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NJ Transit creates ‘data engine’ to fuel transformation

CIO

Since joining NJ Transit, Fazal has primarily been chipping away at his major goal: enabling data innovation. Data engine on wheels’. To mine more data out of a dated infrastructure, Fazal first had to modernize NJ Transit’s stack from the ground up to be geared for business benefit. NJ Transit.

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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Xebia

The following is a review of the book Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley, published by O’Reilly in June of 2022, and some takeaway lessons. This book is as good for a project manager or any other non-technical role as it is for a computer science student or a data engineer.

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Analytics operating system Redbird makes data more accessible to non-technical users

TechCrunch

Data engineers have a big problem. Almost every team in their business needs access to analytics and other information that can be gleaned from their data warehouses, but only a few have technical backgrounds. The New York-based startup announced today that it has raised $7.6

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A Look Ahead at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit

Cloudera

As we enter into a new month, the Cloudera team is getting ready to head off to the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando, Florida for one of the most important events of the year for Chief Data Analytics Officers (CDAOs) and the field of data and analytics.

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Cloudera Data Engineering 2021 Year End Review

Cloudera

Since the release of Cloudera Data Engineering (CDE) more than a year ago , our number one goal was operationalizing Spark pipelines at scale with first class tooling designed to streamline automation and observability. Autoscaling speed and scale. And we didn’t stop there, CDE also introduced support for Apache Iceberg.

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What is a data architect? Skills, salaries, and how to become a data framework master

CIO

Information/data governance architect: These individuals establish and enforce data governance policies and procedures. Analytics/data science architect: These data architects design and implement data architecture supporting advanced analytics and data science applications, including machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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6 strategic imperatives for your next data strategy

CIO

According to the MIT Technology Review Insights Survey, an enterprise data strategy supports vital business objectives including expanding sales, improving operational efficiency, and reducing time to market. The problem is today, just 13% of organizations excel at delivering on their data strategy.

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