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Digital transformation is the latest trend in the business world, and it’s taking place at an unbelievable rate. Almost every Fortune 500 company is prioritizing digital transformation in their new 2021 budget. That itself should show the hype around digital transformation.
However, despite the hype and claims about the benefits of digital transformation, research has shown that almost 70% of these initiatives are never completed. If it is known to be so necessary, why aren’t these initiatives working out?
Well, there are a few reasons why a digital transformation might fail.
Trends in the business world need to be adapted according to the company’s requirements — this applies to digital transformations as well!
Suppose a company is just following a trend without knowing how, what, or why, they’re bound to hit roadblocks.
Whether this is a complete stop in the journey or an inability to make the transformation work, it won’t work if you’re not sure why you’ve committed to a project.
Many companies end up in such a position due to the lack of planning. So what can you do to avoid it?
Well, self-reflection is important.
As a company, you’ll need to assess your goals, strengths, weaknesses, starting points, requirements, resources, and more. A good way to do so is to consider a few questions like:
● Is the plan actionable?
● What’s the impact on customers?
● How does it affect the efficiency of the business?
● How do you measure progress?
● What are you trying to improve?
● What products or processes can be and require evolution?
● What are the benefits of such a journey?
● Do you have a team with the expertise for such a project?
If you can answer these questions, then you’re ready to start testing the waters. Avoid making snap decisions and focus on the goals you’ve set for yourself!
Digital transformations don’t happen overnight. They’re a continuous process with no real end in sight. It requires frequent changes to your processes, technologies, products, services, and more. Since you’re constantly trying to meet market demand, constant change is not just expected but required.
However, many companies fail at the digital transformation journey because they try to evolve too much too soon. Not only does it confuse the employees but customers as well. Overall, there’s too much confusion.
When starting the process of evolution, understand that you’re not just adapting technology — you’re revamping your whole business. It affects every area of the company so being mindful of the changes you’re making is necessary.
Start the journey slowly and remember that it doesn’t happen overnight but over a long period. It’s a continuous process.
Businesses gather a lot of data for various requirements. From customer insights to overall business activity, every piece of data is useful during a digital transformation. The worst mistake one can make is not using the data at hand.
Not using the data means not taking decisions backed by solid data foundations. It makes your decisions weaker and inefficient. You’ll soon start to see issues with the transformation journey and either stop or make it worse.
Thankfully, it’s easy to avoid this mistake. Create a solid data foundation that will help you in every aspect of business — not just the journey.
It’s as simple as using business and customer activity to make actionable insights. Maybe you’re identifying inefficient processes that require optimization. Whatever you’re doing, you’ll need to base your decisions on data you’ve gathered.
Communication gaps, especially when it comes to company culture, can lead to disaster. When going through a digital transformation, it can be instinct to keep it limited to IT and C-level executives, but this leads to a disastrous communication gap.
Not including the rest of the company can lead to unrest and rebuffing of the new measures, technology, and culture you’re trying to promote in the company. If you don’t involve culture, your digital transformation journey is going to fail.
There is a simple solution to such a problem- communicate. A free flow of information through the whole company prevents misinformation, gossiping, unrest, and respects a company’s culture.
Provide employees accurate and clear-cut information on their roles in the company and introduce them to the journey. With the input of the employees, you can add to your data pool and make better decisions that serve the interests of the company.
Lastly, having the wrong leader can ruin a digital transformation journey. A wrong leader isn’t convinced about the process, isn’t tech-savvy themselves, and isn’t interested in the company’s culture.
When picking out a person to lead the digital transformation journey, do so based on skill, interest, and ability over seniority!
Digital transformation journeys are long, but they don’t always have to be difficult. However, it’s easy to make small mistakes on your way — it’s a lot like life. With a few changes and some awareness, you can be back on track and truly benefit from the journey!
LinkedIn Description: Digital transformation journeys are the new trend. Every company is hopping on the new trend for various reasons, but not every business is succeeding. But why are companies unable to achieve a digital transformation? Well, there are a couple of mistakes many companies make. Even if you’re making these mistakes, how do you get back on track? Here are all the answers.
