Hadoop Summit is an industry-leading Hadoop community event for business leaders and technology experts (such as architects, data scientists and Hadoop developers) to learn about the technologies and business drivers transforming data. PwC is helping organizations unlock their data possibilities to make data-driven decisions.
TMT Outlook 2017: A new wave of advances offer opportunities and challengesDeloitte United States
Important trends continue to shape the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) industry. What developments should you anticipate in 2017? https://subscriptions.deloitte.com/default.aspx?eventid=1323075
The Fourth Annual Global Mobility Study [hyperlink] by L.E.K. Consulting, Vision Mobility and CuriosityCX highlights that there is a much greater uptake of ride-hailing and other new mobility options in India and China than in mature western economies. With relatively low levels of car ownership and less developed public transport systems in these Asian countries, new mobility use is now comparable with and set to overtake traditional transport for a segment of the population.
On June 21st, PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) released its annual Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2017 report. PwC’s HRI anticipates a 6.5% growth rate for 2017—the same as was projected for 2016. The report identifies the key inflators and deflators as well as historical context to better understand the medical cost trend for 2017. Increases in the trend due to utilization of convenient care access points and an uptick in behavioral healthcare benefits for employees are being offset by more aggressive strategies by pharmacy benefit
Right Cloud Mindset: Survey Results Hospitality | Accentureaccenture
Looking two years ahead: Functional objectives along with technology related challenges and top five areas of investment for hospitality companies. Learn more: https://accntu.re/3uB9LL1
Is your energy investment strategy built on the best evidence?
As the energy sector transforms, capital and investment plans must adapt too. Is it time to review your strategies in light of global utilities investment trends? Our latest Power transactions and trends report offers insight and evidence into the major themes and emerging trends driving global power and utilities M&A. Updated quarterly, the report delivers deep insights into each major region.
Shaping the Sustainable Organization | Accentureaccenture
Accenture helps companies unlock the business and environmental value of organizational sustainability by strengthening their sustainability DNA. Read more.
When, Where & How AI Will Boost Federal Workforce Productivityaccenture
Accenture developed an economic model to understand how AI will impact the U.S. federal workforce, through automation and augmentation. Learn more: https://accntu.re/3hsRG8O
TMT Outlook 2017: A new wave of advances offer opportunities and challengesDeloitte United States
Important trends continue to shape the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) industry. What developments should you anticipate in 2017? https://subscriptions.deloitte.com/default.aspx?eventid=1323075
The Fourth Annual Global Mobility Study [hyperlink] by L.E.K. Consulting, Vision Mobility and CuriosityCX highlights that there is a much greater uptake of ride-hailing and other new mobility options in India and China than in mature western economies. With relatively low levels of car ownership and less developed public transport systems in these Asian countries, new mobility use is now comparable with and set to overtake traditional transport for a segment of the population.
On June 21st, PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) released its annual Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2017 report. PwC’s HRI anticipates a 6.5% growth rate for 2017—the same as was projected for 2016. The report identifies the key inflators and deflators as well as historical context to better understand the medical cost trend for 2017. Increases in the trend due to utilization of convenient care access points and an uptick in behavioral healthcare benefits for employees are being offset by more aggressive strategies by pharmacy benefit
Right Cloud Mindset: Survey Results Hospitality | Accentureaccenture
Looking two years ahead: Functional objectives along with technology related challenges and top five areas of investment for hospitality companies. Learn more: https://accntu.re/3uB9LL1
Is your energy investment strategy built on the best evidence?
As the energy sector transforms, capital and investment plans must adapt too. Is it time to review your strategies in light of global utilities investment trends? Our latest Power transactions and trends report offers insight and evidence into the major themes and emerging trends driving global power and utilities M&A. Updated quarterly, the report delivers deep insights into each major region.
Shaping the Sustainable Organization | Accentureaccenture
Accenture helps companies unlock the business and environmental value of organizational sustainability by strengthening their sustainability DNA. Read more.
