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DataKitchen.io's Chris Bergh takes us down the path towards successful DataOps implementation. If you have not heard of the DataOps concept yet and data is a big part of your environment (and really, it should be) we're sure you will find more than a couple takeaways here!   Christopher Bergh (@ChrisBergh) CEO & Head Chef, DataKitchen       The DataOps Cookbook DataOps is NOT Just DevOps for Data Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

The biggest news is of course the launch of our Patreon! Hop over to https://www.patreon.com/roaringelephant and see if you want to help us thrive and grow! On the technical front, we have a Blog on Machine Learning Model Management, Apache turning 20 and Google breeding aggressive A.I.! And we also have a side-conversation on NginX... Apache Software Foundation Continues to Grow Open Source Software https://www.eweek.com/development/the-apache-software-foundation-continues-to-grow-open-source-software Frameworks for Machine Learning Model Management https://www.inovex.de/blog/machine-learning-model-management/ Google's AI Has Learned to Become "Highly Aggressive" in Stressful Situations https://www.sciencealert.com/google-deep-mind-has-learned-to-become-highly-aggressive-in-stressful-situations Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

DataKitchen.io's Chris Bergh takes us down the path towards successful DataOps implementation. If you have not heard of the DataOps concept yet and data is a big part of your environment (and really, it should be) we're sure you will find more than a couple takeaways here!   Christopher Bergh (@ChrisBergh) CEO & Head Chef, DataKitchen     The DataOps Cookbook DataOps is NOT Just DevOps for Data Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Breaking with tradition, this News Episode does not have any Big data related articles. Instead, this episode is all about our plans for the future of this podcast...   Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

DataLeaks and the resulting attack on our privacy have been a major news item in the recent months. Big data tools like Apache Metron, built on top of Hadoop can be instrumental in detecting and preventing intrusions. In this episode, we are joined by Saad Ayad who was General Manager Security Operations at Telstra and currently is a Director at Digital Fortress Services in Melbourne Australia. Saad has been active in the cybersecurity world for a long time and we are grateful he was willing to spend some time with us and share his knowledge and experience. [Digital Fortress Services - Cybersecurity] Saad Ayad (@saadayad_) Cyber Security, Big Data Analytics & Operations     http://www.digitalfortress.services @DigFortServ   Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

A special edition of Big Data News featuring a number of quick interviews at the booths in the community expo hall. A big thank you to the brave people there that were willing to face the Roving Roaring Mike at the Barcelona Dataworks summit a couple, of weeks ago. 03:04 Attunity    https://www.attunity.com/   07:41 Cloudera Fast Forward Labs https://www.cloudera.com/products/fast-forward-labs-research.html    11:09 DataVard https://www.datavard.com   17:19 Cazena https://www.cazena.com/   22:39 Syncsort https://www.syncsort.com   26:22 Accenture https://www.accenture.com   30:44 Unravel Data https://unraveldata.com Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

DataLeaks and the resulting attack on our privacy have been a major news item in the recent months. Big data tools like Apache Metron, built on top of Hadoop can be instrumental in detecting and preventing intrusions. In this episode, we are joined by Saad Ayad who was General Manager Security Operations at Telstra and currently is a Director at Digital Fortress Services in Melbourne Australia. Saad has been active in the cybersecurity world for a long time and we are grateful he was willing to spend some time with us and share his knowledge and experience. [Digital Fortress Services - Cybersecurity] Saad Ayad (@saadayad_) Cyber Security, Big Data Analytics & Operations     http://www.digitalfortress.services @DigFortServ   Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Dataworks Summit 2019 Barcelona has come and gone... Recording live from my hotel room, we give our view on the highs and lows of the event and talk about the things we learned. This episode also include a short interview with John Mertic from the Linux Foundation who talked to us about Data Governance and ODPi Egeria. John Mertic Director of Program Management for ODPi, R Consortium, and Open Mainframe Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmertic/ Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

