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What is Apache Kafka, and what can is be used for? Dive deep into what Apache Kafka is all about and learn how to create a Kafka cluster with three brokers.

November 17, 2017

by Siva Prasad Rao Janapati

· 62,977 Views · 22 Likes

Data Manipulation in R Using dplyr

Learn about the primary functions of the dplyr package and the power of this package to transform and manipulate your datasets with ease in R.

November 15, 2017

by Sibanjan Das

CORE

· 9,855 Views · 5 Likes

In-Memory Data Grid With Apache Ignite

Take a look at how to create an application that makes use of Apache Ignite, a new platform that is rapidly gaining popularity.

November 15, 2017

by Piotr Mińkowski

· 15,628 Views · 5 Likes

Connecting Message Queuing System With Mule ESB [Video]

In this series of videos, you'll learn how to connect various message queuing systems, like ActiveMQ and Kafka, with Mule ESB.

November 12, 2017

by Jitendra Bafna

CORE

· 8,615 Views · 3 Likes

Elevators: An IoT-Enabled Success Story

Settle in to hear the story of a Dutch company that transformed manual elevator logging into a digital industry standard and opened the door for predictive maintenance.

Updated November 9, 2017

by Danielle Goodman

· 8,847 Views · 2 Likes

IoT Glossary: 55 Terms You Need to Know

Beacons, communications protocols, edge gateways, integrators and more, if you develop IoT solutions, here are the essential phrases for your hobby or career.

November 9, 2017

by Mike Gates

· 20,305 Views · 4 Likes

NGINX and IoT: Adding Protocol Awareness for MQTT

Buckle up for a 30-minute talk about the current state of IoT data and a demo that tackles MQTT, TLS, load balancing, session persistence, and plenty more.

Updated November 8, 2017

by Liam Crilly

· 15,778 Views · 4 Likes

Feature Hashing for Scalable Machine Learning

Feature hashing is a valuable tool in the data scientist's arsenal. Learn how to use it as a fast, efficient, flexible technique for feature extraction that can scale to sparse, high-dimensional data.

November 8, 2017

by Nick Pentreath

· 18,111 Views · 3 Likes

InfluxDB vs. Elasticsearch for Time Series Analysis

InfluxDB was designed for time series data, and Elasticsearch wasn't. However, many people use Elasticsearch for this purpose. Is one database better than the other?

October 30, 2017

by Daniel Berman

· 19,686 Views · 2 Likes

Aggregate and Index Data into Elasticsearch Using Logstash and JDBC

Some of the shortcomings of Elasticsearch can be overcome using some Logstash plugins. Check out how to use them to aggregate and index data into Elasticsearch.

October 27, 2017

by Mohamed Sanaulla

· 24,209 Views · 2 Likes

Import and Ingest Data Into HDFS Using Kafka in StreamSets

Learn about reading data from different data sources such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and flat files, and writing the data into HDFS using Kafka in StreamSets.

October 26, 2017

by Rathnadevi Manivannan

· 23,547 Views · 5 Likes

Why Smart City Amsterdam Is the Home of Innovation

While the rest of the world embraces smart city technology in fits and starts, here is where Amsterdam shines with open data and citizen-led startup initiatives.

October 25, 2017

by Cate Lawrence

CORE

· 10,806 Views · 4 Likes

Credit Scoring: Analytics and Scorecard Development

By: Natasha Mashanovich, Senior Data Scientist at World Programming, UK Scorecard development describes how to turn data into a scorecard model, assuming tha...

October 25, 2017

by Natasha Mashanovich

· 21,834 Views · 3 Likes

How Neo4j Is Making Graph Technology More Accessible

In today's news: Neo4j is announcing Cypher for Apache Spark and the Neo4j Native Graph Platform. Come learn about it all, according to Neo4j's Head of Product Marketing.

October 24, 2017

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 5,352 Views · 2 Likes

Changing Attitudes and Approaches Towards Privacy, AI, and IoT

Big data, IoT, and AI have all contributed to the widespread use of personal info. The privacy debate is at a crossroads where the public, authorities, and companies must decide in which direction the industry will turn.

October 20, 2017

by Ira Pasternak

· 8,957 Views · 6 Likes

How Big Is a Terabyte of Data?

A terabyte is enormous in size. It’s difficult to put this into perspective, so let's try to understand it from two points of view: spatially and based on time.

October 19, 2017

by Buxing Jiang

· 11,373 Views · 3 Likes

Join Semantics in Kafka Streams

Kafka Streams is a client library used for building applications and microservices. Learn about the three major types of joins that it offers.

October 18, 2017

by Himani Arora

· 32,583 Views · 8 Likes

TensorFlow for Real-World Applications

TensorFlow and deep learning are things that corporations must now embrace. The coming flood of audio, video, and image data and their applications are key to success.

October 17, 2017

by Tim Spann

CORE

· 32,005 Views · 10 Likes

Data Visualization Using Apache Zeppelin

Apache Zeppelin — an open-source data analytics and visualization platform — helps us analyze the data to gain insight and to improve and enhance business decisions.

October 17, 2017

by Kunal Nagar

· 32,146 Views · 2 Likes

51 Database Terms You Need to Know

Some of the biggest terms that you need to know when it comes to databases.

October 17, 2017

by Sarah Davis

· 47,831 Views · 28 Likes

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