Blog Posts

Big Data Security and Privacy Issues

March 2, 2018

• Big data

Big Data shares what is commonly termed the V properties or characteristics such as Velocity, Volume and Variety which are amongst the most typical or frequently repeated.

How to delete/revert a Git commit

March 2, 2018

• Git

You’ve just pushed something to a Git repository and you immediately regret it!

[Solved] Pip: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate

February 26, 2018

• Pip , Python , Ssl

If you ever get the following error when trying to install a Pip module under Python:

How to Learn Python Programming Quickly

February 22, 2018

• Python

So you want to learn to program in Python and you don’t have a lot of time?

NoSQL Pandas Dataframes

February 16, 2018

• Pandas , Python

Pandas Dataframes are simply a table with some rows (McKinney, 2015) and many additional features built right in to make data scientists lives much easier.

Relational (SQL) vs NoSQL Database Models

February 4, 2018

• Databases

The Relational (SQL) database has been a central piece to businesses since the 1970s when they first had their claim to fame.

Netflix Hadoop Big Data Marketing Use Case

January 28, 2018

• Big data

Netflix is a video streaming service that has a wealth of information about their user base likes, dislikes, general consumer habits, retention lengths and much more.

Using Hadoop to manage Dark Data

January 19, 2018

• Big data

Dark Data is the biggest piece of the pie (Datumize , n.

An Introduction to Client-Server Systems

December 10, 2017

• Software

A client-server architecture/system is one where the server maintains all models of the backend datasets and business logic around taking and providing information to fulfill a service request from a client which in turn shows the representation thereof.

When to use FLUSH PRIVILEGES in MySQL

December 6, 2017

• Databases , My SQL

So if you’ve ever created users and given them specific permissions from with SQL or the commandline, you will be familiar with a statement called FLUSH PRIVILEGES.

MySQL Community Server MSI Installer Hangs on Windows 10

December 6, 2017

• Databases , My SQL

I was trying to install MySQL Community Server for Windows 10 using the standard .

Android device supports x86, but APK only supports Arm

December 4, 2017

• Android

I get this error quite a lot when trying to deploy an Android APK to an emulator.

Weird Dialog Boxes

November 30, 2017

Adobe Setup setup? Got this one while using Chrome, it complains about Safari?

A bit on SQL Standards

November 12, 2017

• Databases , SQL

SQL (Structured Query Language) for relational databases was maintained and standardised by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) which is affiliated with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

A Brief Talk on Databases

October 29, 2017

• Databases

Databases have been around since ancient times, when elaborate database systems were deployed by governments, hospitals and organisations to keep track of vast amounts of information; but only until around the 1960s did computerised databases start to take shape and become cost effective for private organisations to start using (Quickbase, n.

Cloud Computing – The Refute

September 24, 2017

• Cloud

Cloud is great, but when you know what you are doing, think about alternatives (Blippex, 2013).

Auditing Organisational Information Systems – Security

September 17, 2017

• Security , Software

Auditing an organisation?s information systems is a vital part of operating a business at any decent scale.

Biometric Technology

September 17, 2017

• Biometrics

What is Biometric Technology? Biometric verification is any means by which a person can be uniquely identified by evaluating one or more distinguishing biological traits (Margaret Rouse, n.

Copyright Compensation in the Internet Age

September 9, 2017

• Advertising , Software

The original conception of copyright in 1710 (Craig Joyce, n.d.) was that it usually covers only the expression of a particular idea and not the idea itself, but this was a very long time ago, before the challenges of a digital society.

Controlling employee digital access

September 3, 2017

• Biometrics

Organisations of all sizes have taken to controlling what their employees can access in order to conserve computing resources, keep their employees focused 100 percent on the work they were hired to do and to make sure employees performance is high and as productive as possible (Cyberoam, n.