Cloud-based development platforms have transformed the way businesses create and deploy software applications, offering unparalleled advantages in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. Companies across sectors are shifting away from traditional local server setups to embrace the efficiency and flexibility of cloud environments. Accelerated development cycles Modern businesses face intense pressure to deliver software solutions quickly while […]
As organizations build modern applications with event-driven architectures (EDA), they often seek solutions that minimize infrastructure management overhead while maximizing developer productivity. Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) and AWS Lambda together provide a serverless, scalable, and cost-efficient platform for real-time event-driven processing. In this post, we describe how you can simplify your […]
San Francisco – June 27, 2025 – CTGT, which enables enterprises to deploy AI for high-risk use cases, announced today an upgrade to its platform designed to remove bias, hallucinations and other unwanted model features from DeepSeek and other open source AI models. In testing, CTGT was proven to enable DeepSeek to answer 96 percent of sensitive […]
Deagreez/Getty A Gallup poll published Wednesday found that 30% of teachers are using AI weekly — and that it’s saving them “six weeks a year.” According to data from the 2024 to 2025 school year, 60% of K-12 teachers reported using some kind of AI tool in their work, most commonly to create worksheets […]
WiBD DC Donates : The Future of Data Work: What’s Next and How to Stay Ahead Session started with an overview of Women in Big Data (WiBD), an organization celebrating its 10th anniversary. Starting with one chapter and 15 members in the Bay Area, WiBD has expanded to over 50 chapters across multiple continents. The […]
One of the things we have talked about a lot on Smart Data Collective is the growing threat of cybercrime in the age of big data. As organizations collect and analyze massive amounts of information, the opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit weaknesses in digital infrastructure have grown exponentially. You may think your company is too […]
For organizations considering or actively planning a move to SAP S/4HANA Finance, the opportunity to streamline processes, unlock real-time insights, and improve decision-making is massive. But getting there takes more than just technology. Success lies in the planning, the people, and the practical lessons learned by those who’ve already made the leap. We explored this […]
Since the first instances of Apache Kafka walked the earth many moons ago, they have been tied to a core piece of underlying technology that was critical for distributed operations: Apache Zookeeper. With today’s launch of Confluent Platform 8.0, the company behind Kafka has officially excised the Hadoop-era Zookeeper from its enterprise real-time streaming platform, […]
Healthcare operations and patient care depends on accurate, complete, and unified data. From ensuring timely claims processing and efficient referral routing to delivering insightful performance analytics and maintaining regulatory compliance, a reliable single source of truth is paramount. Provider information remains one of the most complex and challenging datasets for healthcare organizations, creating barriers to […]
This Weekly Chunk is your GenAI Engineering digest. This week: About Software 3.0, LLM text filters, Transformers visualized, advanced RAG, & Airbnb’s EBR. Ever feel like the ground beneath our digital feet is shifting faster than ever? It’s clear that Large Language Models are a primary seismic force, moving beyond abstract potential into concrete, paradigm-altering […]