This article aims at foundational knowledge of Data Analytics. After reading this article, you will be able to explain what Data Analytics actually is, list the key tools and technologies within the data ecosystem, look at the different roles associated with the modern data ecosystem, and will have a conceptual understanding of the data analysis lifecycle. Modern Data Ecosystem A modern data ecosystem includes a whole network of interconnected, independent, and continually evolving entities. It includes data that has to be integrated from disparate sources, analyze to generate insights, and finally collaborate with the active stakeholders to present and act on the insights hence obtained. Let’s start with the data sources . Data is available in a variety of structured and unstructured datasets, residing in text, images, videos, user conversations, social media platforms, the Internet of things (IoT devices), real-time events that stream data, legacy databases, and data sourced from
Welcome back! So in our last blog, we went through some of the basics of an operating system. In this blog, we will be covering Networking Basics. Oh yes, let's jump right in! Introduction When most people think of the Internet, they think of a magical cloud that lets you access your favorite websites, shop online, and your seemingly endless stream of movies and web series. But in reality, there isn't any magic involved. There's no mysterious entity that grants us an online resource. The Internet is just an interconnection of computers around the world, like a giant spider web that brings all of us together. We call the interconnection of computers, a network. Computers in a network can talk to each other and send data to one another. You can create a simple network with just two computers. In fact, you might already have your own network at home connecting all of your home devices. Let's think on a bigger scale. What about the computers at your school o