When, Where & How AI Will Boost Federal Workforce Productivityaccenture
Accenture developed an economic model to understand how AI will impact the U.S. federal workforce, through automation and augmentation. Learn more: https://accntu.re/3hsRG8O
Since last year ended on such a strong note, many of us were optimistic about the prospects for Q1. Though not as strong as the fourth quarter of 2014, the first quarter of 2015 kicked off on a positive note, with 23 technology companies raising US$6.1billion* in proceeds from their IPOs. That’s the second highest first quarter proceeds in the past five years and impressive given the increased US market volatility and consistent with the high pre-IPO valuations we’ve seen recently. Granted, if you look at the year over year comparison, offerings were down 12% and proceeds declined 11%. And sequentially, the number of technology IPOs declined 32% while proceeds fell by 19%. Still, it’s a promising start for 2015. Learn more at www.pwc.com/globaltechipo
*Deal size greater than US$40 million
MAPS2018 Keynote address on EY report: Life Sciences 4.0 – Securing value thr...EY
Summary: This keynote address presented by Pamela Spence, EY Global Life Sciences Leader (pspence2@uk.ey.com) at MAPS 2018 – the annual meeting for Medical Affairs Professional Society – discusses our latest life sciences report and the industry demands for a customer-focused, data driven approach to health care. We describe the accelerating pace of change as technological advances and the escalating expectations of payers, physicians and patient consumers are combining to disrupt the life sciences business model. Data and algorithms that maximize health outcomes based on individual needs and preferences are becoming the ultimate health care consumable. To create value now and in a future that we call Life Sciences 4.0, life sciences companies must build – or participate in – interoperable information systems that collect, combine and share data. For more on our report, Progressions 2018 – Life Sciences 4.0, please go to www.ey.com/progressions
Joining Forces: Interagency Collaboration and "Smart Power"Booz Allen Hamilton
Has U.S. defense, diplomacy and development adopted a “smart power” approach? In this follow-up to a 2010 report, the Government Business Council (GBC) evaluates progress towards increased interagency collaboration and how budget pressures may change foreign policy. Moderator is GBC's Associate Director of Research Erin Dian Dumbacher and Speakers include Booz Allen senior associate's Cheryl Steele and Jonathan Allen. Download the full report here: http://www.govexec.com/gbc/report/smart_power_2011/
Learn more about Smart Power: http://www.boozallen.com/smartpower
Summary: Even in a time of high biopharma valuations, adopting an activist mentality adds rigor to capital allocation and strategic decision-making, improving not just returns to shareholders but long-term value creation. Therefore, biopharma management teams and boards of directors should proactively assess the “fitness” of their capital allocation strategies and their alignment with operational performance goals by taking an outsider’s view of the business even when times are good — and before a material stumble provides a compelling reason for an outsider to act. For more on this topic, go to http://www.ey.com/GL/en/Industries/Life-Sciences/EY-vital-signs-how-fit-is-your-capital-allocation-strategy.
China Exit or Co-Investment Opportunities for German PE InvestorsL.E.K. Consulting
L.E.K.'s Karin von Kienlin recently presented at BVK on a study conducted by L.E.K. Munich and Shanghai. They wished to:
- Understand developments in Chinese equity investments in both the domestic China / pan-Asian market and cross-border investments between China and Germany / Europe
- Identify trends in likely future investment behavior and its drivers
- Defining success factors both for Chinese and German investors / corporates as to how to benefit from the potential opportunities of cross-border investments and cooperation
Learn more in the presentation here.
The Diversity Imperative: 14th Annual Australian Chief Executive StudyPwC's Strategy&
This report provides insight into the 2013 Australian Chief Executive Study findings, compares the results to the global market and identifies trends. Our analysis looks at trends relating to performance and tenure; reasons for CEO turnover; and the number of insider appointments versus outsider appointments.
EY Price Point: global oil and gas market outlook, Q2 | April 2022EY
The theme for this quarter is rearrangement. The loss, or potential loss, of Russian oil and gas supplies is forcing producers, refiners and traders to rethink the flow of crude oil and refined products from the wellhead to the gas pump in light of sanctions, potential sanctions and the risk of reputational damage. Countries, companies and consumers will all be searching for ways to adapt, and the outcome of the race to bring alternatives to market could alter the global energy landscape for years to come.
It is likely crude oil and LNG prices will remain elevated for some time. The process of diverting Russian oil through countries unwilling to sanction it will take time and there is little indication OPEC members are willing (or able) to increase production to make up for the loss of Russian crude. Spare capacity sat at 3.7 mbpd at the end of 2021, just above where it was in January 2020. Currently, sanctioned Venezuelan and Iranian production (about 3 mbpd below their peak) could fill the gap, but political and commercial obstacles remain. At today’s prices, US shale production is attractive, but the fastest the industry has been able to grow is between 1mbpd and 2mbpd per year. The LNG infrastructure was already stretched before the war in Ukraine and there is little prosect of finding new supplies soon.
As the largest buyer of Russian energy, Europe will be the epicenter. There is a deeply embedded bias there in favor for renewable energy, and the current crisis is certain to result in an all-out effort to accelerate the build-out of wind and solar power. The capacity to add new green energy is limited though by the project pipeline and supply chains for solar panels and wind turbines, and it is likely that much of the shortfall will be made up with the new LNG infrastructure.
18th Annual Global CEO Survey - Technology industry key findingsPwC
Tech CEOs are optimistic about the global economy and both near term and future revenue growth. They view strategic alliances, including partnering with competitors, as a primary means to grow their businesses. We invite you to explore the analysis and contact us to discuss how we can help your business capitalise on the new - but challenging - opportunities for growth. Learn more http://pwc.to/1DaolqY
Website: http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/ceo-survey/2015/industry/technology.jhtml
Unleashing Competitiveness on the Cloud Continuum | Accentureaccenture
Accenture reports how the cloud continuum creates a seamless technology & capability foundation that meets business needs now and in the future. Read more.
L.E.K. Consulting’s annual Media & Entertainment Study
was conducted between December 2018 and January
2019. We surveyed around 2,000 households on their
entertainment choices, preferences and viewing habits.
This Executive Insights analyzes key findings about
movie theater attendance and subscription services.
