Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

Originally developed by IBM, flat file databases have been around since the 1970s. Because these files store data in plain text format, most people use MS Excel to create them. It’s an easy-to-use system that allows for the quick sorting of results. This is because each line of plain text has just one record. Tabs, commas, or other delimiters separate multiple records. In this article, you’ll learn some tips for optimizing your flat file.

We’re delighted to announce the release of the Iguazio Data Science Platform version 3.0. Data Engineers and Data Scientists can now deploy their data pipelines and models to production faster than ever with features that break down silos between Data Scientists, Data Engineers and ML Engineers and give you more deployment options . The development experience has been improved, offering better visibility of the artifacts and greater freedom of choice to develop with your IDE of choice.

CDP is using Apache Ranger for data security management. If you wish to utilize Ranger to have a centralized security administration, HBase ACLs need to be migrated to policies. This can be done via the Ranger webUI, accessible from Cloudera Manager. But first, let’s take a quick overview of HBase method for access control.

Large-scale, sophisticated attacks like the SolarWinds cyber intrusion and the Microsoft Exchange Server hack are disturbing, to say the least. These are more than just bad headlines; they reflect fundamental, systemic problems with the security postures in most enterprises. One underreported issue is the continued adherence of organizations to principles that maintain strong perimeter controls to prevent things outside from coming in.

These are a new class of vendors like Gainsight and C3 who are building applications based on the idea data will drive a transaction, rather than transactions driving the data. The challenge for every enterprise software vendor is how to respond to this threat because it's going to be difficult. For big vendors, you're going to have vested interests internally who don't see this challenge coming or don't know how to respond to it. Some may even underestimate the threat of the change.

The power of the Internet and the World Wide Web is known to everyone. Within a few years after its inception, businesses started to take advantage of all the facilities in features. And within no time, e-commerce became prominent as a new way to do business. Nowadays, it is the dominant way any company or business can reach its customers across the globe with a website.

A new Python package from Fivetran and Astronomer enables connector management in Airflow.

Not sure what is the best way to track inbound calls? 30+ experts share how they approach call tracking and the metrics they care most about.

In this episode of Metrics & Chill, Ramli John of ProductLed shared how they took the opportunity to grow revenue via activation.

Continuous development is an umbrella term that includes many DevOps processes. For that reason, it is important to understand what is continuous development to help you ensure that each of your DevOps processes are efficient and effective. Read along or jump ahead to the section that interests you the most.