Tag: netflix

Is A/B Testing Ethical?

In undergrad, I took a course called Data 100: Principles and Techniques of Data Science. One day we had a guest lecturer, who is a PhD student in the Statistics Department. He opened by asking us a question: “Have you ever been involved in a Silicon Valley experiment?” One or two people raised their hands.… Read more Is A/B Testing Ethical?

Netflix and Cloud Computing: A lesson.

  If we talk about cloud computing, Netflix’s majority of the data ran on Amazon Web Services but with time, it slowly started to take lead in technology: did things that were not done before. Therefore, the situation required Netflix to come up with a software technology to allow their own applications to function successfully… Read more Netflix and Cloud Computing: A lesson.

Netflix's functioning: its migration on the cloud and its content delivery network

Last Friday, we briefly talked about the complex relationship between Netflix and Amazon. Indeed, Netflix is running on Amazon’s public cloud (AWS) but Amazon is also a direct competitor of Netflix, since it also launched its own streaming video service. This consideration triggered my interest in Netflix’s functioning, including its migration on the cloud and… Read more Netflix's functioning: its migration on the cloud and its content delivery network

How can the US government hire the best tech employees?

As technology plays an increasingly important role in society, the government needs to update its services to meet the demands of technology savvy businesses and citizens. However, an aging workforce makes it difficult for the US government to adapt to new technologies. While in 2013 over 25% of the US private-sector workforce was less than… Read more How can the US government hire the best tech employees?