Need to create a simple Amazon S3 image processing pipeline to batch edit images? Now that Algorithmia supports Amazon S3 integration, heres a quick way to automatically create thumbnails with custom dimensions. In this demo, well use SmartThumbnail, a microservice that uses face detection to perfectly crop every photo to the same size without awkwardly cropped heads or … [Read more...] about How to Create an Amazon S3 Image Processing Pipeline in Python
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What is the Secret Behind the Panama Papers?
The latest buzz about Panama Papers has shaken the world. As we all know, the Panama Papers is a set of 2.6 TB of data that includes 11.5 million confidential documents with detailed information about more than 214,000 offshore companies listed by the Panamanian corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca. The Panama Papers has set an excellent example for the world about the … [Read more...] about What is the Secret Behind the Panama Papers?
How Hadoop Has Truly Revolutionised IT
This is the story of how the amazing Hadoop ecosphere revolutionised IT. If you enjoy it then consider joining The Big Data Contrarians. Before the advent of Hadoop and its ecosphere, the IT was a desperate wasteland of failed opportunities, archaic technology and broken promises. In the dark Cambrian days of bits, mercury delay lines and ferrite core, we knew nothing about … [Read more...] about How Hadoop Has Truly Revolutionised IT
Big Data startup Spiderbook Enables Social Selling
Company Spiderbook Address 465 10th St Suite 201 San Francisco, CA 94103 United States of America Founders Aman Naimat & Alan Fletcher Founded February 2013 Funding $ 850k Employees 7 Website www.Spiderbook.com/ Rating 6 bits Spiderbook is a platform to help grow your sales by providing insights in the different relationships that exist between all … [Read more...] about Big Data startup Spiderbook Enables Social Selling
How Tech Trends Are Going To Affect Big Data Significantly
The amount of data that can be processed within a certain timeframe depends on the technology that is used. With the amount of data being created growing exponentially, the required technology is changing as well. This will have a significant effect on how Big Data will be processed, stored and analysed within your organisation. Robin Bloor, PhD, Chief Analyst and Co-founder … [Read more...] about How Tech Trends Are Going To Affect Big Data Significantly