Global sales for Lamborghini reached a record-setting 4,852 units during the first six months of 2021, and it seems they aren’t slowing down any time soon, with the order book already filled for the next ten months or so, until April 2022, so if you’ve been thinking about buying a brand new Lamborghini, now might be the time because you’ll be looking at a long wait before taking delivery of your Raging Bull.
When compared to sales in 2020, this year shows a 37% increase in numbers, and even when we take a look at the 2019 figures, they are still 6.6% ahead of that too, making 2021 yet another record-setting year, Automobili Lamborghini SpA seems to be making a habit of breaking their own sales records just about every year, and if they keep this momentum going, Lamborghini is set to reach about 10,000 units by December, which would really be impressive, to say the least.
Let’s take a look at earlier years, about 25 years ago, in 1996, production was a total of 211 units of the Lamborghini Diablo, and that number didn’t really grow too much over the next years, by 2002 there were still only 424 cars leaving the factory gates at Sant’Agata, keep in mind at that time Audi AG already acquired Automobili Lamborghini SpA. A big leap in numbers came for 2003, with a total of 1,305 units of the brand new Murciélago at that time, and that trend kept going for a while with 2,430 units in 2008, but 2009 would become a disaster year for Lamborghini, sales dropped considerably and only 1,515 units were built, 2010 was even worse with another drop, this time to 1,302 … at that time the model line-up was Murciélago, Gallardo, and the Reventón limited edition model.
With the introduction of the Lamborghini Aventador in 2011 things got turned around, it would become obvious the Aventador became an extremely important model to keep Lamborghini going, and sales started to pick up again, rising year on year from 1,602 units in 2011 to 2,530 in 2014, when another milestone car was introduced, the Lamborghini Huracán that boosted sales in 2015 to 3,245, a number that would more than double to 8,205 units by 2019, with all the trouble we had in 2020 sales dropped 9,45%, but it seems 2021 will more than make up for that temporary lapse in growth, and with Lamborghini introducing a fourth model in the line-up after 2025, I’m confident we’ll be seeing well over 10,000 cars per year being built within a few years.
President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann commented: “This exceptional result is a double confirmation for us. It is proof of the solidity and strength of this brand, which is enjoying growing appeal despite a period of continuous challenges and uncertainty. It also endorses the positive reception to our new industrial plan for future electrification of our product range, in which we will invest over 1.5 billion euros by 2024. Lamborghini’s course is set for a period of great transformation, where technological innovation and sustainability will go hand in hand with a focus on maximum product performance and loyalty to the brand’s DNA.”
While you might expect the entire rise in sales is thanks to the Lamborghini Urus, it’s not, in fact, all three models have seen increased sales figures, naturally, the Urus Super SUV makes the largest contribution to these figures with 2,796 units, an increase of 35% over last year, but the Lamborghini Huracán is still selling very well, especially since the updated EVO and EVO RWD model, from January to June 2021 we’ve seen 1,532 V10 Lamborghini being delivered, a 46% increase, and with the Huracán STO starting to be delivered right now I guess we’ll see close to 3,000 Huracán if not more by the end of this year.
With a worldwide network of 168 official dealers in 51 markets, the sales are about equally spread over America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, with the United States being the leader in terms of numbers with 1,502 cars, China, Hong Kong, and Macau together accounted for 602 Lamborghinis in total while Germany received 391 cars, the UK 318, Japan 258, a total of 226 Lamborghinis were shipped to the Middle East and their local market in Italy was still selling 197 car during this six month period.
Even the flagship model, usually a rather slow-selling model, managed to increase sales by 21% to a total of 524 units during the first half of 2021, and while they are still building the final examples of the Aventador SVJ and Sián, production of the Sian Roadster will start soon, and then we’ll be seeing the latest model, the Aventador Ultimae, on the assembly line later this year, being a limited edition model with 350 Coupe and 250 Roadster, that only represents a little over six months of production at Sant’Agata … which makes me wonder … what’s next?
