Haider Raza

‼️✈️ I am flying today to attend Gartner Data & AI Summit in London. If anyone in my community is around let me know. I would love to brainstorm how you are building your journey towards decentralisation of data ownership and any cloud migration experiences, I am happy to share some bits on our experience at H&M Group. We can always talk about your perspective about Analytics Engineering! 🙌🏻 #data #gartner #oreilly

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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve successfully completed the Databricks Cloud Data Warehouse Migration Certification! 🎓✨ This certification has equipped me with the skills to seamlessly migrate data applications to Databricks, leveraging the power of the Lakehouse architecture to unify data, analytics, and AI workloads on a single platform. 🌐📊 Key learnings include: Migrating ETL jobs to Databricks with minimal refactoring. Replacing traditional data warehouses with a more efficient lakehouse. Unifying ML, data science, and analytics workloads for optimized performance. A big thank you to the Databricks team for providing such a comprehensive and insightful training program. #Databricks #DataWarehouseMigration #CloudComputing #DataScience #MachineLearning #AI #Certification #DataEngineering

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Interesting article.

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November 13 - AWS Generative AI and Data Day, Manchester. I am sharing the stage with Luke Dyer and Josh Tingey from Peak talking about simplifying and scaling data transformations, machine learning, and generative AI apps with #AmazonRedshift. If you are going, do join this session for some interesting insights on scaling your products on Amazon Redshift. If you have not registered yet, here is the link: https://lnkd.in/eZpKR3Rx

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Exciting new release from AWS. An important part in addition to the normal code quality and optimization practices is the following excerpt from the article. "With the Python and .NET managed runtimes, there are two types of SnapStart charges: the cost of caching a snapshot per function version that you publish with SnapStart enabled, and the cost of restoration each time a function instance is restored from a snapshot. So, delete unused function versions to reduce your SnapStart cache costs. To learn more, visit the AWS Lambda pricing page."

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Fractal Welcomes Janaki Akella as New Independent Director by Business Wire via AiThority ([Global] Oracle Advanced Analytics) URL: https://ift.tt/W8H3zUQ Fractal, a global provider of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics solutions to Fortune 500 companies, today announced the appointment of Janaki Akella as an independent director to its board of directors. Also Read: AiThority Interview with Seema Verma, EVP and GM, Oracle Health and Life Sciences Janaki currently serves as an Independent Director (Chair, Business Security and Resilience committee and audit committee) on the Board of Directors of Southern Company, a public Gas and Electric Utility company and as an Independent Director (Operational risk compliance and audit committees) on the Board of Directors of Sallie Mae, a company, offering private education l**** & education services. She previously held key executive roles at Google, McKinsey & Company, and Hewlett Packard. Her background includes digital transformation, strategy and operations, cloud and AI/ML based solutions and business security and sustainability. She has also been recognized as one of the Top 100 AAPI Board Members Making a Difference (Board Prospects). Her appointment underscores Fractal’s commitment to leveraging top-tier talent to drive innovation and growth. Janaki holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, an M.S. from Boston University, and a B.E. (Honors) from the College of Engineering, Guindy (India). “I am thrilled to join the board of Fractal at this critical point in time as it scales to help businesses implement AI and tap into AI’s full potential for value creation,” said Janaki Akella. “I look forward to collaborating with the entire board and management team to drive strategic initiatives and deliver long-term value to all stakeholders.” Also Read: AiThority Interview with Dounia Senawi, Chief Commercial Officer, Deloitte Consulting LLP “We are excited to have Janaki join our board,” said Srikanth Velamakanni, Co-founder and Group Chief Executive, Fractal. “Her experience in technology and strategy, and her presence in the Bay Area will help us tremendously in scaling Fractal and building the company for the long term.” Welcoming Janaki’s appointment, Pranay Agrawal, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Fractal said, “Janaki’s experience in digital transformation and her strategic insights will be instrumental as we continue to innovate in AI and analytics. Her leadership and vision align perfectly with Fractal’s commitment to driving innovation and delivering value to our clients globally.” [To share your insights with us as part of editorial or sponsored content, please write to [email protected]] The post Fractal Welcomes Janaki Akella as New Independent Director appeared first on AiThority. https://ift.tt/Q2m0sjT