Federal Technology Vision 2021: Full U.S. Federal Survey Findings | Accentureaccenture
Leaders don’t wait for a new normal, they build it. The Accenture Federal Technology Vision 2021 identifies five key trends that agencies must address to lead in the post-pandemic world. Explore the full survey findings here. https://accntu.re/3sIBI0k
Fintech New York: Partnerships, Platforms and Open Innovationaccenture
We are in the midst of a major disruption in the financial services that will see increasing adoption and evolution of disruptive FinTech solutions. Read our report released at the Fintech Innovation Lab’s Fifth Annual Demo Day Event.
EY's European Banking Barometer – 2015 identifies the views of 226 senior European bankers across 11 markets regarding their views of the macro-economic outlook and the impact they think it will have on the banking industry in 2015.
For further information visit: www.ey.com/ebb
The 2016 Strategic Hospital Priorities Study examines the current direction of the industry and, in particular, how Medtech companies can capitalize on the many needs of hospital administrators.
While the healthcare market has steadily evolved since L.E.K. Consulting issued its first hospital study in 2010, many of the same trends remain in place — among them consolidation, non-acute care integration, accountability, technology enhancements and novel pricing schemes.
This Executive Insights addresses a number of key topics, including:
Hospital administrator’s chief priorities
Most valuable medtech services
Focus on IT spending
Outlook for outsourcing
When and How Data Lakes Fit into a Modern Data ArchitectureDATAVERSITY
Whether to take data ingestion cycles off the ETL tool and the data warehouse or to facilitate competitive Data Science and building algorithms in the organization, the data lake – a place for unmodeled and vast data – will be provisioned widely in 2020.
Though it doesn’t have to be complicated, the data lake has a few key design points that are critical, and it does need to follow some principles for success. Avoid building the data swamp, but not the data lake! The tool ecosystem is building up around the data lake and soon many will have a robust lake and data warehouse. We will discuss policy to keep them straight, send data to its best platform, and keep users’ confidence up in their data platforms.
Data lakes will be built in cloud object storage. We’ll discuss the options there as well.
Get this data point for your data lake journey.
Augmentation, Collaboration, Governance: Defining the Future of Self-Service BIDenodo
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3zVJRRf
According to Dresner Advisory’s 2020 Self-Service Business Intelligence Market Study, 62% of the responding organizations say self-service BI is critical for their business. If we look deeper into the need for today’s self-service BI, it’s beyond some Executives and Business Users being enabled by IT for self-service dashboarding or report generation. Predictive analytics, self-service data preparation, collaborative data exploration are all different facets of new generation self-service BI. While democratization of data for self-service BI holds many benefits, strict data governance becomes increasingly important alongside.
In this session we will discuss:
- The latest trends and scopes of self-service BI
- The role of logical data fabric in self-service BI
- How Denodo enables self-service BI for a wide range of users - Customer case study on self-service BI
Since last year ended on such a strong note, many of us were optimistic about the prospects for Q1. Though not as strong as the fourth quarter of 2014, the first quarter of 2015 kicked off on a positive note, with 23 technology companies raising US$6.1billion* in proceeds from their IPOs. That’s the second highest first quarter proceeds in the past five years and impressive given the increased US market volatility and consistent with the high pre-IPO valuations we’ve seen recently. Granted, if you look at the year over year comparison, offerings were down 12% and proceeds declined 11%. And sequentially, the number of technology IPOs declined 32% while proceeds fell by 19%. Still, it’s a promising start for 2015. Learn more at www.pwc.com/globaltechipo
*Deal size greater than US$40 million
MAPS2018 Keynote address on EY report: Life Sciences 4.0 – Securing value thr...EY
Summary: This keynote address presented by Pamela Spence, EY Global Life Sciences Leader (pspence2@uk.ey.com) at MAPS 2018 – the annual meeting for Medical Affairs Professional Society – discusses our latest life sciences report and the industry demands for a customer-focused, data driven approach to health care. We describe the accelerating pace of change as technological advances and the escalating expectations of payers, physicians and patient consumers are combining to disrupt the life sciences business model. Data and algorithms that maximize health outcomes based on individual needs and preferences are becoming the ultimate health care consumable. To create value now and in a future that we call Life Sciences 4.0, life sciences companies must build – or participate in – interoperable information systems that collect, combine and share data. For more on our report, Progressions 2018 – Life Sciences 4.0, please go to www.ey.com/progressions
Joining Forces: Interagency Collaboration and "Smart Power"Booz Allen Hamilton
Has U.S. defense, diplomacy and development adopted a “smart power” approach? In this follow-up to a 2010 report, the Government Business Council (GBC) evaluates progress towards increased interagency collaboration and how budget pressures may change foreign policy. Moderator is GBC's Associate Director of Research Erin Dian Dumbacher and Speakers include Booz Allen senior associate's Cheryl Steele and Jonathan Allen. Download the full report here: http://www.govexec.com/gbc/report/smart_power_2011/
Learn more about Smart Power: http://www.boozallen.com/smartpower
Summary: Even in a time of high biopharma valuations, adopting an activist mentality adds rigor to capital allocation and strategic decision-making, improving not just returns to shareholders but long-term value creation. Therefore, biopharma management teams and boards of directors should proactively assess the “fitness” of their capital allocation strategies and their alignment with operational performance goals by taking an outsider’s view of the business even when times are good — and before a material stumble provides a compelling reason for an outsider to act. For more on this topic, go to http://www.ey.com/GL/en/Industries/Life-Sciences/EY-vital-signs-how-fit-is-your-capital-allocation-strategy.
