Scaling Your Skillset with Your Data - Jarrett Garcia
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Channel: Databricks · 2017 · Science & Technology
More data is being created than ever before and the rate at which it is being created is not slowing. This means that new techniques are being developed and used to tackle big data challenges. At Nielsen, big data means opportunities for new products like digital measurement, but also exposed a skills gap for dealing with big data. This session will cover Nielsen’s successful implementation of Spark and Databricks which has allowed Nielsen to scale its products and its Data Scientists’ skillsets. About: Databricks provides a unified data analytics platform, powered by Apache Spark™, that accelerates innovation by unifying data science, engineering and business. Read more here: https://databricks.com/product/unified-data-analytics-platform Connect with us: Website: https://databricks.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/databricksinc Twitter: https://twitter.com/databricks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/databricksinc/ Databricks is proud to announce that Gartner has named us a Leader in both the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems and the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms. Download the reports here. https://databricks.com/databricks-named-leader-by-gartner
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