July, 2023

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6 business execs you’ll meet in hell — and how to deal with them

CIO Business Intelligence

Everyone, at some point in their career, has endured a bad boss or bad business colleague. Someone further up the chain or a lateral colleague who lacks basic interpersonal skills, demands the impossible, flies off the handle at the slightest provocation, or throws you under the bus the moment a project goes south. Aside from causing personal angst, executives run amok can also wreak lasting damage to the organizations they work for by driving away talent and squandering business opportunities.

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Empowering Real-Time Insights with Website Monitoring Using Python

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction The purpose of this project is to develop a Python program that automates the process of monitoring and tracking changes across multiple websites. We aim to streamline the meticulous task of detecting and documenting modifications in web-based content by utilizing Python. This capability is invaluable for real-time news tracking, immediate product updates, and conducting […] The post Empowering Real-Time Insights with Website Monitoring Using Python appeared first on Analytics

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The Inner Workings of LLMs: A Deep Dive into Language Model Architecture

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Language Models based on Large- scale pre- training LLMs have revolutionized the field of natural language processing. Thus, enabling machines to comprehend and generate human-like text with remarkable accuracy. To truly appreciate the capabilities of LLMs, it is essential to take a deep dive into their inner workings and understand the intricacies of their […] The post The Inner Workings of LLMs: A Deep Dive into Language Model Architecture appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Real-Real-World Programming with ChatGPT

O'Reilly on Data

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve played around with using AI tools like ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot to write code for you. Or even if you haven’t yet, then you’ve at least heard about these tools in your newsfeed over the past year. So far I’ve read a gazillion blog posts about people’s experiences with these AI coding assistance tools. These posts often recount someone trying ChatGPT or Copilot for the first time with a few simple prompts, seeing how it does for some small self-containe

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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Extract time series from satellite weather data with AWS Lambda

AWS Big Data

Extracting time series on given geographical coordinates from satellite or Numerical Weather Prediction data can be challenging because of the volume of data and of its multidimensional nature (time, latitude, longitude, height, multiple parameters). This type of processing can be found in weather and climate research, but also in applications like photovoltaic and wind power.

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Multivariate Time-Series Prediction with BQML

KDnuggets

Google's BQML can be used to make time series models, and recently it was updated to create multivariate time series models. With the simple code, this article shows how to use it to predict multivariate time series and it can be more powerful than a univariate time series model in this article.

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Large Language Models and Data Management

Ontotext

I did some research because I wanted to create a basic framework on the intersection between large language models (LLM) and data management. I will start by saying that I believe LLM holds great promise. But there are also a host of other issues (and cautions) to take into consideration. The technology is very new and not well understood. Most applications are still exploratory.

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Beginner’s Guide to Build Your Own Large Language Models from Scratch

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Be it twitter or Linkedin, I encounter numerous posts about Large Language Models(LLMs) each day. Perhaps I wondered why there’s such an incredible amount of research and development dedicated to these intriguing models. From ChatGPT to BARD, Falcon, and countless others, their names swirl around, leaving me eager to uncover their true nature.

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Fearing the Wrong Thing

O'Reilly on Data

There’s a lot of angst about software developers “losing their jobs” to AI, being replaced by a more intelligent version of ChatGPT, GitHub’s Copilot, Google’s Codey, or something similar. Matt Welsh has been talking and writing about the end of programming as such. He’s asking whether large language models eliminate programming as we know it, and he’s excited that the answer is “yes”: eventually, if not in the immediate future.

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Laminar Adds Support for SaaS and BigQuery Data Protection

Laminar Security

Laminar Launches Two New Solutions to Become First Full Data Security Platform for Multi-Cloud and SaaS Environments In today’s data-driven world, cloud computing has become the backbone of innovation and growth for enterprises across all industries. With an overwhelming majority of organizations utilizing cloud services and applications, data security has emerged as a critical concern by more than 93% of organizations.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Introduction to Statistical Learning, Python Edition: Free Book

KDnuggets

The highly anticipated Python edition of Introduction to Statistical Learning is here. And you can read it for free! Here’s everything you need to know about the book.

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4 tips to improve employee experiences while maintaining security and governance

CIO Business Intelligence

Improving employee productivity and collaboration is a top business objective, according to the 2023 Foundry Digital Business Study. But delivering these productive employee experiences can be challenging, especially with an increasingly distributed workforce. As more individuals use browser-based apps to get their work done, IT leaders need to provide seamless access to corporate apps and tools while minimizing security risks.

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How AWS helped Altron Group accelerate their vision for optimized customer engagement

AWS Big Data

This is a guest post co-authored by Jacques Steyn, Senior Manager Professional Services at Altron Group. Altron is a pioneer of providing data-driven solutions for their customers by combining technical expertise with in-depth customer understanding to provide highly differentiated technology solutions. Alongside their partner AWS, they participated in AWS Data-Driven Everything (D2E) workshops and a bespoke AWS Immersion Day workshop that catered to their needs to improve their engagement with

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How to Become a Data Analyst With No Experience?

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Did you know that entry-level data analysts can earn up to $49,092 annually? In today’s data-driven world, data analytics careers span diverse industries, offering numerous pathways to enter this rapidly-growing field. Data is the primary decision-making tool for every organization. Analytics is an essential aspect of strategic planning across all sectors.

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8 Steps to Transformation at Speed & Scale – Your Guide to Deploying StratOps

📌Is your Data & AI transformation struggling to really impact the business? Discover the game-changing StratOps approach that: Bridges the Gap : Connect your Data & AI strategy to your operating model, to ensure alignment at every level. Prioritizes Outcomes : Focuses on concrete business outcomes from day one, rather than capabilities in isolation.

