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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

If the relationship of $X$ to $Y$ can be approximated as quadratic (or any polynomial), the objective and constraints as linear in $Y$, then there is a way to express the optimization as a quadratically constrained quadratic program (QCQP). Crucially, it takes into account the uncertainty inherent in our experiments.

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AWS growth slows further by persistent macroeconomic uncertainty

CIO Business Intelligence

billion in Q4 2022, this growth rate is slower compared to the 27.5% As expected, these optimization efforts continued into the fourth quarter,” Olsavsky added. Despite a 20% year-on-year increase in revenue, reaching $21.4 and 33% growth seen in Q3 and Q2 respectively.

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Leadership in 2022: Focus on Empathy

Cloudera

Empathy stands out as a core skill that must be alive and nurtured within our teams if we are to achieve our desired outcomes in 2022 and beyond. The post Leadership in 2022: Focus on Empathy appeared first on Cloudera Blog. I admire and appreciate the confluence of making people’s lives better with technology.

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IT budget shock: Global IT services firms continue to struggle

CIO Business Intelligence

The global IT services industry is at a significant crossroads, with the explosive growth of generative AI and deepening economic uncertainties reshaping its future. Although there are efforts to boost industries such as semiconductors, there is much uncertainty about when the impact may be seen.

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IBM to acquire Octo to boost its US government business

CIO Business Intelligence

This opens up opportunities for digital transformation service providers such as IBM to help US federal agencies leverage emerging technologies and applications to optimize costs and operational efficiencies while improving security, IBM said. billion for the quarter ended September 2022, an increase of 14% year-on-year.

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Macroeconomic jitters further slow AWS growth in Q3

CIO Business Intelligence

Macroeconomic conditions led by the pandemic and the geopolitical crisis in Ukraine have further slowed down growth of Amazon’s cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), in the third quarter of 2022. But we’ll continue to look for ways to optimize our operations to use less energy,” the CFO said during the earnings call.

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Real-time Data, Machine Learning, and Results: The Evidence Mounts

CIO Business Intelligence

In The State of the Data Race 2022 report, two-thirds (66%) of respondents at organizations that made a strategic commitment to leveraging real-time data said developer productivity had improved. But the urgency and the upside of modernizing and optimizing the data architecture keeps coming into sharper focus.