There is a rumor we’ll be seeing another limited edition model being unveiled in August, during Monterey Car Week, and if the whispers are right, this will be an homage to the Countach that’s celebrating her 50th anniversary this year, priced at $3,000,000 each with a production run of 112 units to represent the LP112 internal code for the Countach back in the Seventies, power will likely come from the Sián setup, so the NA V12 combined with electric motors for a combined power output of 819 hp, or more … but nothing is official yet, we’ll have to wait a few more weeks to see the latest and greatest from Sant’Agata to be unveiled.
Being a DevOps Engineer was always frustrating to check docker logs and check memory and all the nitty-gritty things related to docker if you have not set up a separate monitoring or logging setup.
But after implementing and exploring this tool it made my life so much easier because this tool gives the best features related to docker with a user-friendly interface.
So let us all not waste much time and set up this amazing tool in my ubuntu system.
Prerequisites
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Docker Installed
The installation of these tools which is called Portainer is pretty simple just two commands and you are done with the installation.
docker volume create portainer_data
docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce
As you can portainer is running well and fine now let us all explore this tool in depth. First of all, let me connect the Portainer with my docker.
After connecting this is the main page you’ll see. On the left-hand side, these are the options such as Endpoints in which you can add more remote docker repositories endpoints.
If I click on my local docker environment you can observe there are specifically two containers running out of which one minikube is stopped and another one which is portainer itself running.
By clicking on this running container apart from the basic things I can also do many things for instance create an image from this running container.
- Check stats of containers such as cpu usage, ram usage, etc.
- Logs
- Joining the network, duplicate container, renaming, and many more.
You can also export images as tar files in your local under the Image section.
One main advantage of using this tool is the freedom of typing commands extensively on the terminal.
Moreover, you can also visualize docker swarm nodes and services here.
You can also connect your git repository and load .env variables.
Lastly, there are also predefined templates that can you use to deploy many things like MySQL, Redis, Nginx easily onto the docker.
All the features which I mentioned here are free to use and there are more with the enterprise version. But to be honest the free version is more than enough if you do not use docker for production.
In addition to this, Portainer also provides support for Kubernetes which I will be covering this the next article so please stay tuned for that.
Hope I’ll have provided you a piece of valuable information.
Thanks.
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Most people probably don’t know it, but V10 engines are kind of the awkward middle child within the high-performance engine family. They are often overlooked for their smaller, more compact, and just-as-spirited V8 siblings, yet still somehow manage to cut a notably less brawny figure next to the larger V12 motors. In terms of outcomes, this is probably why even the most hardcore car enthusiasts will have a difficult time recalling more V10 production cars than you can count on one hand – there are fewer of them than you’re likely thinking, and perhaps there should be more of them for this reason, but that’s for a different discussion.
Interestingly, it’s the Volkswagen Group which currently has the monopoly on supplying this particular engine, via Lamborghini and Audi production models which are under the corporation’s umbrella (plus its namesake Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI – more on that below). Meanwhile, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Ferrari would at the very least have delved into the art of the V10 -which they did, though only to produce such engines for Formula 1 cars from 1996 to 2005.
Quantifiably speaking, yes, there are fewer V10s out there than the other engines most closely related to it. However, each V10 engine mentioned on this list is undeniably iconic and rightfully potent, particularly when it comes to panache. So while this middle child might not always steal the spotlight, nor hog affection that goes to its siblings, it is in no way lacking any of the talent in its DNA.
Here’s the shortlist of 10 such engines, which we have curated:
Lamborghini / Audi 5.2L V10
Ever since 2008 – when the refreshed Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 was released – all V10 engines used in the Lamborghini line-up have been based on the 5.2L architecture. This has carried over to the Gallardo’s successor – the Lamborghini Huracán – with each and every one of its models having been fitted with the aforementioned power plant, up to this point. In the current stage of its evolution, the 5.2L naturally-aspirated V10 is mechanically identical to Audi’s version of the engine (which uses ‘Fuel Stratified Injection) and is seen in Audi’s own R8 supercar; however, power outputs vary depending on the trim levels of the respective models.
