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20 Business Intelligence Tools and Use Cases

With more data available, it’s getting more difficult to focus on the information we really need and present it in an actionable way. We list 20 tools to help you focus.

March 21, 2021

by Ekaterina Novoseltseva

CORE

· 6,351 Views · 3 Likes

Let's Think Kafka Cluster Without Zookeeper With KIP-500

Right now, Apache Kafka utilizes Apache ZooKeeper to store its metadata. Managing a ZooKeeper cluster creates an additional burden on the infrastructure and the admins.

March 19, 2021

by Siva Prasad Rao Janapati

· 6,668 Views · 3 Likes

How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your Applications

Finding the right database solution for your application is not easy. Learn how to efficiently find a database for your applications.

March 19, 2021

by Guo Leitao

· 7,320 Views · 2 Likes

How Checksum Smartly Manages Data Integrity in HDFS

In two words, data integrity can be defined as an assurance of the accuracy and consistency of data throughout the entire life cycle.

March 16, 2021

by Gautam Goswami

CORE

· 5,852 Views · 2 Likes

Why Java Is so Young After 25 Years: An Architect’s Point of View

Java completes 25 years of programming life and remains closer to developer's minds; almost 69% of the worldwide developer community remains to code in Java, even now.

Updated March 16, 2021

by Dr.Magesh Kasthuri

· 16,385 Views · 16 Likes

Health Monitoring Through Data From Wearables

Wearable IoT devices for health monitoring are presented. Opportunities and challenges for developing applications for interoperable big data are also explored.

March 16, 2021

by Thiago Nascimento

CORE

· 17,785 Views · 2 Likes

Run and Scale an Apache Spark Application on Kubernetes

Learn how to set up Apache Spark on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service by pushing the Spark container images to IBM Cloud Container Registry....

March 15, 2021

by Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

CORE

· 8,837 Views · 5 Likes

Using Machine Learning to Automate Data Cleansing

There are stages in the data cleansing process where machine learning can not only automate workflows, but influence decisions, and achieve better results.

March 8, 2021

by Zara Ziad

· 9,820 Views · 4 Likes

Apache Kafka in a Smart City Architecture

Event streaming with Apache Kafka fits into smart city architecture for data integration and correlation in real-time, at scale, between stakeholders.

March 5, 2021

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 31,628 Views · 13 Likes

Data Integration and ETL for Dummies (Like Me)

How to understand modern data integration and ETL from a non-technical perspective.

March 4, 2021

by David Molot

· 15,223 Views · 16 Likes

The Basics of Embedded Systems and the Internet of Things

Introduction to the elements of embedded system architectures across a wide variety of embedded applications, exploring the relationship between embedded systems and IoT.

March 3, 2021

by Jim Ledin

CORE

· 22,918 Views · 4 Likes

Use Cases for Apache Kafka in Retail

Event streaming with Apache Kafka in the retail industry facilitates real-time omnichannel, Customer 360, inventory management, recommendations, and more.

March 2, 2021

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 6,975 Views · 9 Likes

Apache Camel Integration with Kafka

This article covers the integration of Apache Camel with Kafka, from setup to testing, with code blocks and plenty of pictures!

February 28, 2021

by Vignesh Prabhu

· 15,705 Views · 1 Like

4 Best Practices for IoT OTA Updates

Don't want to brick your devices? Read on.

Updated February 24, 2021

by François Baldassari

· 20,992 Views · 8 Likes

Predictive Modeling in Data Science

Predictive modeling is an integral tool used in the data science world — learn the five primary predictive models and how to use them properly.

Updated February 21, 2021

by Abeshek P.A

· 6,261 Views · 5 Likes

How to Become a Data Engineer: A Hype Profession or a Necessary Thing

This article will tell you how a Data Engineer helps turn pure numbers into insights and why developers should look at this direction too.

February 18, 2021

by Illia Kalchenko

· 18,054 Views · 10 Likes

Intro to Soda SQL: Open Data Testing and Monitoring

How to use Soda SQL, an open data testing, monitoring and profiling tool for data-intensive environments

Updated February 17, 2021

by Tom Baeyens

· 8,048 Views · 4 Likes

A Gentle Introduction to Event-driven Change Data Capture

How to detect, capture, and propagate changes in source databases to target systems in real-time, event-driven manner

February 16, 2021

by Dunith Dhanushka

CORE

· 2,807 Views · 4 Likes

Building a Scalable E-Commerce Data Model

Starting to outgrow small business e-commerce software? Use this as a starting point for building an e-commerce data model that’s scalable, flexible, and fast.

February 12, 2021

by James Hickey

· 6,727 Views · 6 Likes

Intro To Apache Kafka: How Kafka Works

Introduction to Apache Kafka: Learn Kafka fundamentals, including the concepts of events, topics, partitions, brokers, replication, producers, and consumers.

February 12, 2021

by Tim Berglund

· 9,402 Views · 15 Likes

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