Last week, I got into a discussion on Forecasting with a friend. He works with operational data flowing from server farms and in his line of work, he is interested in use-cases that go beyond the standard use-cases like load forecasting, what-if scenario analysis for failures to more nuanced (yet critical from an SLA point... Continue Reading →

Those of us who have spent enough years in Data and Analytics know that this industry, more than most in tech, is rife with jargon and ever so often, the irresistible urge to spin some new buzzword (to some, this is how the industry continues to maintain the hype and they wouldn’t be wrong. But... Continue Reading →

In one of the many corners of the internet, there was a lot of excitement about the discovery of a new black hole (Sagittarius A*). For anyone remotely interested in Astronomy and scientific research in general (like me), this was a pretty big event – after all, this is only the 2nd time that scientists... Continue Reading →

‘Supply Chains were always complex and difficult to manage. The pandemic has pushed global supply chains to a breaking point’ – is what one of my first managers used to say, when presented with an underwhelming insight, ‘a blinding glimpse of the obvious’. And in management speak, ‘complexity’ is popular these days with the term... Continue Reading →

My friend is trying to improve his basketball game and he finds himself at the basketball court in his neighborhood just about every day. He has set himself a target of practicing free throws until he gets 5 shots in a row. Anytime the streak is broken, his counter starts all over again and he... Continue Reading →