Self-Service Analytics Webinar
I recently hosted a Self-Service Analytics Webinar for Capax Global.
This is not a typical take on Self-Service analytics that you might have seen before. I think I have a unique take on the topic. I don't go into a lot of technical implementation HOW-TOs, but I do cover a lot of best practices.
The webinar specifically addresses:
- why data projects traditionally have failed
- how we can fix the process by using more modern approaches (NOT scrum/agile/kanban either)
- what are the anti-patterns to failure and simple patterns that drive to success faster
- how to ingest (ETL,ELT) data faster using more modern approaches
- how to use data lake thinking to solve the T problem of ETL
These are topics I've been dealing with for years. I'm currently writing FOSS software to address many of these issues so I hope to dive deeper into that tooling soon.
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I'll be presenting So You Want to Be a Data Scientist at Philly.NET's September Meeting at Microsoft's Malvern office.
Does R seem like an alien language to you? Does data science terminology seem overly confusing? Would you like to learn more about data science but are scared of the math? Fact is, you’re probably doing “data science” today. You don’t need to know a lot of R or python to be an effective data scientist. We’ll cover important terminology and use cases and then dive-in by exploring data with tools you are already using. We’ll deploy a modern data science workstation in just 10 minutes. Finally, we’ll put it all together and create a predictive web service using Azure Machine Learning.
Presenter
Dave Wentzel is a Data Solution Architect for Microsoft. He works with customers integrating structured and unstructured data, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
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I'll be presenting Practical DevOps Using Azure DevTest Labs at Philly.NET's October Code Camp at Microsoft's Malvern office.
Azure DevTest Labs is a great way to solve common development environment challenges. Self-service deployment can be done quickly AND cost-effectively. By using templates, artifacts, and “formulas” you can deploy the latest version of your application, whether Windows or Linux. This is great for development, testing, training, demos, and even lightweight DR environments. We’ll show you how to get started with DevTest Labs regardless of whether you use Visual Studio.
Presenter
Dave Wentzel is a Data Solution Architect for Microsoft. He works with customers integrating structured and unstructured data, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
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I'll be presenting So You Want to Be a Data Scientist at Philly.NET's September Meeting at Microsoft's Malvern office.
Does R seem like an alien language to you? Does data science terminology seem overly confusing? Would you like to learn more about data science but are scared of the math? Fact is, you’re probably doing “data science” today. You don’t need to know a lot of R or python to be an effective data scientist. We’ll cover important terminology and use cases and then dive-in by exploring data with tools you are already using. We’ll deploy a modern data science workstation in just 10 minutes. Finally, we’ll put it all together and create a predictive web service using Azure Machine Learning.
Presenter
Dave Wentzel is a Data Solution Architect for Microsoft. He works with customers integrating structured and unstructured data, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
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I'll be presenting So You Want to be a Data Scientist at Bucks Country Brewery for the Doylestown Data Analytics and Business Intelligence MeetUp Group.
So You Want to Be a Data Scientist?
Does R seem like an alien language to you? Does data science terminology seem overly confusing? Would you like to learn more about data science but are scared of the math? Fact is, you’re probably doing “data science” today. You don’t need to know a lot of R or python to be an effective data scientist. We’ll cover important terminology and use cases and then dive-in by exploring data with tools you are already using. We’ll deploy a modern data science workstation in just 10 minutes. Finally, we’ll put it all together and create a predictive web service using Azure Machine Learning.
Presenter
Dave is CTO/Data Architect of Capax Global, a premier Microsoft consulting partner. Dave is responsible for setting the strategy and defining service offerings and capabilities for the data platform and Azure practice at Capax. Dave also works directly with clients to help them with their Big Data journey. Dave is a frequent blogger and speaker on big data and data science topics.
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I'll be presenting So You Want to Be a Data Scientist at Philly.NET's September Meeting at Microsoft's Malvern office.
Does R seem like an alien language to you? Does data science terminology seem overly confusing? Would you like to learn more about data science but are scared of the math? Fact is, you’re probably doing “data science” today. You don’t need to know a lot of R or python to be an effective data scientist. We’ll cover important terminology and use cases and then dive-in by exploring data with tools you are already using. We’ll deploy a modern data science workstation in just 10 minutes. Finally, we’ll put it all together and create a predictive web service using Azure Machine Learning.
Presenter
Dave Wentzel is a Data Solution Architect for Microsoft. He works with customers integrating structured and unstructured data, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
You have just read "So You Want to Be a Data Scientist?" on davewentzel.com. If you found this useful please feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed.
Presentation Download
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I'll be presenting Practical DevOps Using Azure DevTest Labs at Philly.NET's October Code Camp at Microsoft's Malvern office.
Azure DevTest Labs is a great way to solve common development environment challenges. Self-service deployment can be done quickly AND cost-effectively. By using templates, artifacts, and “formulas” you can deploy the latest version of your application, whether Windows or Linux. This is great for development, testing, training, demos, and even lightweight DR environments. We’ll show you how to get started with DevTest Labs regardless of whether you use Visual Studio.
Presenter
Dave Wentzel is a Data Solution Architect for Microsoft. He works with customers integrating structured and unstructured data, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
You have just read "Practical DevOps Using Azure DevTest Labs" on davewentzel.com. If you found this useful please feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed.
Presentation Download
(check back for an updated link to the presentation materials)
I'll be presenting So You Want to Be a Data Scientist at Philly.NET's September Meeting at Microsoft's Malvern office.
Does R seem like an alien language to you? Does data science terminology seem overly confusing? Would you like to learn more about data science but are scared of the math? Fact is, you’re probably doing “data science” today. You don’t need to know a lot of R or python to be an effective data scientist. We’ll cover important terminology and use cases and then dive-in by exploring data with tools you are already using. We’ll deploy a modern data science workstation in just 10 minutes. Finally, we’ll put it all together and create a predictive web service using Azure Machine Learning.
Presenter
Dave Wentzel is a Data Solution Architect for Microsoft. He works with customers integrating structured and unstructured data, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
You have just read "So You Want to Be a Data Scientist?" on davewentzel.com. If you found this useful please feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed.
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