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Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory

Erik Bernhardsson

I had my first job as a software engineer in 1999, and in the last two decades I've seen software engineering changing in ways that have made us orders of magnitude more productive. Mediocre software exists because someone wasn't able to hire better engineers, or they didn't have time, or whatever.

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What you need to know about product management for AI

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

We won’t go into the mathematics or engineering of modern machine learning here. All you need to know for now is that machine learning uses statistical techniques to give computer systems the ability to “learn” by being trained on existing data.

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

Altexsoft

In-store cameras and sensors detect each product one takes from a shelf, and items are being added to a virtual cart while a customer proceeds. Physical stores still have a lion’s share of sales, but the tendency of the growing demand for online experiences shouldn’t be ignored. Source: Forrester Consulting. Amazon Go stores.

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Fleet Maintenance Software: Technology Behind Preventive and Predictive Vehicle Servicing

Altexsoft

Taking good care of your fleet assets pays off by prolonging their lifecycle, increasing efficiency, and reducing the probability of failures. Prevention is better than cure. If you think vehicle breakdowns are inevitable, we got news for you. These risks and losses can – and have to! – be avoided with proactive maintenance.

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The Good and the Bad of Apache Kafka Streaming Platform

Altexsoft

It offers high throughput, low latency, and scalability that meets the requirements of Big Data. The technology was written in Java and Scala in LinkedIn to solve the internal problem of managing continuous data flows. What does the high-performance data project have to do with the real Franz Kafka’s heritage?

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How to Successfully Implement HR Analytics and People Analytics in a Company

Altexsoft

Mark Huselid and Dana Minbaeva in Big Data and HRM call these measures the understanding of the workforce quality. The day may come when a seasoned professional tells you or your colleague about their plan to leave the company in a month. This situation isn’t extraordinary: managers and HR specialists of any organization have been there.