We all know we are at the peak of the hype cycle for…wait for it – Blockchain! We are also already aware of some of the benefits of blockchain - but can blockchain be applicable to traditional data management? Though real-world blockchain implementations in the enterprise are minimal so far, I do believe there is a ton of potential to solve some of the problems that businesses face.

Memory profiling in PHP has traditionally been hard. Most memory profilers compare the memory or peak memory before and after a function call to find out how much memory usage increased or decreased. This can be achieved by calling the equivalent of memory_get_usage() and memory_get_peak_usage() functions from within the profiling extension.

We have just rolled out an improvement to the Time Explorer, the low precision (15 minutes) chart that is rendered in the Dashboard and Application view with performance data for the complete retention period of your plan. It is now shown directly below the the head navigation now and stays there when navigating through to snapshots or transaction details screen. Additionally it now includes the service and environment switchers that have been part of the main application graph before.

Kubernetes provides the ability to easily deploy and run containerized applications in cloud, on-premise, or hybrid environments. Kubernetes has gained a lot of attention recently and it has become a platform for innovation in containerized applications. One technology which has probably helped Kubernetes grow a lot is Helm, which provides the means to package, install, and manage Kubernetes applications.

Few industries have been revolutionized by big data as much as healthcare. In this episode, we talked about: Gene mapping, Creating new drugs, Real-time health data, Organ donation

A View from the Big Data & Analytics Retail Summit.

Have you ever thought about what the best charts are for visualizing distributions?

Our cadence for analyzing our performance, setting goals, developing plans and monitoring our progress.

With increasing needs for data analytics and ever more stringent laws concerning data security and privacy (looking at you, GDPR), data governance has become a business imperative for any data-driven company. Master Data Management (MDM) is an essential part of any data governance strategy, it is commonly defined as the comprehensive method used to consistently define and manage the critical data of an organization to provide a single point of reference.

Big updates to the Goals feature allow you to better identify trends, view company goal history, set progressive goals, and more.