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Kyle Brill Kyle Brill
Updated on August 07, 2024

What Is FaaS (Function-as-a-Service)?

FaaS uses a cloud provider to manage its infrastructure, enabling developers to run functions or code without needing to maintain their own servers.

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Kyle Brill Kyle Brill
Updated on July 24, 2024

What Is Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)?

With DBaaS, users receive access to a database without the need to manage one themselves. Here’s what you need to know.

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Fred Mora Fred Mora
Updated on July 08, 2024

What Is Amdahl’s Law?

Amdahl’s law provides a best-case estimate of how much you can improve system performance by optimizing a specific part of the system. Here’s how to use it.

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Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kallinikos Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kallinikos
Updated on June 04, 2024

What Are the 3 Stages of the Data Life Cycle?

In this book excerpt, our experts distill some essential and recurrent characteristics of how we make and use data.

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Adetoro Oyairo Adetoro Oyairo
Updated on June 03, 2024

What Is an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)?

An ERD illustrates the relationships between different concepts. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Zak Edwards Zak Edwards
Updated on May 02, 2024

What Is SQL Injection?

SQL injection is a type of cyberattack that lets a criminal execute their own SQL queries on a database. Here are some examples.

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Updated on April 24, 2024

The Big To Do: Here’s What a Director of Business Development at Lumina Datamatics Does All Day

A person’s to-do list may not be the window to their soul, but it’s definitely a window into their job.

Divanshu Khatter Divanshu Khatter
Updated on April 18, 2024

How to Web Scrape for Data Enrichment

When done ethically and compliantly, web scraping can significantly enhance data enrichment. Here’s how to do it.

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Matt Brown Matt Brown
Updated on April 08, 2024

Data Warehouses and Transactional Databases: What’s the Difference?

If your current data setup isn’t providing you with the analytics capabilities you want, this read is for you.

Joel Hereth Joel Hereth
Updated on March 12, 2024

How to Optimize SQL for Large Data Sets

Optimizing SQL for large data sets is an important step in managing the performance of your database. Follow these best practices to achieve faster data retrieval and efficiency. 

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