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Organizations Grapple with Skyrocketing Cloud Costs, Anodot Survey Finds

The pandemic upended business for many or at the very least cast a grim shade of uncertainty, so, as many took to working from home, they also were commissioned with cutting waste. Among the biggest sources of misspend in 2020 – cloud services. And remote work may have actually spurred the problem, as organizations migrate more applications to the cloud to support these workers.

PII Substitution: 4 Ways to Protect Your Sensitive Data

News of the latest massive data breach is always in the headlines. How can you avoid being next on the list? In order to function, businesses of all sizes and industries need to collect personally identifiable information (PII) about their employees and customers—but they also need to take proactive steps to keep this information secure and defend against PII breaches. PII substitution is an effective tactic to shield your sensitive and confidential data from prying eyes.

Recruiting and Building the Data Science Team at Etsy

In this episode of Data+AI Battlescars (formerly CDO Battlescars), Sandeep Uttamchandani talks to Chu-Cheng, CDO at Etsy. This episode focuses on Chu-Cheng’s battlescars related to recruiting and building a data science team. Chu-Cheng leads the global data organization at Etsy. He’s responsible for data science, AI innovation, machine learning and data infrastructure. Prior to Etsy, Chu-Cheng has led various data roles, including at Amazon, Intuit, Rakuten and eBay.

Accelerating AI-based search in the cloud with ThoughtSpot for Snowpark

We’re all familiar with how Google Search revolutionized information processing for consumers. The ingenious combination of AI with a new way to organize content on the web created a user-friendly experience that forever changed how the world finds relevant information on the internet.

Asking Developers to Do QA Is Broken. Here's Why We Built a Product to Let Anyone Own QA.

Many software companies have no formal quality assurance strategy, and those that do take one of two inherently flawed approaches: Either they (a) ask developers to do QA or (b) delegate QA to a siloed team, whether it’s internal or outsourced. Having been in the QA space for a decade, we’ve learned that both approaches are deeply flawed.

Automated Deployment of CDP Private Cloud Clusters

At Cloudera, we have long believed that automation is key to delivering secure, ready-to-use, and well-configured platforms. Hence, we were pleased to announce the public release of Ansible-based automation to deploy CDP Private Cloud Base. By automating cluster deployment this way, you reduce the risk of misconfiguration, promote consistent deployments across multiple clusters in your environment, and help to deliver business value more quickly.

Interview with AI Ethicist, Alice Thwaite

For our latest expert interview on our blog, we’ve welcomed Alice Thwaite to share her thoughts on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) as well as the reasons behind founding technology ethics company Hattusia. Alice Thwaite is an AI ethics philosopher and ethicist who specialises in creating democratic information environments.