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Ben Richardson

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Ben Richardson is the director of Acuity Training, one of the UK’s leading providers of classroom-based Excel training.

Richard Conn

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Richard Conn is the Senior Director for Demand Generation at 8x8, a leading communication platform. Conn is an analytical and results-driven leader with a track record of achieving major ROI improvements in fast-paced, competitive B2B environments.

Doug Kersten

Chief Information Security Officer

Doug Kersten is the Chief Information Security Officer at Appfire. Kersten brings more than two decades of security leadership experience to this role, having led IT and security programs for some of the world’s top financial institutions and law firms.

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NAS and SAN – the N in both these palindromic acronyms stands for network. They’re closely related in that SAN i...

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Blockchain is already a driving force in finance, contract management, supply chain operations, and a host of other busi...

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Cryptocurrencies have introduced new forms of digital assets that operate on blockchain technology. Blockchains are dece...

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In machine learning, inductive bias refers to the assumptions or preconceptions that a model or algorithm makes about th...

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Many machine learning algorithms use provided by data scientists to learn the desired results. Whether it’s a supp...

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Business owners across the world were trained through experience how to identify risk to their operation. Whether a comp...

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Through most of the pandemic, tech talent held the upper hand and employees were demanding flexibility in three key area...

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Stream processing will not be replacing batch processing anytime soon. You should definitely consider using batch proces...

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The difference between big endian and little endian systems has to do with the order in which a sequence of bytes are st...

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Firewalls, in their most basic form, protect systems and network by limiting access to (and from) source and destination...

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As machine learning (ML) becomes more accessible and more businesses start to use it, there can be a lot of confusion ar...

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The typical answer when someone describes the difference between batch processing and stream processing is that batch da...

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On one hand, artificial intelligence can improve cybersecurity in many ways. On the other hand, it's a devastating t...

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The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into health care is revolutionizing the delivery of care. Right now, ho...

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Artificial Intelligence systems essentially involve two main ingredients: Code and Data. The code reflects AI model or a...

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How is AI technology going to affect the workplace in the near future? First things first – there's no such th...

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There are several ways IT pros and business professionals can show off their knowledge of machine learning (ML) basics i...

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Unstructured data can be very valuable to a business in many different kinds of scenarios. It can help organizations dis...

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When people use machine learning without investing enough time in planning, it’s no surprise that the results will...

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I think I look at this a little different than most. At the very minimum, you need mid-level Excel skills, curiosity, cr...

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