by Ian J. Ghent | May 2, 2024 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Python
I recently attended a fantastic conference on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery put on by DRI Canada. The keynote speaker, Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon was phenomenal. He founded the Cascade Institute, which studies crisis and the factors leading up to them. One key...
by Ian J. Ghent | Nov 23, 2022 | Apache Spark Cafe
At WiseWithData, our engineers have developed the most sophisticated automation on the planet to transpile code from one language to another. Weighing in at over 500,000 lines, SPROCKET is simultaneously a marvel of simplicity, elegance and complexity. Complexity,...
by Andrea Bacqué | Oct 16, 2020 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Customer Experience, Python, SAS, Solutions
If your organization’s made a decison to move to the Cloud, chances are you are considering one of the top Cloud Service Providers. You should know they all run Apache Spark for its lightning-fast cluster computing and incomparable data processing performance...
by Andrea Bacqué | Sep 25, 2020 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Customer Experience, Java, Python, R, SAS, Scala, Solutions
I have the privilege of exchanging with Chief Data Officers around the world. I’m noting a consistent trend emerge with their data science modernization efforts. Getting rid of legacy is a bigger challenge than most anticipated. CDO’s all know that to...
by Ian J. Ghent | Sep 11, 2020 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Python, SAS
At WiseWithData, we believe we can be and help support agents of positive change in our communities and around the world. We see Open Source Software (OSS) as a truly shining example of the power of global communities coming together to solve common challenges. Thanks...
