Where do you fall on the big data maturity curve? What does it take to implement a digital transformation? Looking for guidance on becoming a successful data-driven business based on real-world experience instead of opinion? In his new book, George Demarest presents the story of how organizations progress through four phases of digital transformation: Phase ...

Data is evolving So it’s not surprising that the worlds of business intelligence (BI), self-service data exploration, and analytics are also in their own state of metamorphosis. What happens when you pair these three disciplines with big data technology? The impact has proven to drive business transformation, both for business and IT. In their new ...

Microservices and Containers Legacy infrastructures simply cannot handle the workloads or power the applications that will drive business decisively forward in the years ahead. New infrastructure, new thinking and new approaches are in the offing, all driven by the mantra ‘transform or die.’ This book is meant for IT architects; developers and development managers; platform ...

Model Management in the Real World How do you get a machine learning system to deliver value from big data? Turns out that 90% of the effort required for success in machine learning is not the algorithm or the model or the learning – it’s the logistics. Ted Dunning and Ellen Friedman identify what matters ...

New Designs Using Apache Kafka and MapR Streams Life happens as a continuous flow of events (a stream). Ted Dunning and Ellen Friedman describe new designs for streaming data architecture that help you get real-time insights and greatly improve the efficiency of your organization. At the heart of an effective stream-based architecture is the right ...