China Exit or Co-Investment Opportunities for German PE InvestorsL.E.K. Consulting
L.E.K.'s Karin von Kienlin recently presented at BVK on a study conducted by L.E.K. Munich and Shanghai. They wished to:
- Understand developments in Chinese equity investments in both the domestic China / pan-Asian market and cross-border investments between China and Germany / Europe
- Identify trends in likely future investment behavior and its drivers
- Defining success factors both for Chinese and German investors / corporates as to how to benefit from the potential opportunities of cross-border investments and cooperation
Learn more in the presentation here.
The Diversity Imperative: 14th Annual Australian Chief Executive StudyPwC's Strategy&
This report provides insight into the 2013 Australian Chief Executive Study findings, compares the results to the global market and identifies trends. Our analysis looks at trends relating to performance and tenure; reasons for CEO turnover; and the number of insider appointments versus outsider appointments.
EY Price Point: global oil and gas market outlook, Q2 | April 2022EY
The theme for this quarter is rearrangement. The loss, or potential loss, of Russian oil and gas supplies is forcing producers, refiners and traders to rethink the flow of crude oil and refined products from the wellhead to the gas pump in light of sanctions, potential sanctions and the risk of reputational damage. Countries, companies and consumers will all be searching for ways to adapt, and the outcome of the race to bring alternatives to market could alter the global energy landscape for years to come.
It is likely crude oil and LNG prices will remain elevated for some time. The process of diverting Russian oil through countries unwilling to sanction it will take time and there is little indication OPEC members are willing (or able) to increase production to make up for the loss of Russian crude. Spare capacity sat at 3.7 mbpd at the end of 2021, just above where it was in January 2020. Currently, sanctioned Venezuelan and Iranian production (about 3 mbpd below their peak) could fill the gap, but political and commercial obstacles remain. At today’s prices, US shale production is attractive, but the fastest the industry has been able to grow is between 1mbpd and 2mbpd per year. The LNG infrastructure was already stretched before the war in Ukraine and there is little prosect of finding new supplies soon.
As the largest buyer of Russian energy, Europe will be the epicenter. There is a deeply embedded bias there in favor for renewable energy, and the current crisis is certain to result in an all-out effort to accelerate the build-out of wind and solar power. The capacity to add new green energy is limited though by the project pipeline and supply chains for solar panels and wind turbines, and it is likely that much of the shortfall will be made up with the new LNG infrastructure.
18th Annual Global CEO Survey - Technology industry key findingsPwC
Tech CEOs are optimistic about the global economy and both near term and future revenue growth. They view strategic alliances, including partnering with competitors, as a primary means to grow their businesses. We invite you to explore the analysis and contact us to discuss how we can help your business capitalise on the new - but challenging - opportunities for growth. Learn more http://pwc.to/1DaolqY
Website: http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/ceo-survey/2015/industry/technology.jhtml
Unleashing Competitiveness on the Cloud Continuum | Accentureaccenture
Accenture reports how the cloud continuum creates a seamless technology & capability foundation that meets business needs now and in the future. Read more.
L.E.K. Consulting’s annual Media & Entertainment Study
was conducted between December 2018 and January
2019. We surveyed around 2,000 households on their
entertainment choices, preferences and viewing habits.
This Executive Insights analyzes key findings about
movie theater attendance and subscription services.
Federal Technology Vision 2021: Full U.S. Federal Survey Findings | Accentureaccenture
Leaders don’t wait for a new normal, they build it. The Accenture Federal Technology Vision 2021 identifies five key trends that agencies must address to lead in the post-pandemic world. Explore the full survey findings here. https://accntu.re/3sIBI0k
Fintech New York: Partnerships, Platforms and Open Innovationaccenture
We are in the midst of a major disruption in the financial services that will see increasing adoption and evolution of disruptive FinTech solutions. Read our report released at the Fintech Innovation Lab’s Fifth Annual Demo Day Event.
EY's European Banking Barometer – 2015 identifies the views of 226 senior European bankers across 11 markets regarding their views of the macro-economic outlook and the impact they think it will have on the banking industry in 2015.
For further information visit: www.ey.com/ebb
The 2016 Strategic Hospital Priorities Study examines the current direction of the industry and, in particular, how Medtech companies can capitalize on the many needs of hospital administrators.
While the healthcare market has steadily evolved since L.E.K. Consulting issued its first hospital study in 2010, many of the same trends remain in place — among them consolidation, non-acute care integration, accountability, technology enhancements and novel pricing schemes.
This Executive Insights addresses a number of key topics, including:
Hospital administrator’s chief priorities
Most valuable medtech services
Focus on IT spending
Outlook for outsourcing
When and How Data Lakes Fit into a Modern Data ArchitectureDATAVERSITY
Whether to take data ingestion cycles off the ETL tool and the data warehouse or to facilitate competitive Data Science and building algorithms in the organization, the data lake – a place for unmodeled and vast data – will be provisioned widely in 2020.