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Exciting news from Microsoft Build! Fabric Real-Time Analytics is now 𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. Don't miss the world's first hands-on training in Copenhagen on June 13th with experts Paul Andrew and Devang Shah. Secure your spot now! 🎟️ #RealTimeIntelligence #DataPlatform #MicrosoftBuild

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https://lnkd.in/dvsT-Z53 - finally in Databricks you can safely provide AWS permissions (e.g. SNS topic publish - check my previous articles to learn how to publish directly from Spark) to shared compute clusters using service credentials (no more legacy instance profiles), terraform provider is still waiting for an update but you can already set this up with Unity Catalog UI and it works as expected :) many thanks Heeren Sharma for a great and quick support in this case :)

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The last year has seen me support a few partner queries in regards to Amazon Connect -https://lnkd.in/e6UaeuwJ to validate the knowledge gained. It was rewarding to do this learning path, I also gained some further insights which I can't wait to share. I really liked the customer experience and agent focus with regards to the use of cases https://lnkd.in/ewEyrjiY, attributes https://lnkd.in/evevsMe8 and customer profiles https://lnkd.in/e9xae5dB. What will you learn by doing this course?

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What do you do with ‘a glorious amount of unstructured data’? Find out how Google Cloud helps Rightmove deal with 10,000 property uploads per day in the latest #SparkSessions video https://lnkd.in/dgAduh4H Anne-Marie Lamb talks with Head of Technology Operations Andrew Tate about the tech that’s taking the company forward, and how that fits within Rightmove’s Go Greener initiative #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #property

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Next steps for building an AI governance framework.

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**New AI Assisted Safety Evaluations** A lot of this post covers existing or renamed features, but the new AI Assisted Safety Evaluations feature is new, and looks great. Some of this is similar to the PromptBench project that was released back in December, but which was in a very early state at the time. This new feature also adds some nice tooling to compare safety scores for two prompts side-by-side, as jailbreak tests evolve. These capabilities are going to become huge for building trust, since most black box protection features remain poorly adopted in an enforced mode. You need to be able to inspect behaviours before you can turn them over to Microsoft to let them control what can, and cannot be done. In any case, this is really good to see. Keen to get to work with it. https://lnkd.in/eQN5cw3H

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Organizations increasingly adopting open database standards require efficient migration tools, particularly for heterogeneous migrations. Database Migration Service (DMS) addresses this need by revolutionizing migrations from Oracle to AlloyDB for PostgreSQL. Utilizing AI, DMS accelerates migrations and enhances developer productivity through automated code conversion and explainability.

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With more and more open source LLM like #llama3 and others coming in future, OpenAI will have to reduce its price and come up with other ways to monetise the models or package the same with cloud infrastructure for ease to use. The game is real and many will take the pie from this war, one thing for sure Compute is the new GOLD now. #llm #genAI #Llama3

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Shares my thoughts about presenting at DATA​:Scotland last week. Since my experience leading up to and including DATA:Scotland was special this year. Includes a nice coincidence relating to Tabular Editor. #AzureDevOps #MicrosoftFabric #mvpbuzz

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🚀 Unleashing the Power of AI-Powered Analytics in Oracle Cloud Applications In today's fast-paced business landscape, leveraging data effectively is more crucial than ever. Let's explore how AI-powered analytics within Oracle Cloud Applications can transform data into actionable insights. 🔍 From enhancing decision-making to driving efficiency, discover the benefits that can elevate an organization's approach to data insights! Swipe through the carousel to learn more! 🌟

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