Formed in 2016, Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) is the world’s largest publicly quoted sports betting and gaming company, bringing “excitement to life” for five million customers worldwide. The merger of Paddy Power and Betfair in 2016 created an additional data challenge for an already highly data-driven organization. The merged company had to bring together 70TB of data, from dozens of sources, into an integrated platform.
Recently I found myself in a predicament that many of you can relate to, trying to update an aging application that has become too difficult to manage and too costly to continue operating. As we started to talk about what to do, we concluded it was time to start decomposing that application into smaller more manageable pieces.
Bugfender 2.0 is Live: Over the past year we’ve been hard at work developing Bugfender 2.0, and we’re proud to announce it’s now live. To get started, simply log into your Bugfender account!
Companies don’t gain business value just by gathering lots of data. They don’t even necessarily gain value from analyzing the data. The true keys to success are choosing the right data to focus on, knowing what to do with it, and determining the best ways to apply analytics to solve business problems or address market opportunities.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerged as a hot topic in 2017. Although scientists have been working on the technology and heralding its numerous anticipated benefits for more than four decades, it’s only in the past few years that society’s AI dreams have come to fruition.
Here at Keboola, we take pride in working closely with partners and customers ensuring that each project is a success.
Where is AI going and how we can work with it in the future of BI?
API (application programming interface) designers and developers generally understand the importance of adhering to design principles while implementing an interface. No one wants to design or implement a bad API! Even so, it’s sometimes tempting to look for shortcuts to reach those aggressive sprint timelines, get to the finish line, and deploy an API. These shortcuts may pose a serious risk — unsecured APIs.
Today, we announced our new membership in the OpenAPI Initiative, an open source collaborative governance organization led by the Linux Foundation, which focuses on standardizing how web APIs are defined and utilized to drive industry adoption, interoperability and best practices.