Though it doesn’t have to be complicated, the data lake has a few key design points that are critical, and it does need to follow some principles for success. Avoid building the data swamp, but not the data lake! The tool ecosystem is building up around the data lake and soon many will have a robust lake and data warehouse. We will discuss policy to keep them straight, send data to its best platform, and keep users’ confidence up in their data platforms.
Data lakes will be built in cloud object storage. We’ll discuss the options there as well.
Get this data point for your data lake journey.
Augmentation, Collaboration, Governance: Defining the Future of Self-Service BIDenodo
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3zVJRRf
According to Dresner Advisory’s 2020 Self-Service Business Intelligence Market Study, 62% of the responding organizations say self-service BI is critical for their business. If we look deeper into the need for today’s self-service BI, it’s beyond some Executives and Business Users being enabled by IT for self-service dashboarding or report generation. Predictive analytics, self-service data preparation, collaborative data exploration are all different facets of new generation self-service BI. While democratization of data for self-service BI holds many benefits, strict data governance becomes increasingly important alongside.
In this session we will discuss:
- The latest trends and scopes of self-service BI
- The role of logical data fabric in self-service BI
- How Denodo enables self-service BI for a wide range of users - Customer case study on self-service BI
Feature Store as a Data Foundation for Machine LearningProvectus
Looking to design and build a centralized, scalable Feature Store for your Data Science & Machine Learning teams to take advantage of? Come and learn from experts of Provectus and Amazon Web Services (AWS) how to!
Feature Store is a key component of the ML stack and data infrastructure, which enables feature engineering and management. By having a Feature Store, organizations can save massive amounts of resources, innovate faster, and drive ML processes at scale. In this webinar, you will learn how to build a Feature Store with a data mesh pattern and see how to achieve consistency between real-time and training features, to improve reproducibility with time-traveling for data.
Agenda
- Modern Data Lakes & Modern ML Infrastructure
- Existing and Emerging Architectural Shifts
- Feature Store: Overview and Reference Architecture
- AWS Perspective on Feature Store
Intended Audience
Technology executives & decision makers, manager-level tech roles, data architects & analysts, data engineers & data scientists, ML practitioners & ML engineers, and developers
Presenters
- Stepan Pushkarev, Chief Technology Officer, Provectus
- Gandhi Raketla, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS
- German Osin, Senior Solutions Architect, Provectus
Feel free to share this presentation with your colleagues and don't hesitate to reach out to us at info@provectus.com if you have any questions!
REQUEST WEBINAR: https://provectus.com/webinar-feature-store-as-data-foundation-for-ml-nov-2020/
Big data journey to the cloud maz chaudhri 5.30.18Cloudera, Inc.
We hope this session was valuable in teaching you more about Cloudera Enterprise on AWS, and how fast and easy it is to deploy a modern data management platform—in your cloud and on your terms.
In this deck from the 2019 UK HPC Conference, Glyn Bowden from HPE presents: The Eco-System of AI and How to Use It.
"This presentation walks through HPE's current view on AI applications, where it is driving outcomes and innovation, and where the challenges lay. We look at the eco-system that sits around an AI project and look at ways this can impact the success of the endeavor."
Watch the video: https://wp.me/p3RLHQ-kVS
Learn more: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/artificial-intelligence.html
and
http://hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2019/uk-conference/agenda.php
Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insidehpc.com/newsletter
How Data Virtualization Puts Enterprise Machine Learning Programs into Produc...Denodo
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3offv7G
Presented at AI Live APAC
Advanced data science techniques, like machine learning, have proven an extremely useful tool to derive valuable insights from existing data. Platforms like Spark, and complex libraries for R, Python and Scala put advanced techniques at the fingertips of the data scientists. However, these data scientists spend most of their time looking for the right data and massaging it into a usable format. Data virtualization offers a new alternative to address these issues in a more efficient and agile way.
Watch this on-demand session to learn how companies can use data virtualization to:
- Create a logical architecture to make all enterprise data available for advanced analytics exercise
- Accelerate data acquisition and massaging, providing the data scientist with a powerful tool to complement their practice
- Integrate popular tools from the data science ecosystem: Spark, Python, Zeppelin, Jupyter, etc.
CSC - Presentation at Hortonworks Booth - Strata 2014Hortonworks
Come hear about how companies are kick-starting their big data projects without having to find good people, hire them, and get IT to prioritize it to get your project off the ground. Remove risk from your project, ensure scalability , and pay for just the nodes you use in a monthly utility pricing model. Worried about Data Governance, Security, want it in the cloud, can’t have it in the cloud….eliminate the hurdles with a fully managed service backed by CSC. Get your modern data architecture up and running in as little as 30 days with the Big Data Platform As A Service offering from CSC. Computer Science Corporation is a Certified Technology Partner of Hortonworks and is a Global System Integrator with over 80,000 employees globally.
Multi-faceted Classification of Big Data Use Cases and Proposed Architecture ...Geoffrey Fox
Keynote at Sixth International Workshop on Cloud Data Management CloudDB 2014 Chicago March 31 2014.
