Data warehousing
When algorithms don’t play fair
In this week's Computer Weekly, we report on the auditing of algorithms to countervail bias. We examine what CISOs can learn from Covid-19. And we assess how competent AI is at building applications that deliver the best possible customer experience, in our buyer's guide to modern software development. Read the issue now.
News : Data warehousing
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November 19, 2020
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Why databases are key to Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales
With each order split into multiple database transactions, ensuring the scalability and elasticity of database systems was key to the success of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales
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November 01, 2020
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How Snowflake is charting its growth in APAC
The cloud data warehouse supplier set foot in Asia-Pacific just three years ago and has started to gain traction among large enterprises in Singapore, India and Southeast Asia
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September 29, 2020
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Over two million Brits using open banking
Data shows more than two million people in the UK are now taking control of their financial data through open banking
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September 22, 2020
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Patch grows data capabilities with Snowflake
A Snowflake data warehouse pulls in data from various SaaS systems to provide master data for management reports for horticulture retailer Patch
In Depth : Data warehousing
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Evaluating data warehouse platform options and your need for one
There's still a place for data warehouses in data architectures. But first, ask whether your organization needs one and what type of technology platform is the best fit. Continue Reading
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Get ready for CCPA: Implications for UK businesses
The California Consumer Privacy Act, a wide-ranging data privacy and consumer protection law, comes into effect on 1 January 2020. How does CCPA differ from the EU GDPR regulations and what are the responsibilities for UK businesses operating in the US? Continue Reading
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Data modeling techniques to overcome common business challenges
In this interview, author and data modeling instructor Steve Hoberman discusses techniques for dealing with challenges that may arise in the data modeling process. Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Data warehousing
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How automation can help create value, the 5th ‘v’ of data
This is a guest blogpost by Neil Barton, CTO, WhereScape For CDOs, defining the data and analytics strategy for their organization is increasingly the most important aspect of their job, with 86% ... Continue Reading
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Trainline shaking up rail travel beyond making trains run on time
Trainline's data scientists are applying the latest technologies to vast data sets to make train journey ticket prices easier to navigate Continue Reading
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The data warehouse – why it’s time to stop writing its obituary and modernise your approach
This is a guest blogpost by Dave Wells, practice director, data management at Eckerson Group. If there’s one thing the IT industry is exceptionally good at it, it’s proclaiming the death of a ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Data warehousing
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How Schrems II will impact data sharing between the UK and the US
At the end of this year, the UK will no longer be subject to the EU’s treaties, opening the way for it and the US to finalise a new trade relationship. Could the UK leave EU data protection standards behind? Continue Reading
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Facebook’s high-stakes privacy gamble goes to Dublin court
A high-wire gamble with billions in compensation at stake for European internet users – part of a complex case between Facebook and the Irish information commissioner – hides challenge to the unlawfulness of US state internet surveillance Continue Reading
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Max Schrems’s mass surveillance complaint knocked back another year or two by Irish judge
Irish data protection commissioner Helen Dixon has neatly avoided having to deal with the US surveillance of Facebook users in Europe by referring a complaint by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems to the European Court of Justice Continue Reading
Videos : Data warehousing
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Video interview: Tibco's analytics chief on the role of BI automation
Brian Gentile, general manager for Tibco's analytics business, believes BI needs self service combined with agent technology
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UKTech50 Video: Driving your business through analytics – Staples
In this video Dave Ubachs, European CIO of Staples discusses the opportunities around big data and analytics, how can the CIO can drive value. He outlines why data visualisation and analytics are great opportunities for IT to move up the value chain, and how smart IT people can become data scientists and why are they are uniquely equipped to do so.
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Imhoff: Data warehouse architecture must go beyond the traditional
In a video interview, consultant Claudia Imhoff discusses the increasing need to augment data warehouses with technologies such as Hadoop and real-time analytics systems.