A huge amount of digital data is getting piled up every day and to deal with that the technology recruiters are valuing the skills in data visualization, data science, machine learning and data analysis the most. These skills in data analysis help the companies to give more insight about the data and help to predict a better future. With the courses on data science people are now showing immense interests in machine learning and data visualization tools. Professionals are willing to upskill to keep pace with the automation. Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/techies-reskill-to-log-on-to-big-data-deluge/articleshow/58103804.cms

Lack of planning and special interest pressure among politicians resulted in failure of building the necessary infrastructure required for adequate water retention which lead to water crisis in the state of California. Governor Brown is trying to control who can use water and for what it can be used efficiently. Charging people for water won’t be of any help but through the use of technology things like underground leaks, non-revenue water loss can be identified specially by using the ‘Night-time Flow Analysis’ solution given from Esri. This analysis works by using an optimal time to analyse for leaks mostly at night when consumption is low comparatively. It is a configuration of ArcGIS platform which includes sample data. The accuracy of leak detection depends on customer’s pipe network. The solution responds in real time and is a freely available configuration used to observe base flow conditions and control water crisis.

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