Introduction to Spark Dataframe: In Spark, a DataFrame is a distributed collection of data organized into named columns. It is conceptually equivalent to a table in a relational database or a data frame in R/Python, but with richer optimizations under the hood. How To Create Spark DataFrames: There are 3 ways to create Spark Dataframes. […]
Data Enrichment and Location Intelligence: 2025 Planning Insights
The 2025 Outlook: Data Integrity Trends and Insights report is here! What are the latest data integrity trends you need to know about? How does your data program compare to your peers? Find out in the report, published in partnership between Precisely and Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. This year’s report is filled with […]
Look! Up In The Clouds! It’s A Noun! It’s A Verb! It’s Super Observability
Able to redefine all thoughts and solve all problems, observability has arrived in all its regalia to take on the IT and business world in the form of a superhero. SuperO, its nickname as a child, before being exiled from the planet of Monitor, landed in the planet of ITOps approximately eight years ago. It […]
Slicing and Dicing the Data Governance Market
(kentoh/Shutterstock) If acquiring a data governance solution is on your list of things to do in 2025, you might want to take a gander at Gartner’s latest Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms, which the IT analyst group published last week. Leaders in the field include Informatica, IBM, and Collibra, but a host […]
Wizerr AI: Revolutionizing Electronics Design and Procurement with Databricks
Electronic products are evolving at lightning speed, driven by an insatiable demand for new consumer devices, energy, transport, robotics, connectivity, data and beyond. However, the processes behind designing and manufacturing electronics have remained largely unchanged, held back by cumbersome, time-consuming and outdated practices. That’s why Wizerr, a leader in AI innovation for the electronics industry, […]
Strengthening Cloudera’s Commitment to Corporate Equality
Posted in Culture | January 13, 2025 3 min read Inclusion and accessibility are at the heart of our mission and culture at Cloudera. This approach and our focus on inclusion are crucial to both our broader business objectives and to establishing the kind of workplace where our employees can be their best, authentic selves […]
Iceberg Table Maintenance: 4 Best Practices
Explore all the best practices for Apache Iceberg table maintenance to keep performance high and costs low. Do you have an Apache Iceberg table on S3 or other blob storage and want to maintain it with optimal performance and cost in mind? This article is for you. Let’s start at the beginning. An Iceberg snapshot […]
Big Data in Healthcare: Transforming Patient Care
Enterprise Big Data Framework Alliance Publishes New White Paper: “Big Data in Healthcare: Transforming Patient Care and Operational Efficiency” Revolutionizing Healthcare with Big Data Insights Bonn, 20 June 2024 – The Enterprise Big Data Framework Alliance (EBDF Alliance) is proud to announce the release of its latest white paper, “Big Data in Healthcare: Transforming Patient […]
Big data security: issues, challenges, concerns
While the snowball of big data is rushing down a mountain gaining speed and volume, companies are trying to keep up with it. And down they go, completely forgetting to put on masks, helmets, gloves and sometimes even skis. Without these, it’s terribly easy to never make it down in one piece. And putting on […]
The Benefits of Earning a Supply Chain Management Degree
In an era where the smooth flow of goods and services is crucial to global economic success, a specialization in supply chain management offers a pathway to enter and thrive in this dynamic field. As businesses continue to seek ways to operate more efficiently and effectively, the need for skilled supply chain experts is at […]