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Episode 7 | Data Lifecycle | 7 Challenges of Big Data Analytics

What is a data lifecycle? From birth to death, from source to destination, data seems to always be on a journey. If storage and compute were free or there were no laws like the “Right to be Forgotten” within policies such as “General Data Protection Regulation” or GDPR for short, organizations might never delete information. However, at scale data gets extremely expensive and customers do have liberties with regards to governance and sovereignty. Often it is the case that platforms have whole controls and procedures around the lifecycle of data. And in this episode, we will focus on the complexity of scale when it comes to the day in the life of data.

BigQuery object tables in a minute

Are you working with separate systems to analyze structured and unstructured data? Introducing BigQuery object tables, a new type of table in BigQuery that provides a structured record interface for unstructured data in Google Cloud Storage. Watch to see how object tables extend Google data cloud’s best practices of securing, sharing, and governing structured data to unstructured, without needing to learn or deploy new tools.

A Look Inside The Snowflake/Microsoft Partnership

How do two companies manage a relationship that is both competitive and supportive? Snowflake and Microsoft fall into that category. Take a peek behind the curtain of this unique partnership as “Data Cloud Now” host Ryan Green sits down with John Sapone of Snowflake and Tyler Bryson of Microsoft for an enlightening discussion.

How to Define, Measure, Analyze and Predict Customer Churn

It costs your business more to acquire a new customer than it does to retain an existing one. Analysis varies when it comes to just how much more, but it’s somewhere in the ballpark of 5X to 25X. As such, defining, measuring and analyzing customer churn – then predicting and proactively reducing it – can save your business money. A lot of money. Here’s how. The cost of acquiring a customer is up to 25 times more expensive than retaining one.

[Webinar] Reduce Flakiness in Native Mobile App Automation Using Katalon and Service Virtualization

Flaky tests hinder development, slow down progress, and cost a lot of money in the long run, especially in mobile native app automation. Watch our webinar to explore how you can eliminate test flakiness, with the key highlights.

Quality Assurance: Models, Stages & Processes

How can you be confident that your product is excellent, and what does Quality Assurance testing entail? Testing a software product for bugs, defects and general effectiveness saves you money and improves your software delivery reputation but what are the main models, stages and processes that are involved in the QA process? We answering it by taking a look at what goes into software testing and the various methods used by Quality Assurance professionals.

PyCharm vs. VS Code: A Detailed Comparison for Choosing the Best Python IDE

One of the most widely used programming languages in the world is Python. It is also considered to be incredibly easy to learn. It follows that it is not strange that many individuals start their programming careers with Python. Python is incredibly adaptable, user-friendly, and has a simple syntax. Its community has created several libraries and frameworks to support it. On the other hand, choosing an integrated development environment (IDE) or editor can be difficult for beginners.

Choosing the Right JavaScript Color Generator

The world would be a dull place without color, wouldn't it? It is often necessary to refer to specific colors when discussing many different topics. In terms of clothing, food, or the weather, it would be more appropriate. For say, ‘What a beautiful blue sea!’ A color input element is created by simply setting the type attribute to color. It's easy to add, and you can bind event listeners to make any changes to the webpage relying on the selected color.