Audi 5.0L V10 Biturbo
The sharing of tech (and a healthily-stocked pantry of engine parts) between Lamborghini and Audi spans back more than a decade now, and the engine used in the C6-generation Audi RS 6 has to go down as one of the best collaborations to date. Derived from the outgoing 5.0L naturally-aspirated V10 unit from the Lamborghini Gallardo, the motor in the RS 6 was repurposed with a pair of turbochargers. This allowed the super-wagon to produce 571 hp and 478 lb-ft of torque, on its way to becoming Audi’s most powerful car ever, in 2010. While it was handily more powerful than its competition – the BMW M5 and Mercedes-AMG E63 – it also cost quite a bit more (almost double, after conversion) which is likely the reason why it didn’t reach US shores.
Audi 5.2L V10 FSI 40V
Unlike the C6-generation Audi RS 6, the 5.0L unit used in the third-generation Audi S6 is less related to a Lamborghini equivalent and has more in common with an Audi 4.2L V8. For starters, it has a longer stroke and wider bore than the Lamborghini 5.0L V10 seen in the Gallardo, making for the better low-end power which is more befitting of the larger sedan. When considering the internals, the 5.2L motor in the S6 more closely resembles the aforementioned 4.2L V8 which was once used in the B6-generation Audi S4. Thanks to the tweaks mentioned above, this engine was good for 444 hp in the four-ringed luxury sports sedan.
Lamborghini Huracán Performanté 5.2L V10
The 5.2L naturally-aspirated V10 power plant we’ve been speaking so much about in this list is at the peak of its evolution via the current Lamborghini Huracán Performanté. In this configuration, the engine produces 640 hp @ 8,000 rpm and 443 lb-ft of torque @ 6,500 rpm; this makes the supercar good for 0-100 km/h in 3.1 seconds and a blistering top speed of 325 km/h, all without the assistance of any type of forced induction. Augmented with the greatest technologies available today, the motor produces its power more efficiently than ever before as well, with more than 70% of its torque already available as early as 1,000 rpm.
Dodge Viper ACR 8.4L V10
Even if the Dodge Hellcat is hogging all the headlines these days, there’s always something you have to admire about the lunacy of a naturally-aspirated 8.4L V10 engine. No, the Dodge Viper doesn’t do subtlety very well. Yes, it does happen to fall under the ‘Old Testament’ definition of “awesome”. With 640 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque being produced from that colossus of an all-aluminum engine, the Viper has the exhaust note of a semi-dormant volcano. It would make absolutely no sense at all if it wasn’t just so damn fast. Variants such as the SRT-10 and ACR-X took the road-going version of the car to the next level, with the latter being a turn-key, non-street legal race car that participates in Viper racing leagues around the world.
Lexus LFA 4.8L V10 (1LR-GUE)
Many regard the Lexus LFA as one of the best supercars ever made. Lexus only made 500 units, and I assumed those 500 sold out quickly. I was wrong. Despite the fact that Lexus hasn’t produced the LFA since 2012, there are still seven brand new LFA supercars for sale in the US, according to Carscoops. With all that said, the LFA came with one of the best V10 engines ever produced by a Japanese automaker. The 4.8L naturally-aspirated V10 – dubbed 1LR-GUE – made 552 hp and 352 lb-ft of torque. Developed in collaboration with Yamaha, it was a free-revving engine with an exhaust note that is truly unlike any other on the planet. As the sole representative from Japan, the 1LR-GUE is certainly one for the ages.
Porsche Carrera GT 5.7L V10 (980/01)
What makes the Porsche Carrera GT engine so special is that it is technically a race car engine. Not in that loosely-based sense – as is often used as a gimmick by salespeople – but in the true sense of the word. In the late 1990s, Porsche engineers in Zuffenhausen were assigned the task of developing a naturally-aspirated V10 concept engine, which was to later be used in a race car for the infamous 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Sadly, the completion of that race car never came to fruition, but the efforts of the engine builders would not go to waste.
Porsche decided to adapt the engine for use in the Carrera GT and took the necessary steps to not only refine it in order to satisfy production car protocols but also managed to make it a more powerful version than the original unit. The result is a 5.7L naturally-aspirated V10 engine, which produces 612 hp @ 8,000 rpm and 435 lb-ft of torque @ 5,750 rpm. This allowed the Carrera GT to accelerate from 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds and 0-100 mph in 6.9 seconds, with a top speed of 205 mph.