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Revolutionizing Procurement: The Power of AI in Vendor Management Systems

Smart Data Collective

Vendor Management Systems (VMS) have become an indispensable tool for streamlining procurement and fostering strong vendor relationships. With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where the lines between physical, digital, and biological spheres are increasingly blurred, a new transformational player has emerged on the VMS scene: Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Laminar Broadens Data Security for Multi-Cloud

Laminar Security

Launches Full Data Security Platform with Enhanced DAG and DDR Capabilities Laminar has unveiled groundbreaking advancements to its agile data security platform for multi-cloud. The introduction of new data access governance (DAG) and data detection and response (DDR) functionalities positions Laminar as the first solution on the market to offer comprehensive identification, protection, detection, and response capabilities for multi-cloud and SaaS data security.

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Reinforcement Learning: Teaching Computers to Make Optimal Decisions

KDnuggets

Reinforcement learning basics to get your feet wet. Learn the components and key concepts in the reinforcement loading framework: from agents and rewards to value functions, policy, and more.

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3 tough decisions for IT leaders to achieve a successful digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

The digital transformation journey for any enterprise is protracted and complex. Technology leaders often underestimate the complications associated with it. For such initiatives to conclude successfully, enterprise technology decision makers must overcome inertia, build momentum, and bring about changes across their large organizations. To bring about enterprise-wide changes, CIOs at times need to take tough decisions that may not go down well with employees.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Orca Security’s journey to a petabyte-scale data lake with Apache Iceberg and AWS Analytics

AWS Big Data

This post is co-written with Eliad Gat and Oded Lifshiz from Orca Security. With data becoming the driving force behind many industries today, having a modern data architecture is pivotal for organizations to be successful. One key component that plays a central role in modern data architectures is the data lake, which allows organizations to store and analyze large amounts of data in a cost-effective manner and run advanced analytics and machine learning (ML) at scale.

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Unveiling Denoising Autoencoders

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Denoising Autoencoders are neural network models that remove noise from corrupted or noisy data by learning to reconstruct the initial data from its noisy counterpart. We train the model to minimize the disparity between the original and reconstructed data. We can stack these autoencoders together to form deep networks, increasing their performance.

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Power of ETL: Transforming Business Decision Making with Data Insights

Smart Data Collective

ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) is a crucial process in the world of data analytics and business intelligence. In this article, we will explore the significance of ETL and how it plays a vital role in enabling effective decision making within businesses. By understanding the power of ETL, organisations can harness the potential of their data and gain valuable insights that drive informed choices.

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Volunteer Spotlight: Big Day in the UK!

Cloudera

It was a busy day for Cloudera Cares in the UK on June 21, 2023. Not only did we deliver the EMEA Evolve Flagship event with a first of its kind, volunteer component, we also flew the Cloudera flag at a Cloudera Cares event with Mission Motorsport. Hear from Clouderan, Paul Wooding about his day volunteering at two of Cloudera’s impactful UK-based events.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Textbooks Are All You Need: A Revolutionary Approach to AI Training

KDnuggets

This is an overview of the "Textbooks Are All You Need" paper, highlighting the Phi-1 model's success using high-quality synthetic textbook data for AI training.

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Key skills tech leaders need to secure a board seat

CIO Business Intelligence

Rona Bunn is CIO for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), where she facilitates digital orchestration and leads information technology, data, and digital experience. A two-time Technology All-Star award recipient from Women of Color in STEM, Bunn previously served as CIO at the US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration.

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Implement tag-based access control for your data lake and Amazon Redshift data sharing with AWS Lake Formation

AWS Big Data

Data-driven organizations treat data as an asset and use it across different lines of business (LOBs) to drive timely insights and better business decisions. Many organizations have a distributed tools and infrastructure across various business units. This leads to having data across many instances of data warehouses and data lakes using a modern data architecture in separate AWS accounts.

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OpenAI Provides Access For GPT-4

Analytics Vidhya

Today, GPT-4, OpenAI’s cutting-edge text-generating model, was made generally available, according to an excited release from the company. Through its API, the business is providing developers with access to this ground-breaking technology. Access to GPT-4 will be opened up to new developers by the end of the month, but existing OpenAI API developers with a […] The post OpenAI Provides Access For GPT-4 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.

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eCommerce Brands Use Big Data for Logistics and Fulfillment Warehouses Protection

Smart Data Collective

Big data has driven major changes in the e-commerce sector in recent years. E-commerce brands spent over $16 billion on analytics in 2022 and are projected to spend over $38 billion by 2028. One of the biggest benefits of data analytics is that it can help e-commerce brands optimize their logistics and fulfillment processes. Keep reading to learn more.

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Falcon AI: The New Open Source Large Language Model

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Ever since the launch of GPT (Generative Pre Trained) by Open AI, the world has been taken by storm by Generative AI. From that period on, many Generative Models have come into the picture. With each release of new Generative Large Language Models, AI kept on coming closer to Human Intelligence. However, the Open […] The post Falcon AI: The New Open Source Large Language Model appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Jobs That AI Can’t Replace

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Whether you are a cybernaut or not, the chances are that you have heard the ‘jobs AI can’t replace’’ debate. About 85 million jobs globally are grappling with the risk of becoming obsolete at the hands of automation by 2025. Artificial intelligence is making such headlines by serving a new invention every now and […] The post Jobs That AI Can’t Replace appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Building LLM-Powered Applications with LangChain

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Welcome to the future of language processing! In a world where language is the bridge connecting people and technology, advancements in Natural Language Processing (NLP) have opened up incredible opportunities. Among these advancements is the revolutionary Language Model, known as the LLM (Large Language Model), which has completely transformed the way we interact with […] The post Building LLM-Powered Applications with LangChain appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.