Published June 2022 Data engineering is the field dedicated to building data infrastructure to ingest, process, and store large amounts of data. This is a quickly growing field, with both the number of jobs in data engineering and the number of tools on the market steadily increasing. Despite the popularity of data engineering as a … Continue reading Data Engineering Study
What is a Virtual CIO?
Published June 2022 Virtual CIOs provide the leadership and expertise to build, grow, and maintain reliable data architecture. They are often hired by midsized companies that are looking for a trusted authority to drive data architecture and the supporting team. Virtual CIOs are also referred to as vCIOs, fractional CIOs, part-time CIOs, and CIOs for … Continue reading What is a Virtual CIO?
What is OpenSearch?
Updated May 2022 OpenSearch is an open source search and analytics software. It’s a community led project with Amazon Web Services (AWS) leading the development. It was first created as a fork from Elasticsearch 7.10.2 and Kibana 7.10.2 in 2021. The OpenSearch search engine is simply referred to as OpenSearch, and the dashboard tool is … Continue reading What is OpenSearch?
How to fix the MEMBER_ID Error in Kafka
Updated May 2022 If you found this post it’s likely because you got the Kafka member_id error. Let’s first cover why the error popped up and then go through two ways to resolve the error. Reason for the Kafka Member ID Error When a new consumer joins a group it enters with the member.id set … Continue reading How to fix the MEMBER_ID Error in Kafka
Elasticsearch Basics: What it is, Licensing, Languages, and Getting Help
Updated November 2021 Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine. It is built on top of Apache Lucene. Elasticsearch was first released in 2010 by the company now known as Elastic. It was originally completely open source, but recent license changes have limited its usage. More on that below. Elasticsearch is part of a … Continue reading Elasticsearch Basics: What it is, Licensing, Languages, and Getting Help
4 Approaches to Data Backup
We outlined the four primary ways for backing up data and their benefits and drawbacks to help you decide on which approach best meets your company’s needs.
Dashboards for Data-Driven Decision Making: As Easy as Driving Your Car
When we are driving, we are routinely making data-driven decisions using the gauges on our dashboard to guide us. Data-driven decision making should be just as easy when it comes to business.
3 Business Questions to Guide Data Collection, Storage, and Insights
With this guide, you will be able to define the business and technical requirements for your data platform, making the implementation process efficient and successful.
Open Source Tools for Data Architecture, Business Analytics, and Operational Intelligence: Tech’s Little Free Library
When designing a custom data architecture, business analytics, or operational intelligence platform for a client, four benefits of open source tools make them undoubtedly a better option in the vast majority of cases.
Improving Your Company’s Relationship With Data: Centralized Reporting for Data-Driven Decision Making
The implementation of a data handling platform, whether it is a centralized reporting system, Business Analytics, Operational Intelligence, or single point of truth for your company, will improve the way you make data-driven decisions.