BMW M5 V10 (S85)
Released in mid-2005, the E60 M5 sedan featured a high-revving and ultra-powerful V10 engine, which was the only one of its kind in a series-production car at that moment in time (while also being the marque’s most powerful production car engine ever made). The 5.0L naturally-aspirated unit shared more than just the same number of cylinders as the Formula 1 engine that powered the BMW Williams F1 team. Technology forged in the heat of motorsport had enhanced the processes and components used in creating this new powerhouse. As you would expect from BMW M, this high-performance motor generates enormous pulling force over its entire speed range.
VW Touareg V10 TDI
What makes this particular automobile so remarkable is not that it’s a Volkswagen, or an SUV, or diesel-powered, but that it’s all of those things with a twin-turbocharged 10-cylinder engine thrown into the mix. This Frankenstein-ish power plant would only feature for a couple of years before the whole Dieselgate fiasco, and had it not been for the calamity which ensued, it surely would have garnered more recognition than it has mustered to this day. All of its characteristics exude a bias towards low-end power, and the stats certainly reflect this – 309 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque @ 2,000 rpm. Oh, and don’t forget, a very utilitarian tow rating of 7,700 lbs.
Dodge Ram SRT-10 8.3L V10
Imagine a Viper engine swapped into, then modified for use in a Dodge Ram pick-up truck, and voila. So what exactly does this magic trick entail? Well for starters, in July 2004, a Dodge Ram SRT-10 driven by NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughan, set the Guinness World Record (and the SCCA record) for the world’s fastest production truck when it achieved an average top speed of 154.587 mph. This was all possible with the help of the 500 hp and 525 lb-ft of torque that the naturally-aspirated motor produced, with 90% of its torque available at 1,500 rpm. It could even tow up to 7,500 lbs; though we would bet that most owners would forgo any procedures that might keep them from optimizing their 1/4 mile times.
Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack, PiggyVest, and TeamApt.
Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital, a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with Abe Choi, a U.S.-based entrepreneur and investor.
Voltron will be deploying capital to roughly 30 startups, mostly in pre-seed and seed-stage across Africa, in a bid to “address the severe lack of access to early-stage funding for African tech companies.” The ticket sizes will range from $20,000 to $100,000, focusing on startups in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and North Africa.
Soyombo is one of the few founder-cum-investors on the continent, despite his company not being the traditional VC-backed startup the world has become accustomed to. In 2008, he started Bluechip Technologies with a friend, Kazeem Tewogbade as an enterprise company that provides data warehousing solutions and enterprise applications to banks, telcos, insurance firms. Some of its biggest clients include OEMs like Oracle.
Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor
Six years later, the pair decided to venture into tech, a relatively nascent industry in Nigeria at the time and began investing in startups via LeadPath, an early-stage firm they launched in Lagos, Nigeria. The idea was to invest $25,000 and take the startups through a three-month accelerator program culminating in a Demo Day. The plan was to run LeadPath like Y Combinator but it didn’t take off as planned.
“In 2014, three months after we found out that there was no investor to put them in front of. So you’d have to write another check yourself,” Soyombo said humorously over the phone. “We quickly saw that the accelerator model didn’t work, so we started investing individually. It’s funny how things have changed since then.”
LeadPath became a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the pair to carry out their angel investing deals. And over the years, Soyombo has launched several SPVs for the same purpose. So, why do things differently now by creating a fund? Soyombo walks me through one of the processes he has used to fund deals over the years to answer this question.
As an influential figure in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem, Soyombo has access to almost any important deal in the market. “I get the privilege of seeing many deals before most people see them. I’ve built that network within the startup ecosystem and reputation as an angel always ready to help. So obviously, that helped me see many deals very quickly,” he said. Often, his deal flows are filled with startups seeking six-figure pre-seed to seed investments. Say, for instance, a founder is looking to raise $300,000, Soyombo can typically invest $50,000 of his own money. And based on his perception of the startup’s growth prospects, he can choose to bring his friends and acquaintances on board to fill the round.
