Cloudera Blog

What’s new in CDP Private Cloud Base 7.1.6? (Thu, 15 Apr 2021)
According to IDG, when customers consider updating to the latest release of a product, they expect new features, enhanced security, and better performance, but increasingly want a more streamlined upgrade process.  With each new release of CDP Private Cloud, this is exactly what we strive to deliver.  Along with a host of new features and […] The post What’s new in CDP Private Cloud Base 7.1.6? appeared first on Cloudera Blog.
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No Data Loss and No Service Interruption – HDF to CFM Rolling Migration (Wed, 14 Apr 2021)
The blog “Migrating Apache NiFi Flows from HDF to CFM with Zero Downtime” detailed how many common NiFi dataflows can be easily migrated when the Hortonworks DataFlow and Cloudera Flow Management clusters are running side-by-side. But what if you lack the resources to run multiple NiFi clusters concurrently?  Not a problem. Rolling migration — decommissioning […] The post No Data Loss and No Service Interruption – HDF to CFM Rolling Migration appeared first on Cloudera Blog.
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Databricks

How (Not) to Tune Your Model with Hyperopt (Thu, 15 Apr 2021)
Hyperopt is a powerful tool for tuning ML models with Apache Spark. Read on to learn how to define and execute (and debug) the tuning optimally! So, you want to build a model. You’ve solved the harder problems of accessing data, cleaning it and selecting features. Now, you just need to fit a model, and... The post How (Not) to Tune Your Model with Hyperopt appeared first on Databricks.
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7 Reasons to Learn PyTorch on Databricks (Wed, 14 Apr 2021)
What expedites the process of learning new concepts, languages or systems? When learning a new task, do you look for analogs from skills you already possess? Across all learning endeavors, three favorable characteristics stand out: familiarity, clarity and simplicity. Familiarity eases the transition because of a recognizable link between the old and new ways of... The post 7 Reasons to Learn PyTorch on Databricks appeared first on Databricks.
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AWS Big Data Blog

Estimate Amazon EC2 Spot Instance cost savings with AWS Glue DataBrew, AWS Glue, and Amazon QuickSight (Wed, 14 Apr 2021)
AWS provides many ways to optimize your workloads and save on costs. For example, services like AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Trusted Advisor provide cost savings recommendations to help you optimize your AWS environments. However, you may also want to estimate cost savings when comparing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot to On-Demand Instances. […]
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Bill.com uses Amazon QuickSight to enable users with secure and governed enterprise BI (Tue, 13 Apr 2021)
Bill.com is a leading provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates back-office financial processes for small and mid-size businesses. Bill.com helps businesses streamline their financial workflow, generate and process invoices, stream approvals, send and receive payments, sync with their accounting systems, and manage their cash. It connects businesses from all industries, ranging from […]
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