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 Neal Davis Neal Davis
Updated on April 19, 2024

What Is Cloud Architecture? Understanding the Fundamentals.

Cloud architecture is the components that make up cloud computing. It includes the cloud infrastructure, cloud delivery, cloud service and cloud deployment models. Here's what you need to know.

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Mike White Mike White
Updated on April 19, 2024

How Scientists Are Using the Crowd to Solve Problems in Biotech

Volunteers are using their CPUs and their brains to crack computational puzzles.

Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on April 19, 2024

What Is Web Scraping?

This data collection technique rapidly extracts massive amounts of information for competitive gain.

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Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on April 19, 2024

Hadoop Ruled the Early Big Data Era. Can It Rise Again?

Cloud competition has humbled the onetime watershed. Cloudera’s new distribution aims to restore former glory.

Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on April 19, 2024

What Is Data Governance?

Data governance is more than a means of mitigating risk and ensuring compliance — it can give businesses a competitive edge, too.

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Edward Hearn Edward Hearn
Updated on April 19, 2024

What Is All This Data for?

Data may be the new oil, but that doesn’t make its collection inherently valuable. Organizations would do well to remain mindful of Goodhart’s Law to avoid letting a data-driven mindset warp their larger goals.

Michael Hines Michael Hines
Updated on April 19, 2024

How Machine Learning Is Helping Solve eBay’s Unstructured Data Problem

New technologies like natural language processing and computer vision are helping the company tackle an old challenge.

Veanne Smith Veanne Smith
Updated on April 19, 2024

Want a Career in Big Data? These Are the Top Roles, Responsibilities, and Salaries.

Big Data is a big deal. This is what you need to know about roles in the field.

Edward Hearn Edward Hearn
Updated on April 19, 2024

Is 'Statistical Significance' in Research Just a Strawman?

The longstanding methods by which researchers establish statistical significance are based on a fallacy. To produce more meaningful results from data, it’s time we revise them.

Deborah Bone Kelly Warner Deborah Bone Kelly Warner
Updated on April 19, 2024

How to Limit Your Liability for Data Collection Lawsuits

Implement COPPA notices, delete old data, and be thoughtful about default settings, among other best practices.

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