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Amazon EMR 7.5 runtime for Apache Spark and Iceberg can run Spark workloads 3.6 times faster than Spark 3.5.3 and Iceberg 1.6.1

AWS Big Data

In this post, we demonstrate the performance benefits of using the Amazon EMR 7.5 Additionally, the cost efficiency improves by 2.9 times, with the total cost decreasing from $16.00 Geometric mean over queries in seconds 8.30046 10.13153 20.40555 Cost* $5.39 $7.18 $16.00 *Detailed cost estimates are discussed later in this post.

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Enter the next phase of Industry 4.0 with edge AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Less than 10% of the FTSE 500 companies that existed fifty years ago are still around today and less than half of the companies founded since 2000 are still operating. AI can accelerate processes What exactly is stopping companies from taking this kind of action, then (apart from the potential costs involved)?

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Cloud Technology Makes Virtual Assistants More Beneficial than Ever

Smart Data Collective

They are discovering the benefits of using the cloud to utilize data and facilitate communications between employees, customers, contractors and other stakeholders. One of the underappreciated benefits of cloud technology is that it makes it easier to work with virtual assistants. Some fo the biggest benefits are listed below.

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How Insurance Companies Use Data To Measure Risk And Choose Rates

Smart Data Collective

It goes without saying that more expensive cars cost more to insure. For instance, the 2000 Honda Civic is the most stolen car in America and the Mitsubishi Mirage (in the 2013-2017 model range) has the most fatal crashes. Type of Vehicle. However, that’s not the only thing insurers look at. Telematics.

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Three predictions for AI and automation business adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

But that’s about to change, said Fleming, as executive leadership seeks to understand how AI and automation benefit the bottom line. But by next year, leadership will ask hard questions, such as: ‘How much will it cost to integrate Gen AI into our business?’ Hardware spending will drive up the cost of AI adoption,” said Fleming. “So

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Ways Businesses Can Boost Logistics Performance with Analytics

Smart Data Collective

Cutting out the middleman allows companies to reduce their fixed-costs per unit, in what is known as economies of scale or diminishing marginal costs. Alternatively, lower production costs mean that you can lower prices to incentivize more customer purchases. There are countless benefits of analytics in business.

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Amazon EMR 7.1 runtime for Apache Spark and Iceberg can run Spark workloads 2.7 times faster than Apache Spark 3.5.1 and Iceberg 1.5.2

AWS Big Data

In this post, we explore the performance benefits of using the Amazon EMR runtime for Apache Spark and Apache Iceberg compared to running the same workloads with open source Spark 3.5.1 Additionally, the cost efficiency improves by 2.2 times, with the total cost decreasing from $16.09 Amazon EBS cost $0.01 $0.04