Abstract: We introduce the NIST collection of 51 use cases and describe their scope over industry, government and research areas. We look at their structure from several points of view or facets covering problem architecture, analytics kernels, micro-system usage such as flops/bytes, application class (GIS, expectation maximization) and very importantly data source.
We then propose that in many cases it is wise to combine the well known commodity best practice (often Apache) Big Data Stack (with ~120 software subsystems) with high performance computing technologies.
We describe this and give early results based on clustering running with different paradigms.
We identify key layers where HPC Apache integration is particularly important: File systems, Cluster resource management, File and object data management, Inter process and thread communication, Analytics libraries, Workflow and Monitoring.
See
[1] A Tale of Two Data-Intensive Paradigms: Applications, Abstractions, and Architectures, Shantenu Jha, Judy Qiu, Andre Luckow, Pradeep Mantha and Geoffrey Fox, accepted in IEEE BigData 2014, available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1528
[2] High Performance High Functionality Big Data Software Stack, G Fox, J Qiu and S Jha, in Big Data and Extreme-scale Computing (BDEC), 2014. Fukuoka, Japan. http://grids.ucs.indiana.edu/ptliupages/publications/HPCandApacheBigDataFinal.pdf
· Industry certified Hadoop developer with 7+ years of experience in Software Industry and 6 years of hadoop development experience
· Has 3+ yrs experience as Technical Lead .
· Has experience in domains - Retail analytics,Hi-tech,Banking,Telecom and Insurance
· Working experience in HORTONWORKS,MAPR and CLOUDERA distributions
· Experience with building stream-processing systems, using solutions such as Storm or Spark-Streaming
· Intermediate expertise in scala programming.
· Strong understanding and hands-on experience in distributed computing frameworks, particularly Apache Hadoop 2.0 (YARN; MR & HDFS) and associated technologies - Hive, Sqoop, , Avro, Flume, Oozie, Zookeeper, Hortonworks Ni-Fi etc.
· Experience with NoSQL databases, such as HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB
· Proficiency in Python Scripting
This publication includes the deal activity in the insurance sector such as overall highlights, key announced transactions, and the outlook ahead. Read our full report to learn more.
Chain Reaction: How Blockchain Technology Might Transform Wholesale InsurancePwC
With the goal to identify where blockchain technologies have the greatest potential, this research report sponsored by PwC and conducted by Z/Yen, is based on 50+ interviews with brokers, insurers, reinsurers, regulators and trade bodies from across the global wholesale insurance market.
In depth: New financial instruments impairment modelPwC
On June 16, 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326) (the “ASU”). The ASU introduces a new model for recognizing credit losses on financial instruments based on an estimate of current expected credit losses. The new model will apply to: (1) loans, accounts receivable, trade receivables, and other financial assets measured at amortized cost, (2) loan commitments and certain other off-balance sheet credit exposures, (3) debt securities and other financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, and (4) beneficial interests in securitized financial assets.
Many internal audit departments are investing in data analytics, but are struggling to fully realize the anticipated benefits. By avoiding common pitfalls and implementing data analytics holistically throughout the department, stalled analytics programs can be restarted, or new programs more successfully implemented.
Stepping into the cockpit- Redefining finance's role in the digital agePwC
Insurance finance functions have been refining their
operating models to better align with business partner
demands, as well as adopting leading practices on how
to best utilize people, process and technology. The
challenge is that the business landscape is continuously
shifting and the pace of change is rapidly accelerating.
In spring 2016, PwC investigated the current state and
future direction of stress testing. We surveyed 55 insurers
operating in the US about their stress testing framework and
the specific stresses that they test. We also engaged in more
detailed dialogue with a number of insurers in the US and
globally, as well as with some North American insurance
regulators.
International Capital Standard (ICS) Background PwC
PwC US risk & capital management leader Henry Essert and PwC global insurance regulatory director Ed Barron
recently sat down to discuss the proposed International Capital Standards (ICS) for insurers. They addressed at
length what the ICS is and what it could mean to insurers. The following pages contain their thoughts on the
standard, as well as some background information on capital management and related issues in the
insurance industry.
Insurers are upgrading their technology to support more complex
products, lower operating costs, and get closer to their customers.
But they can do more harm than good when they make changes
that alienate their independent agents. We’ve identified five steps
that can help insurers engage agents early and create a
transition plan that meets agents’ needs—converting these
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3. 3
Contents
1 2 3 4 5
Trends Challenges Opportunities Accelerating
adoption
through a
Capability
Driven Approach
Real life
Case
Studies/Lessons
Learnt
4. 4
PwC's global data & analytics surveys & trends
PwC, 2016 Global CEO Survey, January 2016 PwC, Global Data and Analytics Survey: 2016
Big Decisions™
73% Data and Analytics Technologies
generate the greatest return in terms of
engagement with wider stakeholders
32% Nearly one in three said developing or
launching new products and services is their
leading ‘big decision’. Does your data & analytics
effectively support you?
