Analytics

The Business Benefits of Centralized Business Intelligence (BI)

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) solution is pivotal for independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprise organizations aiming for data-driven decision-making. But with so many preferences and use cases to account for, certain considerations can, initially, get overlooked. Centralized business intelligence (BI) is one such topic that requires careful preparation to achieve a nuanced understanding.

Special Episode: How to make generative AI a reality | Capgemini

George Fraser, CEO of Fivetran, Bob Muglia, former CEO of Snowflake, and Steve Jones, EVP of Capgemini discuss the challenges and solutions to creating mature, production-ready generative AI models. It’s not just about algorithms or data — success lies in effective data management.

Handling the Producer Request: Kafka Producer and Consumer Internals, Part 2

Welcome to the second installment of our blog series to understand the inner workings of the beautiful black box that is Apache Kafka. We’re diving headfirst into Kafka to see how we actually interact with the cluster through producers and consumers. Along the way, we explore the configurations that affect each step of this epic journey and the metrics that we can use to more effectively monitor the process.

Understanding Rate Limiting: Strategies and Solutions

With the advancement of technology and the interconnection of various online systems, the amount of data transferred through web servers is rapidly increasing. Web services provide mass access to data via an Application Programming Interface (API). However, the increased volume of queries also requires a certain level of protection against various intentional or unintentional abuses, including excessive request frequency.

What is EDI? The Basics of Electronic Data Interchange Explained

EDI stands for electronic data interchange, the automated process of exchanging business documents, such as purchase orders (PO) and invoices, between a company and its trading partners. EDI standards, like ANSI X12 and EDIFACT, ensure that these documents follow a consistent structure, streamlining communication and accelerating transactions.