To trigger an alert when data breaks, data teams can leverage a tried and true tactic from our friends in software engineering: monitoring and observability. In this article, we walk through how you can create your own data quality monitors for freshness and distribution from scratch using SQL.
No Free Lunch Theorem for Machine Learning
The No Free Lunch Theorem is often thrown around in the field of optimization and machine learning, often with little understanding of what it means or implies. The theorem states that all optimization algorithms perform equally well when their performance is averaged across all possible problems. It implies that there is no single best optimization
14 Salesforce KPIs B2B Sales Teams Track the Most
You’re probably sitting somewhere wondering what a Salesforce KPI is. We already know what key performance indicators (KPIs) are, but what are they in relation … The post 14 Salesforce KPIs B2B Sales Teams Track the Most appeared first on Databox.
A Case Against the Peeping Tom Theory of Privacy
Yes, it's creepy when companies can track your every move. But that's not the only problem.
Visualizing America’s Entrepreneurial Spirit During COVID-19
How have new business start-ups in the U.S. been impacted by COVID-19? New data reveals the resilience of the entrepreneurial spirit in America.
Telling a Great Data Story: A Visualization Decision Tree
Pick your visualizations strategically. They need to tell a story.
We Don’t Need Data Scientists, We Need Data Engineers
As more people are entering the field of Data Science and more companies are hiring for data-centric roles, what type of jobs are currently in highest demand? There is so much data in the world, and it just keeps flooding in, it now looks like companies are targeting those who can engineer that data more than those who can only model the data.
The Marketer’s 5 Step Guide to Beacon Technology
Beacon technology has completely revolutionized both business and marketing. As one Business.com article put it, with “Retail going digital and digital media coming to retail,” this technology is completely changing the marketing game. The key to the versatility of this location-based mobile technology lies in its size and function. It relies on small devices, often the size
10 Most Useful Books to Boost your Career in Data Science
With data ruling the world like never before, the opportunities it has opened in terms of career are immense. Having said that, the career scope in data science is great
A Gentle Introduction to Stochastic Optimization Algorithms
Stochastic optimization refers to the use of randomness in the objective function or in the optimization algorithm. Challenging optimization algorithms, such as high-dimensional nonlinear objective problems, may contain multiple local optima in which deterministic optimization algorithms may get stuck. Stochastic optimization algorithms provide an alternative approach that permits less optimal local decisions to be made
Customer Sentiments Analysis of Pepsi and Coca-Cola using Twitter Data in R
This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon. Introduction Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are well-established names in the soft drink ... The post Customer Sentiments…
Data is Here, Data is There, Data is Everywhere!
Data is here, data is there! So much so that there’s possibly no field all across the world that doesn’t deal with data.
Big Data Follows One Farm, One Data Set Rule Overwhelming To Farmers
The digital world has transformed several businesses with significant impacts on data analytics. The vast type of knowledge available to view is expected to exceed 44 zettabytes by 2022 and
Amazon’s driver monitoring app is an invasive nightmare
Amazon's app to monitor drivers while in delivery vehicles is called "Mentor" but it doesn't seem to be helping those workers. A CNBC report about the tracking app comes after Amazon confirmed on Feb. 3 that it is using AI cameras in vans to monitor driver behavior and flag any safety issues. Those cameras are used on top of the separate driver safety app. The app is tracking the driver at all times either on an Amazon-provided device or on drivers' personal cellphones. Mentor is made by eDriving, which describes the app on its website as a "smartphone-based solution that collects and analyzes driver behaviors most predictive of crash risk and helps remediate risky behavior by providing engaging, interactive micro-training modules delivered directly to the driver in the smartphone app.
The World’s Most Searched Consumer Brands
From Apple to Zara, this unique map showcases which popular consumer brands were searched for the most around the world.
Understanding NoSQL Database Types: Column-Oriented Databases
NoSQL Databases have four distinct types. Key-value stores, document-stores, graph databases, and column-oriented databases. In this article, we’ll explore column-oriented databases, also known simply as “NoSQL columns”.
30 of Coursera’s most popular courses right now, offered by Yale, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, Google, IBM, and more
Coursera offers free online classes, specializations, and professional certificate programs. Here are the ones with the highest enrollments.
Top 10 Companies Hiring Data Scientists for High Salaries
Analytics Insight has listed the top 10 companies hiring data scientists for high salaries In the digital world, companies from across the globe gather and analyze data about their customer