5. 5
Although we are increasingly seeing the use of Hadoop among
mainstream companies key barriers still remain for its holistic
success and adoption as an enterprise platform
An
enterprise is
a complex
system of
components
Adoption Barriers
1 2 3 4
Incoherent
Enterprise View
Overcrowded
technology
ecosystem
Lack of User
Centricity
Siloed
Ownership
6. 6
We believe external market forces will propel enterprises to
embrace the Data Lake as a foundation of their data, analytics and
emerging technology strategies
1.InternetofThings
3.Digital
4.ModernData
Management
2.ArtificialIntelligence
5.Analytics
6.CyberSecurity
Enterprise Data Lake
1. Grow the Business
2. Optimize Spend
3. Innovate
4. Mitigate Risks
Emerging
Technology
Platforms
Connecting the dots
between various
strategic technology
initiatives within the
enterprise is going to
be critical to
capitalize on the
opportunity....
7. 7
There are lots of opportunities to innovate and accelerate
enterprise adoption of Hadoop by abstracting sophistication with
simplicity and superior end user experience
Existing Innovations enabling Acceleration Opportunities to close the gaps
Cloud based Marketplaces and Solutions
Third Party on-demand, ‘Smart’ Data Wrangling
solutions leveraging high performance
components in Hadoop
Open Source Analytics and AI Libraries
Third Party ‘Hadoop in a Box’ integrated solutions
Vendor distributions and developer communities
– well established
1
2
3
4
5
Data extraction and semantic text analytics
libraries for complex data structures – Nested
XML’s, PDF’s and Unstructured Data
Model Management and integration tools
facilitating seamless interoperability or migration
from existing technology investments ( data
warehouses and applications)
Bringing Visualization to the data stored with
Hadoop with native libraries and third party tools
Adaptive & Dynamic Workload Management
Native Data Masking and Encryption Features
1
2
3
4
5
8. 8
Jumpstart/accelerate Hadoop journey with these 4 core tenets
Capability
Driven
1
Right Fit3
Flexible Operating Model4
Heterogenous2
Third Party
Tool Integration
PwC’s Next
Generation
Information
Architecture
1 2
34
Cloud
Interoperability
Legacy
Integration
Data
Migration
On-Premise
Cloud
In-Memory
Disk based
NoSQL typesSupport Model
Training
Use Cases/
Demad Intake
Services
Catalog
Business
Adoption
Innovation
Platform
Monetization
Analytics
Application
Development
Enterprise
Data
Mnagemnet
*https://www.pwc.com/us/infoarchitecture
9. 9
Tenet 1: Capability Driven
Focus on capturing the current and future information and analytics needs of every business
function and external partners to drive the architecture
PwC’s Data
Lake
Capability
Framework
Data Quality/
Integration
2
Data
Architecture
3
Metadata
Management
4
Analytics/
Reporting/
Visualization
5
Data
Access
6
Security
7
Governance/
Organization
8
1
Data
Ingestion
Modern data management technologies (ELT based, Data
wrangling etc.) used for cleansing, standardizing and
integrating the data from multiple internal and external
sources leveraging the scalable computing platform
Ability to manage and store data in normalized or
denormalized structures on disk, in-memory,
row vs. columnar vs. column family based data stores
(Hive, Spark, HBase, RDBMS etc.) in depending on
the use cases
Ability to track data sources ingested into the data
lake, track data lineage and provenance of storage and
processing activities
Metrics, Tools and processes required to visualize and
comprehend data stored in the data stores in form of
reports, dashboards and scorecards for business users
Ability to ingest data in batch & real time modes
in various forms –Databases, Files, Streams
and Queues
Centralized and coordinated management
of projects/activities, managing change
and communication of key milestones
and business benefits
Capabilities to secure personally
identifiable information in the next
generation platform and create role based
access to business users
Ability to access stored data from
the Platform through a consistent &
secure API
10. 10
Tenet 2: Heterogeneous
Hybrid set of both traditional and emerging technologies and platforms to acquire, store,
interlock and analyze internal and external data will be the norm going forward. Design
for simplicity and iteratively build your modular architecture with transition states towards
the target
Sources of
Known Value
Sales Transactions
Customer
Product
Physical Assets
Sources of
Unproven Value
Call Center
Social Media
Web Clickstream
Mobile Interactions
Data Ingestion Layer
ETL Connectors
Sqoop
Kafka
Flume
Emerging – Open Source
Illustrative model from a national retailer
Emerging – Licensed Traditional – Licensed Licensed+Open Source
ETL
Match-Merge
Services
Metadata
Management
Spark
Data Analytics/
Visualization
Standardized
Reporting
On-Demand/
Adhoc
Analytics
Modeling
API based Apps.
ELT
Relational
Schemas
Enterprise Data warehouse
Data Exchange
HDFS
RDD HBase
Data
Wrangling
Hive
(Parquet)
Enterprise Data Lake
11. 11
Tenet 3: Right Fit
Enterprises need to develop a decision model which identifies the mix of ‘right fit’ open source
as well as commercial solution components, either hosted on the cloud or On Premise, based on
functionality and business needs
Illustrative
On Premise
Build ? Buy ?
Vendor Dist. ? Constraints ? Base Platform ? End-End Stack ?
3rd party
Cloud/Tools?
Security? Cloud integration?
Pre-Requisites
(Hardware, Drivers, Software Interoperability)
Cloud
Build ? Buy ?
