Fri.Jan 12, 2018

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5 Critical Resources for New Managers

Women on Business

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Data Engineering is Critical to Big Data Success

Cloudera

I mentioned in an earlier blog titled, “Staffing your big data team, ” that data engineers are critical to a successful data journey. That said, most companies that are early in their journey lack a dedicated engineering group. And the longer it takes to put a team in place, the likelier it is that your big data project will stall. The data engineering team is responsible for collecting and ingesting batch and stream-oriented data, inventorying the data, working through ingest bottlenecks, and d

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Social Engineering on a flight to Baltimore

Derek Huether

Be careful out there. Social engineering is a real thing, even on a flight to Baltimore. I was returning on a flight last night when this male passenger sat in the seat next to me. He was overly friendly and chatty so I shut him down. He changed seats so he could sit (and talk) with the woman across the isle. Over the next hour, I could overhear him engage her in casual conversation.

Social 40
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What Should You Do Before Starting A Business?

Strategy Driven

If you like the idea of being your own boss and starting a business, then there are a number of things that you need to think about and do, before you leap right in. Just jumping in at the deep end can mean that you make avoidable mistakes, or even lose a lot of money. Taking the time to step back and think about what you need to do first is always the best option.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Social Engineering on a flight to Baltimore

Derek Huether

Be careful out there. Social engineering is a real thing, even on a flight to Baltimore. I was returning on a flight last night when this male passenger sat in the seat next to me. He was overly friendly and chatty so I shut him down. He changed seats so he could sit (and talk) with the woman across the isle. Over the next hour, I could overhear him engage her in casual conversation.

Social 40
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Viral Marketing: What Is It and How Can You Use It?

Strategy Driven

Digital marketing grew rapidly these past few years. There are more instruments to use and campaigns to run today, allowing businesses – from small businesses to giant enterprises – to achieve their marketing objectives in an efficient and measurable way. While content marketing and social media are very popular, more businesses are turning to viral marketing as a way to generate buzz and attract a bigger audience.