With the Dataworks summit in Barcelona comming up next week, we take a look at the agenda with the available sessions and take you through our best picks and honorable mentions. Session statistics dashboards: Dataworks Summit 2019 in Barcelona: https://aka.ms/DWS2019BA   Dataworks Summit 2018 Berlin: https://aka.ms/DWS2018 Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In this episode of Bite Sized Big Data news, we cover the merging of Data Artisans and Alibaba forming the new Ververica entity, AI related challenges and a BBC cook book for visualizations in R. Dave had some issues recording his side, our apologies for the rather bad quality of Dave's audio track on this episode. Data Artisans, who was recently purchased by Alibaba, have renamed to Ververica. https://www.ververica.com/blog/introducing-our-new-name https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-32%3A+Restructure+flink-table+for+future+contributions The challenges to tackle before you start with AI http://www.ronaldvanloon.com/the-challenges-to-tackle-before-you-start-with-ai/ Create data visualisations like BBC news with the BBC R Cook Book https://medium.com/bbc-visual-and-data-journalism/how-the-bbc-visual-and-data-journalism-team-works-with-graphics-in-r-ed0b35693535 Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to

In this episode we have interviews with Niels Basjes and Aljoscha Krettek, respectively track chairs for Big Compute & Storage and Internet of Things. We talk with them about what being a track lead means, the sessions in their tracks and of course about what they are doing themselves with Big Data and Advanced Analytics. Niels Basjes Lead IT-Architect Scalable Solutions at Bol.com     Bol.com Techlabs: https://techlab.bol.com/  https://techlab.bol.com/author/nbasjes/ Bol.com on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bol.com+berlinbuzzwords Bol.com is looking for you! https://careers.bol.com/   Aljoscha Krettek Co-Founder, Software Engineer at Data Artisans     Data Artisans / Ververica Blogs: https://www.ververica.com/blog Join a world-class team at Ververica: https://www.ververica.com/careers   Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to c

In this Deep learning heavy edition of Big Data News, we have articles about how to get into the Data Scientist life, how and where to get the skills and how you eventually may end up beating pro-gamers at their thing. [powerpress The DataWorks Summit Barcelona is coming up soon and we have a free entry ticket to raffle off to a lucky Big Data Winner! Send an email to DWS19BARCELONA at roaringelephant.org to enter the raffle! What’s Driving Data Science Hiring in 2019 https://www.datanami.com/2019/01/30/whats-driving-data-science-hiring-in-2019/ Practical Deep Learning for Coders 2019 https://www.fast.ai/2019/01/24/course-v3/ https://course.fast.ai/ Deep Learning vs Classical Machine Learning https://towardsdatascience.com/deep-learning-vs-classical-machine-learning-9a42c6d48aa Top Machine Learning Algorithms for Predictions. A Short Overview. https://www.aisoma.de/top-machine-learning-algorithms-for-predictions-a-short-overview/ An AI crushed two human pros

We recently sat down with Kuba and Pavel from H2O to discuss how you can easily lift your Spark notebooks to the next level by adding some H20 to it using their open source Sparkling Water project. In this second part of the interview, we go deeper into the technical details of Sparking Water and how you can deploy and use it in your environment. We end the conversation with a look at the roadmap and anything else the future may bring. Jakub "Kuba" Hava Senior Software Engineer at H2O.ai     Pavel Pscheidl Machine learning engineer at H2O.ai, Software engineer, Writer   Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

The second news episode for 2019 is almost entirely devoted to practical AI with some tutorial notebooks and finding a parking space. We end this show with dire warnings of the impending Big Data induced Apocalypse! Practical AI Workshop https://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2019/01/notebooks-from-the-practical-ai-workshop.html Snagging Parking Spaces with Mask R-CNN and Python https://medium.com/@ageitgey/snagging-parking-spaces-with-mask-r-cnn-and-python-955f2231c400 Head of Russian Orthodox Church Warns Big Data Will Usher in the Antichrist https://gizmodo.com/head-of-russian-orthodox-church-warns-big-data-will-ush-1831598967   Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

