Improve Your Data Analytics with Google Cloud Platform Big Data Tools

June 27, 2018 Brian Eiler Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

A longtime leader in data analytics, Google continues to earn their position by continually improving their data analytics offerings. Now, with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), you can capture, process, store, and analyze your data in one place, allowing you to change your focus from infrastructure to analytics that informs business decisions. However, you can also use GCP Big Data tools in combination with other cloud-native and open-source solutions to meet your needs. Below is an overview of GCP Big Data Tools and how you might utilize them to improve analytics.

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Google Cloud Platform Security: A Data Fortress

June 26, 2018 Brian Eiler Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Google takes security to a whole new level thanks to their years of experience as one of the most popular targets on the internet for would-be hackers and denial of service bots. This led Google to build a sophisticated security infrastructure the likes of which few companies or organizations can claim. Google approaches security holistically and involves everything from the physical data centers, to the data pipelines between them, down to the training of each employee that is responsible for managing the infrastructure.

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Five Surprising Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Microsoft Azure

June 4, 2018 Tracy Wallace Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Moving capabilities to a cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure is pretty straightforward. However, given the depth and breadth of service offerings provided by Azure, it’s easy to miss the product’s less obvious capabilities. If you’re implementing a Microsoft Azure cloud platform, you’ll want to consider these five services to save time, money, and your sanity.

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How to Optimize Costs with AWS

May 15, 2018 Rich Morrow Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Weighing in at over 100 services, AWS is a powerful toolkit that can cure many of the ills (scale, agility, cost reductions) your company may be experiencing. But like any tool, responsible usage is key. It’s easy for cost to become an issue when services are used indiscriminately and without oversight.

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Technology is Changing IT Roles. Are You Keeping Up or Falling Behind?

May 7, 2018 Ed Tittel Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Constant change and turnover in tools, technologies and skillsets is a given in the modern world of information technology. IT roles and responsibilities continue evolving in response to the digital transformation that’s ongoing in most organizations. Small, medium-sized, or large organizations must cope with change as they seek to survive—and hopefully, thrive—in this ever-shifting landscape.

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