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Public or On-Prem? Telco giants are optimizing the network with the Hybrid Cloud

The telecommunications industry continues to develop hybrid data architectures to support data workload virtualization and cloud migration. However, while the promise of the cloud remains essential—not just for data workloads but also for network virtualisation and B2B offerings—the sheer volume and scale of data in the industry require careful management of the “journey to the cloud.”

Using Kafka Connect Securely in the Cloudera Data Platform

In this post I will demonstrate how Kafka Connect is integrated in the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), allowing users to manage and monitor their connectors in Streams Messaging Manager while also touching on security features such as role-based access control and sensitive information handling. If you are a developer moving data in or out of Kafka, an administrator, or a security expert this post is for you. But before I introduce the nitty-gritty first let’s start with the basics.

Fortune favors the prepared, Talend CEO keynote at Talend Connect '22

Pandemics, wars, the Great Resignation...doing business has become more complicated than ever. The No. 1 thing companies say they need to survive is to become data driven. It’s a great goal, but what does that really look like in action? Our opening keynote answers that question and more by outlining the three things you MUST have for your business to become truly, sustainably data driven. You’ll also get insights about how companies are making the change today from analyst and "CIO In the Know" host Tim Crawford, as well as Talend customers like eBay and financial services provider Harmoney.

Writing an eBPF/XDP load-balancer in Rust

In today’s cloud ecosystem the demands for high functioning and high performance observability, security and networking functionality for applications and their network traffic are as high as ever. Historically a great deal of this kind of functionality has been implemented in userspace, but the ability to program these kinds of things directly into the operating system can be very beneficial to performance.

G2 Ranks Kong in Top 5 API Management Tools

Users continue to give Kong top rankings in the Fall 2022 G2 reports, landing Kong in the leader quadrant in the API Management Tools G2 Grid and the Top 5 Easiest to Use API Management Tools. There are plenty of reasons why Kong is king when it comes to API management. But don’t just take our word for it! See what some of our users have to say.

Improve Code in Your Ruby Application with RubyCritic

RubyCritic provides visual reports highlighting code smells, code structure, ease of testing, and test coverage in your Ruby application. It's in active development, with new code analysis tools often being introduced as new features. It's well worth keeping track of RubyCritic's releases. This article will touch on some of RubyCritic's benefits, its dependencies, and how to read its code reports. Let's get going!

Ep 60: The Modern Milkman's CSO, John Hughes on Using Data to Save Our Oceans from Plastic

Each year, around 8 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean, killing wildlife and damaging the enviroment for future generations. Much of this pollution originates from the wasteful packaging used for everyday grocery products. But a greener grocery alternative is making waves from across the pond. Joining us today is John Hughes, Chief Strategy Officer at The Modern Milkman, a UK-based grocery delivery company that brings locally sourced goods directly to customers without any single-use plastics.

Breaking down marketing data silos with BigQuery

Welcome back to the Marketing Analytics Series! In this video, Kelci will demonstrate how to ingest and query marketing data with BigQuery. From an augmented understanding of your data to leveraging BigQuery’s public datasets, discover how you too can break down marketing data silos with BigQuery.

The hidden cost of skipping usability testing

After working in UX for many years across several companies, I can confidently say this: usability testing is always a fragile issue. Companies expect their product to be exceptional and deliver value to their customers but believe that user experience testing is a time/cost sink. I’ve heard the claim (countless times) that user experience testing limits and prevents dev teams from pushing new products and features.

Diving Deep Into a Data Lake

A Data Lake is used to refer to a massive amount of data stored in a structured, unstructured, semi-structured, or raw form. The purpose is just to consolidate data into one destination and make it usable for data science and analytics algorithms. This data is used for observational, computational, and scientific purposes. The database has made it easier for AI models to gather data from various resources and implement a flawless system that can make informed decisions.