Episode 32 - The sense and non-sense of certifications

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.

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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-winners
- Making data personal: Big data made small
  - http://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2016/12/13/making-data-personal-big-data-made-small/

27:50 The sense and non-sense of certifications

Educational certifications
ISV Certifications

50:59 End

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