3rd party
Cloud/Tools?
Security?
On Premise
Integration?
Pre-Requisites
(Hardware, Drivers, Software Interoperability)
Cloud Vendor ?
Vendor Dist.
(IaaS)?
Which Native
Services (PaaS)?
12. 12
Tenet 4: Flexible Operating Model
Recognizes the sophistication and analytics maturity at a business function level and enables
the required capabilities with the necessary skills, processes, tools and support
1. Business alignment on how Haddoop environment will
operate. This includes defining
- Services Catalog
- Service level Agreements
- Tracking Usage, Benefits and Costs
- User Onboarding & training
2. Defining the Business architecture
- Identify capability areas and opportunities to inform the
Big Data Strategy
- Use Case Evaluation (risk, feasibility and business case)
- Prioritization criteria
- Demand / Intake process
- Business Roadmap
1. Technology Alignment on how the Hadoop environment
will operate. This includes defining:
- Access Model (Self service vs. Controlled)
- Data acquisition and classification strategy
- Organization (Develop vs. Support)
- Technical Skills Training
2. Defining the Technology architecture
- Architecture Guiding Principles
- Leading practices for data acquisition, management and
delivery
- Reference Architecture with solution patterns for the
various use cases
- Storage and infrastructure Planning
- Security Model
Business Operating Model Technology Operating Model
13. 13
Five step strategic approach to build a strong data lake foundation
Recognizes the sophistication and analytics maturity at a business function level and enables
the required capabilities with the necessary skills, processes, tools and support
Capabilities
Leveraging client’s stated capabilities and PwC’s Capability framework with business interviews, analytical capabilities are
captured and documented1
Use Case Specifications
Define success criteria, information sources, dimensionality and information delivery mechanism for each use case. Each Use
Case must be mapped to a set of Capabilities2
Platform Architecture &
Operating Model
Define end-end architecture components (‘lego blocks’) mapped to the capabilities identified with leading practices for
ingestion, management , analytics and visualization. Identifies the organization, process and support structure required for agility3
Strategic Roadmap
for Execution
Organize the initiatives in a sequenced roadmap with scope, duration and dependencies under various themes5
Architecture Patterns
Depict the architecture pattern at the use case level , leverages the logical architecture ‘lego blocks’ and also shows the
information flow, respective technology component and integration touch point with client’s systems4
14. 14
Case Study # 1 – Financial Services Provider – Risk Modeling for
their Loans Portfolio
Current State
Future State
• The client developed a next generation information management
and analytics platform which was more business centric with an
operating model that enables agility, self service, faster data
management and deep analytics for the business stakeholders
• Data processing window was reduced from 8-10 hours to less than
30 minutes
• Business Users were able to access more granular historical data
for ad hoc analysis and analytics models
TableauSAS CSV Files
No capability to look
back history past the
last month of data
Sources two CSV
files (total ~ 3 M
rows of data)
Aggregation logic
performed – CSV
data files exported
Hadoop Distributed File System
TableauHive Spark
Aggregation and Data transformation logic
performed using HiveQL on 67M records
and 36 columns (14.7 GB of data in Hive,
16.3 GB in memory in Spark SQL)
Response time between
2s and ~ 1 min per filter
sourcing live data via
Spark SQL
Current Process – Adhoc Analysis – 8-10 hours
Future Process – Adhoc Analysis – < 30 minutes
• Lack of an integrated architecture and scalable technology
infrastructure contributed to data management challenges
• The business analytics and modeling teams were looking for more
self-sufficiency and process agility
• Lacked program leadership and program management discipline
specifically for third party services and solution providers
• Data Acquisition and management processes lacked a consistent
design and architecture and were heavily siloed on an application
– application basis
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15. 15
Case Study # 2 – Leading Retail Distribution Company – Trade
Promotion Effectiveness
500k SKU’s, 250k customers, 5k suppliers, 6k Fleets
Current State
• On-premise, rigid infrastructure with serial data processing
and limited capacity
• Delayed data availability reducing applicability to impactful
business decisions
• No integration with 3rd party data is causing pain points with
vendor collaboration and data access
Future State
• Flexible, scalable, cloud-based infrastructure enabling multi-
stream data processing
• Near real-time data availability via Apache Spark data
processing providing valuable insights for decision making
• Easily supported visualization and reporting platforms
accessible by internal and vendors with simple access controls
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16. 16
How is PwC Creating Awareness and Driving Adoption in the
Market
Thought Leadership /
Independent Research Strategic Alliances
• Google
• Microsoft
• Oracle
• SAP
Data & Analytics @Scale - Client Delivery
17. 17
Closing Thoughts…....
• We believe external market forces will propel enterprises to embrace the Data Lake as a
foundation of their data, analytics and emerging technology strategies
• Although barriers remain for adoption by mainstream enterprises, there are ample
opportunities for innovation and acceleration by abstracting sophistication with
simplicity and superior end user experience
• Enterprises should follow 4 core tenets* while developing their Next Generation
Information Architecture Platform
• Keep the 5 step strategic ‘capability driven’ approach in mind!!
• Thanks for attending the session – please contact us with any questions!