The CTO’s Focus Of The Week The focus for this week is streaming data solutions and analytics. Streaming data is far from new. Kafka and other solutions have existed well over a decade. However, most of these were often very complex to implement and weren’t always approachable. With that in mind, several companies have tried…
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Companies of all sizes are starting to take advantage of all the various data sets flooding in from Salesforce, Google Analytics, Google Search Trends, and every other API, free data set, and internal tool. But just having the data is not enough. The sheer complexity and velocity of data can make it difficult to work…
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Photo by Kaleidico on Unsplash Integrating data into strategy is proving to be a differentiator for businesses of all sizes. The cliche term “Data-Driven” is for more than just a billion-dollar tech company. Companies like DiscoverOrg and MVF are using data to help drive their decisions and create better products. Even smaller companies are finding…
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Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash By Travis Wolf The goal of completing a machine learning model lifecycle is to deploy and maintain a working pipeline of data. As more companies look to implement ML models to optimize data-driven functions, being able to deliver and maintain these models will require a web framework that can…
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Photo by C Dustin on Unsplash Data warehousing was introduced in 1988 by IBM researchers Barry Devlin and Paul Murphy. Since then the concept has evolved and taken on a life of its own. Increasing challenges and complexities of business have forced data warehousing to become a distinct discipline. Over the years this has led to best…
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Photo by Nicolas Hoizey on Unsplash As more third-party tools provide access to their data sources, companies are looking to build more and more data pipelines that get data into their data warehouses and data lakes. Therein lies a major problem. Data engineers, the ones responsible for building those pipelines are often the bottleneck. Between…
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Photo by Juan Encalada on Unsplash The busing and coach industry has taken a beating in 2020. Without the typical flood of people from cruises, events and tech employees needing to be shuttled to work, business has nearly come to a halt. In turn, if you’re a coach operator, you will be asking the question.…
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When it comes to finding the right CRM, ERP, or Coach Bus Management System the question often is, buy or build. For a long time, but has been one of the better options. This is why companies like Salesforce and Workday rose so quickly in popularity. However, there are other options now besides these two…
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Photo by bruce mars on Unsplash Technology has been speeding forward through 2020. The impacts of Covid have only sped up the adoption of change for companies. Companies small and big, start-ups and corporations have been pushed to innovate and improve processes. For example, small, medium, and large companies are migrating to the cloud to…
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Photo by Margaret Weir on Unsplash Our team of data engineering and data science consultants has spent a lot of time working with and researching what is often referenced as the modern data stack. Whether we are working with small companies or large companies the modern data stack has tools for everyone. We will be…
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