Machine Learning and Flip Phones
Machine Learning and Flip Phones Doing data analytics in Excel is like tweeting from your flip phone. It's time to move on. It was January 2007. I had just started my last semester of high…
TensorFlow: Introduction & Effective Implementation
In this post I will discuss some important points of TensorFlow; namely what is it, how it works, and how easily it can be used in production environments with Keras and eager processing. Enterprises that…
Navigating Machine Learning Obstacles
“Machine learning” has been a buzzword for a while now, and studies continue to affirm the substance behind the hype. Even the most traditional of businesses are now rushing to adopt machine learning into their…
Why Hire a Computer Systems Consultant?
More than once in my computer consulting career I’ve heard clients ask questions similar to the following: Why didn’t you know about that? Or, you’re the expert with this software, so how was this problem…
Wet Socks and Insecure Socket Layers
Wet Socks and Insecure Socket Layers: Two of the Worst Things for You and Your Company Wet socks. No one likes them. Network intrusion? Nobody gets excited about that, either. When it comes to securing…
Blockchain: Not Just Another Tech Fad
I attended a Des Moines Webgeeks user group meeting about blockchain featuring Dave Wakeman from IBM. His talk centered around how blockchain could be used for business. He talked about an example where Wal-Mart used…
Considerations Before Buying Identity and Access Management Products
Considerations before buying Identity and Access Management products: Don't buy milk if you're lactose intolerant! So here you are. You understand that your business needs an Identity and Access Management system. You’ve evangelized about how…
Zirous Named a Top Workplace in Iowa
Having lived and worked in Des Moines, IA for 10+ years now, something I have always enjoyed is grabbing the local papers to see what is happening in the area from both a social and…
Look Inside a Zirous Internship: Part 2
At the start of summer, I was told I'd be working on a machine learning project for the length of my internship. I was a little nervous, as I only had the knowledge that I…
Look Inside a Zirous Internship: Part 1
This summer, I had the opportunity to intern with Zirous, researching and building a project for machine learning. After finishing my first year of college at Iowa State University and majoring in mathematics and data…