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Snowflake vs. BigQuery

When it comes to data warehouse projects, if the wrong technology is chosen, the project is often doomed to failure. However, when data warehouse project managers take the time to weigh the pros and cons of various data warehouse providers, they often achieve terrific results. In the long run, taking the time to find the right technology is often a wise investment, as a successful data warehouse project has the power to transform any business through keen data-driven insights.

Managing Costs for Spark on Databricks Webinar

Are you looking to optimize costs and resource usage for your Spark jobs on Databricks? Then this is the webinar for you. Overallocating resources, such as memory, is a common fault when setting up Spark jobs. And for Spark jobs running on Databricks, adding resources is a click away - but it’s an expensive click, so cost management is critical.

Building a product in 12 weeks - An oral history of Trust Assessor

Not to sound like Cosmo, but sometimes it seems like a project was meant to be. Talend Trust Assessor is one of those projects. In 2020, a creative plan to share Talend Trust Score™ with the world grew into a full-fledged product developed and released in record time. Stephanie Yanaga and Gray Hardell, the project’s instigators, had a shared vision: giving everyone a taste of the Trust Score with very little effort.

How Blackboard Pivoted Their Log Analytics Approach When the World Went Virtual

This week we released a new case study that describes how the world-leading education technology provider Blackboard empowered digital learning throughout COVID, and in particular, the role log analytics played. Committed to supporting learners throughout their lifelong journey, Blackboard Inc. serves higher education, K-12, business and government clients around the world with learning management systems (LMS) and other digital education products.

Custom Date Ranges Now Available with Google Sheets

We have been working hard this year on one of our most requested updates, custom date ranges across many of our most popular integrations. You can use custom date ranges (CDR) in Databox to track your performance over a specific time period by simply selecting a start and end date. We’re happy to announce another major update to one of our newest integrations, Google Sheets, and for those that haven’t hooked up Google Sheets with Databox yet, here’s a refresher on how it all works.