Category Archives: Netflix

VCs Developing In-House Tech-Expertise-as-a-Service

Posted on January 8, 2014 by GilPress

Ashlee Vance writes in “Netflix Loses Its Cloud Guru to a VC Firm”: “It used to be good enough for venture capitalists just to hand out money. Well, not anymore. Now they’re expected to offer up a suite of services … Continue reading →

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7 Observations from the Big Data Innovation Summit

Posted on September 24, 2013 by GilPress

The Innovation Enterprise events group put together recently the second annual Big Data Innovation Summit in Boston. Here are a few of the highlights of the first day: Banana production in Central America is twice the rate of trash production in New … Continue reading →

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Big Data Analytics and Data Science at Netflix (Video)

Posted on March 15, 2013 by GilPress

Chris Pouliot, the Director of Analytics and Algorithms at Netflix: “…my team does not only personalizations for movies, but we also deal with content demand prediction. Helping our buyer down in Beverly Hills figure out how much do we pay … Continue reading →

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Data Science at Netflix with Elastic MapReduce

Posted on December 24, 2012 by GilPress
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Big Data and the Future of Business: Don’t Automate, Analyze

Posted on June 1, 2011 by GilPress

Sometime ago I got an email from Netflix telling me that “recently you may have had trouble instantly watching TV episodes or movies due to technical issues.”As a matter of fact, I did not experience any “technical difficulties.” I simply … Continue reading →

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