Allen Victor

Allen Victor

Writes content around viral technologies and strives to make them accessible for the layman. Follow his simplistic thought pieces that focus on software solutions for industry-specific pressure points.

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Cloud Cost Optimization Tips: How DropBox Reduced Its OpEx

The operational and infrastructural overhead involved in running and maintaining cloud-based solutions is often massive. There is considerable effort and expenditure in the construction and scaling of storage systems for tons of user metadata and other in-house files. Dropbox, the file hosting pioneer, is a success story about how cloud costs can be minimized by intelligently managing your infrastructure.

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How is Salesforce Used for Marketing Automation?

The automation of time-consuming tasks involved in marketing campaigns using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is an emerging trend. In particular, there has been an increase in the adoption of Salesforce for marketing automation because the resultant benefits far outweigh the associated costs and efforts involved in its integration.

Topics: Salesforce
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All About Technology Readiness Levels

Rolling out a new software system, infrastructure, or technology solution for an industry such as healthcare or personal finance has critical end-user outcomes. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) refers to a robust scale often used by pioneering software organizations throughout their development efforts.

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PyTorch vs TensorFlow: How To Choose Between These Deep Learning Frameworks?

PyTorch and TensorFlow are two of the most widely relied-upon frameworks for Deep Learning (DL) research and industry implementation. While both these DL development frameworks haven't been around too long, they have made a significant mark in AI/ML research and innovation. However, when it comes to which between PyTorch and TensorFlow is the better framework, there has not been a…

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Data Analytics vs Business Intelligence: How Are They Different?

Big data adoption is increasing rapidly across organizations of all sizes. However, the method and distinction between obtaining Business Intelligence (BI) and employing Data Analytics (DA) to make actual business decisions with an impact are getting lost in translation. While both terms are used interchangeably, BI and DA are essentially distinct in many ways.

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CapEx vs OpEx For Cloud Computing

Businesses around the world spend billions of dollars every year on cloud infrastructure services, storage, and computing resources. They can gain an edge over each other with effective cloud infrastructure without any wasteful cloud spending. There are two rising approaches towards cloud cost optimization today that they can choose from; Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx).

Topics: CloudOps
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Why Are HCAHPS Scores Essential  For HealthTech?

The healthcare systems market has witnessed a large-scale shift towards more patient-centered care models in the recent past. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is one of the most reliable ways to measure patient satisfaction which can help digital patient-facing and patient-monitoring doctors' apps meet leading market standards.

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How To Implement Customer Personalization With Salesforce Experience Cloud

Personalized customer experiences are increasingly in demand. Brands must develop relationships with consumers and deliver experiences that go above and beyond and that is where Salesforce can help. To manage the whole customer journey, Salesforce Experience Cloud supports the development of interconnected and personalized digital experiences.

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Pros And Cons Of Using The TensorFlow ML Platform

The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies has led to the growing adoption of TensorFlow, an end-to-end ML platform. TensorFlow enables AI developers to accelerate ML tasks at every step of the workflow but also has certain shortcomings and understanding both sides is very essential to fully leverage this platform.

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How To Prepare The Sentiment Analysis Process

An essential component of textual and verbal data is context and understanding the context requires some amount of sentiment analysis. To comprehend and categorize subjective feelings from communications data, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) methods have been used in the past. Sentiment analysis is frequently used in professional settings to comprehend customer evaluations, identify email spam, etc.

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