We recently sat down with Kuba and Pavel from H2O to discuss how you can easily lift your Spark notebooks to the next level by adding some H20 to it using their open source Sparkling Water project. In this first part of the interview, we cover the conceptual principles behind Sparkling water and discuss some existing use case implementations. Jakub "Kuba" Hava Senior Software Engineer at H2O.ai     Pavel Pscheidl Machine learning engineer at H2O.ai, Software engineer, Writer   H2O World San Fransisco Find out more at the upcoming H2O World conference in San Fransisco on February 4-5, 2019   Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

The Hortonworks -Cloudera merger has been finalized and the new CDP (Cloudera Data Platform) has been announced. We also talk about data mining bias, the good and bad of Hackathons and end on a rant about data sizes. Cloudera Unveils CDP, Talks Up ‘Enterprise Data Cloud’ https://www.datanami.com/2019/01/10/cloudera-unveils-cdp-talks-up-enterprise-data-cloud/?_lrsc=718d30ff-51ed-40c5-bba9-750a82009aaf Cloudera and Hortonworks' merger closes; quo vadis Big Data? https://www.zdnet.com/article/cloudera-and-hortonworks-merger-closes-quo-vadis-big-data/ Welcome to a brand-new Cloudera https://hortonworks.com/blog/welcome-brand-new-cloudera/ The Exaggerated Promise of So-Called Unbiased Data Mining https://www.wired.com/story/the-exaggerated-promise-of-data-mining/ On Hackathons : Lessons Learned, Experience, Advice https://www.knoyd.com/blog/2019/1/10/on-hackathons-lessons-learned-experience-advice Big Insights Not Big Data: Why We Should Stop Talking About File Size

In episode 121 we discussed the first part of this story and now we conclude with a discussion of the data life-cycle considerations that apply to a Big Data and Advanced Analytics environment. The primary inspiration for this episode: The Big Data Lifecycle explained https://www.pinkelephantasia.com/big-data-lifecycle/ Additional Inspiration: 7 phases of a data life cycle https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/blog/7-phases-of-a-data-life-cycle/ Thinking Beyond Traditional Data Life Cycle Management https://hortonworks.com/article/thinking-beyond-traditional-data-life-cycle-management/ Understanding the Big Data Life-Cycle https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four-keys-big-data-life-cycle-kurt-cagle/   Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In this first Big Data News episode of 2019, we cover how A.I. will nudge you to a happier (work)life, the new Hive Data Warehouse connector. We end the episode with unstable artificial intelligence and how you can make a chance on a one million Euro prize! Can an AI keep you happy at work? Ex-Google team reveal software that 'nudges' workers with messages throughout the day https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6545051/The-AI-happy-work-Ex-Google-team-reveal-software-nudges-workers.html https://humu.com/ Apache Hive Warehouse Connector Use-Cases https://hortonworks.com/blog/hive-warehouse-connector-use-cases/ https://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP3/HDP-3.0.0/integrating-hive/content/hive_hivewarehouseconnector_for_handling_apache_spark_data.html http://www.russellspitzer.com/2017/05/19/Spark-Sql-Thriftserver/ In January, the EU starts running Bug Bounties on Free and Open Source Software https://juliareda.eu/2018/12/eu-fossa-bug-bounties/ AI has a probab

Does the standard Dev-Test-Prod cycle make sense in a Big Data environment or should you approach this subject a little differently? In this episode, we sum up our experiences and best practice tips regarding the infrastructure part and Data Lifecycle  will be features in the next topic episode. Planning on attending the Melbourne @DataWorksSummit? Send email to DWS18APAC@roaringelephant.org for a free ticket to the Melbourne event in February! Big thanks to @DataWorksSummit & @hortonworks for sponsoring this giveaway!   Dataworks Summit Barcelona is also rapidly approaching. You can find my dynamic sessions statistics dashboard here: https://aka.ms/DWS2019BA Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Merry Big Data News Christmas! Since it's the 25th of December, we're investigating how Big Data is changing the operations at the North Pole using a couple of blog posts from Splunk. Christmas 2020. Will big data and IOT change things for Father Christmas? Part I https://www.splunk.com/blog/2014/12/17/christmas-2020-part1.html   Christmas 2020. Will big data and IOT change things for Father Christmas? Part II https://www.splunk.com/blog/2014/12/18/christmas-2020-part2.html Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.