This informal approach is what Soyombo wants to make formal via a structured format where each individual or organisational LPs gets access to his deal flow simultaneously. The investor believes companies will get capital quicker this way. And the interesting bit is that his work in corporate Nigeria has allowed him to access non-traditional capital which means some of the investors that use Soyombo’s deal flows are outside the typical Nigerian tech investing landscape.
He sees his job as someone bridging the gap of angel investing between his corporate friends and colleagues who have not typically invested in tech and startups that need their money.
“There’s a bit of FOMO now,” he said. “People, including high net worth individuals, tell me to carry them along anytime I’m investing, and then I have startups looking for capital as well. But then again, I’m not trying to get a full job by managing a full fund which is why we’ve structured it this way.”
Anyone familiar with the happenings in African tech these past few months knows the two events that have caused this FOMO: Paystack’s exit to Stripe and Flutterwave’s unicorn status. Soyombo was an early investor in the former, marking his solitary primary exit alongside two secondaries within a portfolio that have cumulatively raised over $70 million. Thus, it’s not hard to see why Soyombo isn’t having a hard time convincing non-traditional investors, including HNIs (who are notoriously risk-averse when it comes to tech investing), to write checks in startups.
“All of a sudden, everyone is interested in what’s happening in the space. The HNIs that would’ve thrown money into real estate are looking for startups. We even see older HNIs telling their children to invest on their behalf, so it’s an easier conversation to have. Most of them want to diversify their portfolio by having a piece of that pie,” he said, pointing to Paystack and Flutterwave successes.
Abe Choi (Co-founder, Voltron)
Voltron Capital will be managed on AngelList. Its investors cut across HNIs and executives from banks, telcos, among other sectors, each investing a minimum of $10,000. Voltron is similar to a typical seven-figure fund targeting pre-seed and seed-stage startups in Africa, yet it’s quite different in the way it chooses to back founders. The fund remains an embodiment of Soyombo’s investment stance, which is “founders-first regardless of the industry.”
“I’m going to continue backing interesting entrepreneurs. If Odunayo of PiggyVest was building a healthtech or edtech company, I’ll still back that company,” he said, referring to the $1 million investment he made three years ago in one of Nigeria’s widely celebrated fintechs. “So I think the investability of sectors, for me, is driven by quality entrepreneurs that are going to solve problems in that area.”
Early-stage investing needs more work
In 2019, African tech startups raised a record $2 billion, according to Partech Africa. They have raised half that number already this year, and some publications predict these startups will break 2019’s record.
A large chunk of these investments goes into late-stage deals, which is typical of most tech ecosystems globally. But Africa stands out because early-stage startups find it more difficult to raise investments compared to other regions. For instance, IFC reported that 82% of African tech startups cite access to seed funding and a lack of angel investors as major problems they face. Without early-stage funding, many of the startups primed to drive this growth are missing out on vital capital to support their early operations and generate revenue, which is a key requirement for securing later rounds of funding and a larger scale.
Voltron, in its little capacity, wants to fill this gap in the best way it can. Besides listing local investors as LPs, Soyombo says startups will be able to access foreign capital too. Choi is the key to making that happen. Personally, Choi has invested in 15 startups (exiting two); therefore, his experience and network in the U.S. will be crucial in sourcing foreign capital into the continent.
Soyombo believes Stripe acquisition of Paystack has made foreign investors take notice of African startups. He humorously references Paul Graham’s tweet after the acquisition as another reason why foreign investors’ interests have also piqued. The tweet from the Y Combinator co-founder read: “Investors who ignore Nigeria now have to ask themselves: What do I know that Patrick Collision doesn’t?”
That said, the investor holds that the pace at which the African tech ecosystem is maturing should excite anyone. The quality of founders on the continent is improving and will continue in that manner because there are more problems to solve, he continued.
“Also, as our startups mature, we’ll see people leaving to set up theirs. We want the next wave of African tech success stories to not only make an impact on the continent but to be truly global; through Abe’s strategic connections to the USA, we’re confident we can provide our portfolio with the best possible opportunities to achieve this through our US and global network.”
