Roaring Elephant

In this episode, we talk about the use and abuse of certifications, both the certifications you van achieve by passing an exam and the Industry ISV certifications that should help yu make purchasing decisions. 00:00 Recent events Dave 5 enterprise uses of blockchain today http://www.pcworld.com/article/3149504/cloud-computing/5-enterprise-related-things-you-can-do-with-blockchain-technology-today.html Top 7 big data trends for 2017 https://datafloq.com/read/the-top-7-big-data-trends-for-2017/2493 How to discover the hidden value in your customer journey https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-discover-hidden-value-your-customer-journey-ronald-van-loon Jhon Achieving a 300% speedup in ETL with Apache Spark http://blog.cloudera.com/blog/2016/12/achieving-a-300-speedup-in-etl-with-spark/ The Rhythm of Food http://rhythm-of-food.net/ http://www.thefunctionalart.com/ Information is beautiful awards http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/news/188-2016-the-winne