them.

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Matthew Urwin Matthew Urwin
Updated on September 05, 2024

What Is a Digital Twin?

An overview of the technology that’s reshaping manufacturing and aerospace.

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Sara A. Metwalli Sara A. Metwalli
Updated on September 05, 2024

What Is the Gamma Distribution?

The Gamma distribution is one of the most popular and commonly used continuous time distributions because it has many real-world applications. Here are some examples.

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Harshil Patel Harshil Patel
Updated on September 04, 2024

Quicksort Algorithm: An Overview

Quicksort is a sorting algorithm that uses a divide-and-conquer strategy to split and sort an array. It has a time complexity of O nlogn.

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