Web scraping is a great way to extract data from a large website to obtain specific research and comparative purposes. For example, you may want to view all the details for a line of products or find statistics on sports teams or hotel rates. While there is the option to scrape the web for data manually, it is time-consuming. If you're wondering how to build a web scraper and … [Read more...] about Building a Web Scraper with NodeJS
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How Web Scraping Helps Small Businesses Utilize Big Data
What are the names of all the people wearing purple shirts in Disney World's Magic Kingdom right now? Don't worry, I understand how ridiculous that question sounds. Even for anyone in the Magic Kingdom, the task is enormous. You would have to canvas the entire park for anyone wearing a purple shirt. Then, for each one, you have to ask their name and document it. And no matter … [Read more...] about How Web Scraping Helps Small Businesses Utilize Big Data
9th Edition Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting
This marcus evans conference shows banks how to move towards becoming data-centric by improving their risk data aggregation and risk reporting capabilities. Delegates will discover how to optimise their data architecture and transition away from legacy systems to support data lineage and the use of analytics and machine learning. The conference will also display case studies on … [Read more...] about 9th Edition Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting
Which Web Scraping Technique to Choose?
Data is the key business differentiator. Mining of data or scraping the web for data is pivotal to the success of any promotion or marketing campaign. Be it a lead generation activity, a price mapping project or a reputation management effort, data is the driving force. Start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike are vulnerable to the need for data to help take strategic business … [Read more...] about Which Web Scraping Technique to Choose?
How to Cope with Three of the Most Tedious Big Data Obstacles
Data processing is in itself a simple and straightforward process, but big data can be as intimidating as its name promises. From the second you start reading this sentence until the moment you reach the end of it, thanks, largely in part, to mobile solutions, cloud computing, and IoT, data has been produced in huge quantities. The data generated come in all shapes and … [Read more...] about How to Cope with Three of the Most Tedious Big Data Obstacles
