This Week in Data Preparation (November 2, 2020)
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14 links in this week’s post: 9 articles (on data engineering, machine learning, data analytics, and more, by Google, UMBC Training Centers, Lenses.io, Gartner, KNIME, Premium Ag, Adapt), 2 company updates (by Dremio, and Segment), 1 partnership announcement (by Microsoft, C3.ai, and Adobe), and 2 capital raise announcements (by Arable labs, and Rockset).
Articles
AI Engineers Need to Think Beyond Engineering. Donald Martin, Jr., Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager and Social Impact Technology Strategist at Google, and Andrew Moore, Head of Google Cloud AI & Industry Solutions, share their insights in Harvard Business Review.
Data engineers are in demand. Here’s what they do. Think of it as a back-end engineer for data. UMBC Training Centers’ Tom Cain discusses the role and skills needed in this in-demand tech job.
Why And How To Socialize Real-Time Data To Improve The Customer Experience. Antonios Chalkiopoulos, CEO and Co-Founder of Lenses.io, shares his views in Forbes.
Gartner: 10 changes coming to data analytics. Radical change and uncertainty now challenges organizations to forge new paths within their data and analytics strategies, said Rita Sallam, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner speaking at a Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Americas session last week.
5 machine learning skills you need in the cloud. Put your IT team in the best position to succeed with AI. Develop these machine learning skills and see how they translate to the major cloud platforms — by Dan Sullivan, M.Sc., author, systems architect, and consultant with over 20 years of IT experience.
Ten Common Issues When Using Excel for Data Operations. When the game becomes harder and requires larger amounts of data, Excel starts showing its limitations — by Rosaria Silipo, Ph.D., principal data scientist at KNIME.
Agriculture becoming more data driven. Agriculture continues to change in ways which benefit producers and consumers alike, at an accelerating pace, said Matt Gosling, an agronomist and founding partner of Premium Ag.
How Kubernetes extends to machine learning (ML). In this article, five experts in the space explore how Kubernetes extends to ML, allowing development teams to get better results.
Focus on research: Declan McKibben, Adapt. Declan McKibben is executive director of Adapt, the Science Foundation Ireland research centre for digital content. In this interview he talks about the business of research and the value of collaboration.
Company Updates
Dremio BI on Cloud Data Lakes and Reduces Data Warehouse Costs. “As the modern needs of businesses are forcing organizations to rethink their data warehousing strategies, businesses are digitally transforming their technology stack, embracing cloud data lakes and focusing on analytics initiatives,” said Mike Leone, senior analyst, ESG. “The fact that organizations don’t need to copy their data into a data warehouse for BI workloads has been unthinkable for the last 30 years,” said Tomer Shiran, Dremio co-founder and chief product officer.
Segment launches platform updates focusing on improving customer experience. Segment CEO and cofounder Peter Reinhardt says, “We’re in the midst of the most competitive digital sprint we’ve ever seen, and the winners will be those with organisational agility and a true understanding of their customer base.”
Partnership Announcements
Partnering with C3.ai and Adobe to re-invent CRM with AI. Microsoft announces, together with C3.ai and Adobe, the launch of C3 AI CRM powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365. Amit Ahuja from Adobe and Ed Abbo from C3.ai talk a little more about this partnership, in this article by Alysa Taylor, Corporate Vice President, Business Applications & Industry, Microsoft.
Capital Raise Announcements
Arable Labs nets $20m funding to digitise agriculture. “Arable gives me everything I need, all hours of the day, to stay in touch with our crew and make data-driven decisions,” said Charles Dietzel of Carolina Heritage Farms, in North Carolina. “We are at a crucial turning point not just for agriculture as an industry, but for the entire food system and the planet,” said Jim Ethington, CEO of Arable.
Rockset boosted with $40 million Series B venture round. The cloud platform that promotes itself as a real-time indexing database is tripling its funding with a Series B round and is adding a new virtual private cloud option for its customers.
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