1. Testing of ETL components in isolation
This includes testing of any component that’s involved in ETL workflow. It could be micro-services, transformation engines (like Google Dataflow, Spark, etc.), pipelines (Kafka, Google PubSub, etc.), storage components (like HDFS, Google GCS buckets, etc.), landing zones (like unix directories, etc.), workflow managers and orchestrators (like Argo, etc.) and any other participating component.
It is important to assure that each component is working as expected as per business requirements and system design – both functionally and non-functionally (performance, load, disaster recovery, etc.).
This testing focuses on testing of component in isolation using mocks and also its integration with other components.
2. Data Quality Checks
Data quality checks verify that the source data is of acceptable quality as per metadata agreements defined in requirements. There should not be any inconsistency or inaccuracy in data. Some common checks could be null-value checks on certain columns, dup-checks, blank header and/or footers, etc.
Any bad data is rejected, separated and logged for audit purposes. The good data is ingested and goes through the rest of the ETL stages. Testing should cover both scenarios.
3. Testing Filter conditions
The source systems usually send a lot of raw data. Some of that data may not be relevant from a business perspective. That’s why it needs to be filtered. While the RAW data layer stores all the data, only FILTERed IN data gets propagated to further processing. FILTER OUT data is, again, segregated and logged for audit purposes. Filter conditions are defined as per business requirements.
Some examples:
- filter all records older than a certain date. E.g. all accounts opened before 01/03/21
- filter all records where a specific column has a specific value. E.g. all accounts with Acc_Status = Open
4. Testing Data Transformation logics
Just like filter conditions, transformation logics are also defined in business requirements. Data is transformed and enriched based on these requirements. Some transformations are as simple as direct conversion of values whereas some transformations can be complex calculations.
Test scenarios are derived based on the logics and cover positive, negative and boundary-value scenarios. It is also important to test how transformation engines behave when any expected errors are encountered, especially in calculation-based rules.
Output of data transformation is clean and curated data.
Some transformation rule examples:
- Transform True/False value in source to 1/0 in target.
- Transform Account_Id in target by prefixing 0s in Account_Id of source e.g. 72737455 to 00072737455
- Transform predictive_index in target by multiplying eod_balance by 0.025
5. Schema Validation
Schema validation refers to testing of source and target schemas. Schemas are structure definitions of source and target, defined by solution architects. This typically includes column data-types, max/min length, unique check, headers/footers, etc.
For example: Telephone_Number field in source schema could be 11 digits whereas 10 in target schema. This will lead to a schema error during ETL.
6. Testing Data Mappings
This refers to which column(s) in source map to which column(s) in target. It is defined in business requirements usually in a simple excel format. However, technical implementation treats this differently and uses other technologies.
For example:
- Account_Id in source should map to int_acc_id in target
- telephone_num in source should map to prim_tele_no on target
7. Data Validation & Reconciliation Testing
Data reconciliation is a verification process to ensure that the data-migration or ETL process has transferred the data correctly from source (LHS)to target (RHS) by comparing the target data against the original source. This comparison can be between two ETL stages OR between source and target.
Since the volume of data is huge, it is nearly impossible to compare data manually of using generic comparison tools. Reconciliation rules are special mathematical checks using which confidence is gained that the data has moved successfully. Recon rules typically generate 3 types of reports – DIFF, DETAIL and SUMMARY.
Common types of reconciliation techniques are:
- Record Count Reconciliation: Comparing # of records at source vs target.
- Missing Records (Destination break): Records that exist at source but do not exist in target.
- Extra Records (Source break): Records that exist in target but not at source.
- Duplicate Records: Records that occur multiple times in target.
- Summary Reconciliation (MIN, MAX, SUM, AVG): Mathematical calculations on column(s) at source vs target. For e.g. average eod_balance on source should be equal to average eod_balance in target.
- Record Content Reconciliation: Field-by-field comparison of source and target records.
Recons are driven by Financial and Operational proof points.
Reconciliation testing is usually done on full volume data; that’s where it yields most value.
Reconciliations are automated using technologies like Spark or similar which are capable of handling huge data processing. There are some commercial tools available as well, like QuerySurge. Some organizations prefer to build their own bespoke tools as well.
