The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented global economic landscape that is dominated by loose monetary policies, low borrowing costs and influx of capital in the equity markets. Against that backdrop, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity has surged since 2021 as companies are trying to take advantage of the current environment and adapt to the new business realities shaped by the global pandemic.

Data Science tools, algorithms, and practices are rapidly evolving to solve business problems on an unprecedented scale. This makes data science one of the most exciting fields to be in. As exciting as it is, practitioners face their fair share of challenges. There are well-known barriers that slow down predictive modeling or application development. Finding the right data and getting access to it are two of the top pain points we hear from our customers.

Data is the true currency of the digital age, and it plays an indispensable role in defining and accelerating the mission of Government agencies. Every level of government is awash in data (both structured and unstructured) that is perpetually in motion. It is constantly generated – and always growing in volume – by an ever-growing range of sources, from IoT sensors and other connected devices at the edge to web and social media to video and more.

With the launch of CDP Public Cloud 7.2.14, Cloudera Streams Messaging for Data Hub deployments has gotten some powerful new features! In this release, the Streams Messaging templates in Data Hub will come with Apache Kafka 2.8 and Cruise Control 2.5 providing new core features and fixes. KConnect has been added and gains additional capabilities with new connectors and Stateless Apache NiFi capabilities which can run NiFi Flows as connectors.

Whether the enterprise uses dozens or hundreds of data sources for multi-function analytics, all organizations can run into data governance issues. Bad data governance practices lead to data breaches, lawsuits, and regulatory fines — and no enterprise is immune.

Risk management is a highly dynamic discipline these days. Stress testing is a particular area that has become even more important throughout the pandemic. Stress tests conducted by authorities such as the Federal Reserve Bank in the US are designed to keenly monitor the financial stability of the banking sector, especially during economic downturns such as those brought on by the pandemic.

Apache Impala is used today by over 1,000 customers to power their analytics in on premise as well as cloud-based deployments. Large user communities of analysts and developers benefit from Impala’s fast query execution, helping them get their work done more effectively. For these users performance and concurrency are always top of mind.

In the latest installment of the EMEA Influential Women in Data webinar series, we welcomed Shirley Collie, Chief Health Analytics Actuary at Discovery Health to discuss everything from how the pandemic has impacted working, to the opportunities within data, and the importance of intentionality.