In 2020, Gartner identified Composability as a key factor to be resilient and agile in an uncertain and rapidly changing environment. Fast forward to 2022 and as most companies are bracing down an economic slowdown, it is becoming important for CIOs and IT leaders to accelerate the adoption of technologies that help business functions to:... Continue Reading →
#71 Dealing with Uncertainty: Vast and fast data
You would have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the nervous uncertainty that has gripped the world today. And inevitably, this uncertainty has spilled over into the business world. Companies, big and small, are increasingly nervous about making bets into the future and even more so, trying their best not to... Continue Reading →
#70: Time as a fundamental feature
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 →
#69: Small and wide data
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 →
#68 Scale makes all the difference ..
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 →