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How can Hadoop Help a Data Scientist in Predictive Analysis?

Big Data Analytics has obtained a new height with Hadoop. This open source big data processing platform helps in capturing, storing, and processing the massive volumes of unstructured data. The real-time data has gained enormous credibility with its revolutionary contribution in business. Hadoop predictive analytics is today’s real-time recommendation to reduce cost and market analysis for better performance. Want to get one level up in your Hadoop career? Here is the list of Best Hadoop Certifications in 2018. Choose one and get certified now! Hadoop predictive analytics is the advanced analytics method that provides better insights on the customer, potential risks, product portfolio […]

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An Introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Amazon Web Services / By Pavan Gumaste

New in the era of Cloud Computing? Let’s have a quick Introduction to Cloud Computing! AWS is the name in the cloud market, that doesn’t need any introduction. It has gained a pace for providing a broad range of cloud computing services. So, the question is – What is AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the fastest-growing cloud technology provided by Amazon. AWS provides on-demand cloud computing services on a pay-as-you-go basis. With the increasing importance of AWS cloud, AWS online courses & certifications are becoming more popular. If you are one who is aspiring to build a successful career

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101 Big Data Terms You Should Know

Big Data / By Aditi Malhotra

With the huge amount of data that is generated every day, it becomes important to understand the complexity of Big Data. If you are planning to enter in the Big Data planet, you should be familiar with the Big Data terms. These terms will help you dive deep into the world of big data. So, let’s start with the term Big Data itself – An accurate definition of “Big Data” is quite hard to clinch as business professionals, projects, practitioners, and vendors take it in a different way. So, generally speaking, big data is: large/big data sets (large dataset refers

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AWS SAA-C03 Exam Preparation: Amazon EC2 Study Notes

Amazon Web Services / By Pavan Gumaste

Are you preparing for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate [SAA-C03] exam? In this AWS SAA-C03 Exam Preparation Series, we are going to cover AWS CSAA exam topics that will help you to get prepared for the exam. First in this series is, AWS EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), and we have brought study notes for you. These EC2 study notes will help you to prepare and revise the topic during your AWS SAA-C03 exam preparation. Let’s start with some general points about EC2. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) An Amazon EC2 instance is a virtual server that exists in Amazon’s Elastic Compute

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NoSQL vs. SQL – How NoSQL is Better for Big Data Applications?

Big Data / By Aditi Malhotra

Data has become an ever-expanding array of information. It is collected as user information, geographic location data, sensor-generated data, social media feed, and in many other forms. This massive set of unstructured data which is commonly known as big data has now become the backbone of analysis for many mission-critical applications. When it comes to the question of storing such huge data, there are two ways to do it – either in relational databases or in a mapping way. For the first way, SQL is the best fit, whereas for the second one NoSQL is the answer. In other words,

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Learn Apache Spark: A Comprehensive Guide

Big Data / By Aditi Malhotra

This is the comprehensive guide that will help you learn Apache Spark. Starting from the introduction, I’ll show you everything you want to know about Apache Spark. Sounds good? Let’s dive right in.. What is Apache Spark? Why there is a buzz all around about this technology? Why is it important to learn Apache Spark? This definite guide will help you to get the answer to all of these questions. 2011, Yes! It was the year when I first heard of the term “Apache Spark”. It was the time when I developed an interest in learning Scala; it is the

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Is PMP Exam Totally Changed After PMBOK 6 [Latest Edition]??

Project Management / By Pavan Gumaste

Finally, the updated version of PMP exam based on PMBOK 6 is released on March 26th, 2018! Yes, this new version of Project Management Professional (PMP) exam is based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge 6th edition (PMBOK 6). Worth mention, there is no overlap between the old version and new version of the exam. You will not be able to make an attempt for the PMP exam based on PMBOK 5th edition after March 26th, 2018, 12:01 AM. So, all the candidates who are now planning to become certified PMPs will enroll for the PMBOK 6 based PMP

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Top 3 Big Data Programming Languages

Big Data / By Aditi Malhotra

What are the most popular and useful big data programming languages? Maybe, it is the most pertaining question for any aspiring big data programmer to begin with big data languages. Not to mention, there are many big data programming languages for data science on the list. Before we give our opinion on the best programming language for Big Data, it is good to know about the market survey a little bit. Recommended Reading: A Complete List of Big Data Blogs Top 3 Big Data Programming Languages As per the data science community KD Nugget’s yearly poll on “What programming/statistics, languages are

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Preparation Guide for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Released February 2018)

News & Updates / By Pavan Gumaste

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Exam (Released February 2018) is the updated version of AWS Certified Solution Architect- Associate. The original exam was launched four years ago and will remain available only for the six months after the releasing of the updated version, until 12th August 2018. The updated version is designed for those candidates who accomplish a role of solution architect and also, have the necessary skills to demonstrate the knowledge of designing AWS distributed system. SAA-CO3 exam demonstrates an examinee’s ability of: Validating the knowledge of deploying and architecting robust and secure applications built on AWS platform.

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