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Using GeoJSON in BigQuery for geospatial analytics

The first step in most analytical workloads is to ingest the data that you need for your analysis into your data warehouse. For geospatial analysis involving point, line, or polygon data, ingesting data can be complex because geospatial data comes in myriad data formats. Two of the most popular geospatial formats are GeoJSON and GeoJSON-NL (newline-delimited geoJSON).

The Best E-Commerce Integrations

There are a wide variety of e-commerce software platforms out there—Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Ecwid, and more—each with its own e-commerce features and functionality. But beyond the question of the "best e-commerce platforms," how can you enhance these platforms with third-party integrations? As we all know, integrating your e-commerce store with other apps and services helps you run your business more efficiently and effectively.

How to Debug an Unresponsive Elasticsearch Cluster

Elasticsearch is an open-source search engine and analytics store used by a variety of applications from search in e-commerce stores, to internal log management tools using the ELK stack (short for “Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana”). As a distributed database, your data is partitioned into “shards” which are then allocated to one or more servers.

The government has a low-tech image problem. Low-code can fix it, Part 2

You can spend hours scrolling down the rabbit hole of government IT horror stories, which makes the recent launch of the federal website for ordering free COVID tests that much more remarkable. The website worked, and it was surprisingly easy to use. But that success belies decades of underinvestment in digital transformation that has stifled public sector innovation and hardened the government's low-tech image. For example.

From Bricks and Mortar to Taps and Swipes, Accelerated Disruption in Banking Is Set to Continue

In 2019, global venture capital investment in Fintech totaled at least $33.9 Billion. For years, the incumbent players had been warning the sector that when the next recession hit, or when fintech faced a “real” crisis, that the sector would, at worst, collapse, and, at best, see a whole bevy of fintech players disappear

Top 12 Most Challenging Operational Reports

Today’s business leaders face an uncertain economic landscape. In the aftermath of unprecedented business disruption in 2020, organizational decision-makers are turning their focus to new concerns. According to McKinsey research, supply chain disruption, inflation, and a growing labor shortage are now top concerns for the C-suite.