InfoQ Articles

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There's a worrying trend towards focusing on specialisms at the expense of collaboration, shared responsibility and valuable outcomes, which can take teams away from multi-disciplinary collaboration. This article calls out three collaboration anti-patterns that appeared in more than one organisation, some of the symptoms they cause and some thoughts on how to go about counteracting them.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This blog post is in collaboration with Greg Rokita, AVP of Technology at Edmunds. Long envisioned as a key milestone in computing, we've.

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Mixpanel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They say write what you know. Why wouldn’t the same go for building apps? Kevin Xu is an engineer-turned-product manager with experience at big tech companies like Google and Stripe. But if you happen to be a “very online” retail stock trader, you may know him as Sir Jack , one of the WallStreetBets community’s more notorious and successful meme stock investors.

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Dataversity

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As some of you already know, I am dedicating these summer days to the writing of my new book, “99 Questions About Data Management,” which follows in some way the book “20 Things You Have to Know About Data Management.” After the many questions I have received, I find it interesting to answer this one: […] The post Data Marketplace, Data Catalog, and Data Sharing Agreements: Let’s Make It Clear appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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DoorDash Engineering

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As a tech company, it’s our products and platform – and the engineers that build them – that power what DoorDash is able to offer our Consumers, Dashers, and Merchants every day. We thrive on tackling challenging technical problems and creating opportunities for customers, and take a lot of pride in what we do (and, as regular readers know, periodically share details about our work on this blog).

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databricks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Costa Rica is known for several things, both culturally and ecologically. Among those are biodiversity, coffee, Pura Vida, and most recently a rapidly.

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Dataversity

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As data science continues to evolve, new tools and technologies are being developed to help individuals and organizations streamline their workflows, improve efficiency, and drive better results. One of the most powerful and innovative tools in this space is Metaflow, a Python library that makes it easy to build and manage data science workflows. In […] The post What Is Metaflow?

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DoorDash Engineering

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As an Engineering org, we are tremendously proud of our accomplishments throughout the history of DoorDash, particularly in recent years as we’ve grown and scaled in service of our customers. This success has been heavily influenced by the strength and leadership of our Eng management team; great companies are built by great people who have great managers.

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databricks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

We are thrilled to introduce the support of a new SQL feature in Apache Spark and Databricks: Lateral Column Alias (LCA). This feature.

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Confluent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Explore the intersection of AI and data streaming with essential resources for developers. Discover recorded talks, blog posts, and upcoming events to boost your knowledge.

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Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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Dataversity

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The often-overused phrase “digital transformation” instills a sense of excitement and progress for many executives. But for some business leaders, digital transformation means intimidation or mystery. When the former group is tasked with selling data-driven technology initiatives to the latter group, they face formidable challenges. They must win hearts and minds to get buy-in, sometimes faced with […] The post Strategies for Tackling Digital Transformation Resistance appeared first on DAT

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TDAN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Am I right that you can’t open LinkedIn, read a tech or business blog, or attend a conference for more than 30 seconds without encountering the generative AI hype? It’s been this way ever since last fall when OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT upon a (mostly) unsuspecting world.

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databricks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For data-driven enterprises, data analysts play a crucial role in extracting insights from data and presenting it in a meaningful way. However, many.

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Confluent

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Learn how Apache Kafka message compression works, why and how to use it, the five types of compression, configurations for the compression type, and how messages are decompressed.

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Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

Dataversity

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

AI-based business models and products that use generative AI (GenAI) are proliferating across a wide range of industries. The current wave of AI is creating new ways of working, and research suggests that business leaders feel optimistic about the potential for measurable productivity and customer service improvements, as well as transformations in the way that […] The post Data Governance in the Age of Generative AI appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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TDAN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The catapulting of data to become a new class of business assets and the rapid evolution of generative and non-generative AI requires the integration of data and law for success in today’s business environment.

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databricks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“Supply chains compete, not companies” — Martin Christopher No two supply chains are identical - the unique combination of products, industries, and geographic locat.

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Confluent

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Learn how US Foods built a digital-first ecommerce platform—using data streaming to future-proof its infrastructure and implement data mesh principles.

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Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

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Dataversity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In today’s dynamic business landscape, the ability to share, receive, and process information swiftly has become a critical success factor. The rapid pace of digital transformation has amplified the demand for efficient and seamless data exchange mechanisms that allow businesses to remain agile, make informed decisions, and maintain a competitive edge.

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Packet Pushers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Today's Heavy Networking covers Pandas. Not the cuddly bears that eat bamboo, but the Python library that makes it easy for you to work with a set of data. Import Pandas at the top of your Python script, follow one of many Pandas tutorials online, and in short order youll be able to perform data operations in a spreadsheet-like way. We talk network automation use cases for Pandas with Rick Donato.

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databricks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Introduction In this blog post, we'll explore a set of advanced SQL functions available within Apache Spark that leverage the HyperLogLog algorithm, enabling.

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Confluent

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Discover the top 5 best practices for building event-driven architectures using Confluent and AWS Lambda. Learn how to optimize your architecture for scalability, reliability, and performance.

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Dataversity

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Graph databases play a key role in fraud detection within intricate, complex networks, helping security teams keep pace with modern fraud techniques that are becoming increasingly more sophisticated. Graph databases can identify patterns and relationships in big data, reducing the level of complexity so that detection algorithms can effectively discover fraud attempts within a network. […] The post The Power of Graph Databases to Detect Fraud appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Packet Pushers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Today's IPv6 Buzz episode dives into the topic of IPv6 address formatting, the do's and don'ts of representing an IPv6 address, and what guidance RFC 5952 provides for representing these very long addresses in text. Today's IPv6 Buzz episode dives into the topic of IPv6 address formatting, the do's and don'ts of representing an IPv6 address, and what guidance RFC 5952 provides for representing these very long addresses in text.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Earlier this year, Databricks launched Dolly 2.0: the world's first truly open instruction-tuned Large Language Model (LLM). To build off this excitement around.

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Confluent

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Learn how a grocery delivery company guarantees same day delivery with Confluent as the backbone of their data streaming infrastructure.

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Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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Dataversity

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) were created to empower individuals with greater control over their personal information. Both laws regulate the activities of organizations that collect and use data in various ways. Data protection plays an essential role in ensuring compliance with both privacy regulations.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the observations I sometimes get from analysts, investors, and prospects is that Cato is a mid-market company. They imply that we are creating solutions that are simple and affordable, but dont necessarily meet stringent requirements in scalability, availability, and functionality. Here is the bottom line: Cato is an enterprise software company.

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databricks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Since the publication of the seminal paper on transformers by Vaswani et. al. from Google, large language models (LLMs) have come to dominate.

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Confluent

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Learn how moving from a monolith to event-driven microservices architecture helped McAfee add more scalability and performance,, including rolling out products and features faster, and how Confluent helped.

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Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo

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