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HDFS Snapshot Best Practices

The snapshots feature of the Apache Hadoop Distributed Filesystem (HDFS) enables you to capture point-in-time copies of the file system and protect your important data against corruption, user-, or application errors. This feature is available in all versions of Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop (CDH) and Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP).

Unlocking Cost Optimization: Insights from FinOps Camp Episode #1

With the dramatic increase in the volume, velocity, and variety of data analytics projects, understanding costs and optimizing expenditure is crucial for success. Data teams often face challenges in effectively managing costs, accurately attributing them, and finding ways to enhance cost efficiency.

What to look for in a decision intelligence tool

Picture it: You are the owner of a growing digital purveyor of premium baked goods. You see that your chocolate chip, macadamia nut cookies with a hint of coconut are going gangbusters whereas sales for peanut butter cookies are declining. This is bad for margins because the peanut butter cookies cost less to produce than the chocolate chip, macadamia nut, coconut cookies. You decide to offer a special coupon for your loyalty customers to grow the peanut butter cookie sales.

The Snowflake Healthcare & Life Sciences Data Cloud

Healthcare and life sciences organizations are under unprecedented pressure to adapt and respond to changing patient needs, regulations, and market conditions. Snowflake’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Data Cloud enables healthcare and life sciences organizations to securely leverage the full potential of data to help deliver exceptional patient and business outcomes and accelerate medical innovation, while ensuring the highest levels of data security, governance, and compliance.

17 Best Free Retail Datasets for Machine Learning

The retail industry has been shaped and fundamentally transformed by disruptive technologies in the past decade. From AI assisted customer service experiences to advanced robotics in operations, retailers are pursuing new technologies to address margin strains and rising customer expectations.