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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 8

Domino Data Lab

Cloud gets introduced: Amazon AWS launched in public beta in 2006. Mobile gets introduced: the term “ CrackBerry ” becomes a thing in 2006, followed by the launch of the iPhone the following year. Now the picture starts getting more cluttered. Edge caches become crucial for managing data on its way from web servers to mobile devices.

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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Taking measurements at parameter settings further from control parameter settings leads to a lower variance estimate of the slope of the line relating the metric to the parameter.

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What’s the Difference: Quantitative vs Qualitative Data

Alation

From product development to customer satisfaction, nearly every aspect of a business uses data and analytics to measure success and define strategies. Measures of central tendency. Analytics: Analyze data to understand how people interact with products and/or services. Currency amounts, which are frequently stored as decimal.

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Public cloud vs. private cloud vs. hybrid cloud: What’s the difference?

IBM Big Data Hub

Internet companies like Amazon led the charge with the introduction of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2002, which offered businesses cloud-based storage and computing services, and the launch of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) in 2006, which allowed users to rent virtual computers to run their own applications.

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Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business

Occam's Razor

Try, test, measure, be rich. You are a small sized business and these four simple key performance indicators will literally rock your world as soon as you start measuring them. Tip: If you've hired the right analytics talent/consultant to help you, they'll be measuring these fabulous four. Where is it? Bounce Rate.

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