Some recons (like record content) can be very resource-intensive and may take quite long to run (depending on the volume of data). This needs to be kept in mind and such recons should be done only if it’s absolutely necessary.
8. End-to-end testing
When all ETL stages and their components are well-tested, E2E testing is performed. This is to ensure that the ETL process works flawlessly from start to finish and everything is orchestrated as expected.
9. Full Volume Testing
Full Volume testing refers to E2E testing of ETL with large datasets (millions and billions of records.) The objective is to test how ETL behaves and performs with huge and varied dataset. This helps to uncover unforeseen scenarios and performance issues, if any.
Apart from the above, there are some very specialized testings that are performed on ETL, like Data Integrity, Data Lineage and Data Classification Testing.
10. Testing extraction at source
This is to ensure that the source file(s) are created as expected and contain right data from the source system(s). Testing of all data extraction conditions and logics.
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Some people say life is messy, some disagree.
Well I strongly believe that if you belong to a middle class family, you don’t really require a roller coaster ride to add adventures to your life.
Life is in fact weird, weird because sometimes it makes you the conqueror. On very next moment it can make you realize that you are ultimate looser.
I was 18 when I joined my first MNC, I was the happiest person on mother earth at least on that particular. Of course one has to be after being the only selected candidate among a hundred’s of applicants. Well, my luck was smiling sitting somewhere watching me. I worked very hard, passed the training got deployed but within SIX weeks I realized that this is not meant for me.
Even while sleeping I used to think about the possible solutions of query’s which I will be facing on the next morning. So, I could hardly sleep for one hour or two during night. Even after trying multiple things I was unable to fix this issue.
Guess what, I resigned!!
Okay so I took one year to find the best suited job for me, So I decided to go for a non-technical role this time. Business Development Executive they said while hiring.
But it actually turn out to be kind of fish market. All you have to do is sell the product. NO matter what time, what day or who is the customer. All they need is money money and money!! You have to through all the humanity ,morale and everything away. Be prepared with thousand of lies just to make people fool!! .
To Be Honest if you are person who have seen ups and downs in your life you just can’t carry on with this type of profile so I stepped Back from here as well.
Then Comes the most crucial opportunity of my life that is joining the IT sector as an junior software engineer..
I am carrying on here from last 13 months let’s see how long I can survive here, I used the word survive because this profile is not suitable for me , at least according to me!
People may wonder if I can’t even rely on any of the three opportunities what will I be interested in. Well I think it’s just a start and sky is the limit!!
Cheers!!
In almost all cases, manufacturers who choose to equip their cars with a V8 engine do so knowingly and deliberately. After all, such engines represent the first big step in crossing over a threshold to where performance becomes the sole focus; efficiency and economy are often not even invited as guests for a ride-along in the back seat.
With a quick glance at the back mirror, those pesky 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines begin to disappear into the horizon. Then, with the proverbial “pedal-to-the-medal”, the V8 power plant unanimously declares “all-in” with a loud roar – because this journey is all about thrill-seeking and checking things off the bucket list.
While high-performance V8 engines have normally been reserved for exotics – and muscle cars, in the more distant past – its application has been seen more in the mainstream these days. With the proliferation of automotive technologies, the V8 engine has become a gateway into the world of attainable supercar performance; each new engine is better than the one before it. But if you prefer roaring V10s, or hearty V12s, check these links out. However, if V8s are more your cup of tea, read on.
Ferrari’s F106 V8 engine dates as far back as 1973, where it first featured in the Dino 308 GT4. Right from the get-go, it produced an impressive 250 hp from a 2.9L naturally-aspirated engine, which featured a flat-plane crank and dual-overhead cams.
Such was the longevity and capability of the F106 unit, that it continued to be used – with significant updates and revisions along the way, including electronic fuel injection and multi-valve heads – for more than 30 years. Notable models which were equipped with the engine include the F355, 360 Modena, and arguably the most famous Ferrari of them all; the Ferrari F40, which fashioned a twin-turbocharged version of the F106 producing 471 hp.
Dodge Supercharged Hemi
Dodge’s Hellcat series of cars have really taken the world by storm, offering almost unfathomable power in a non-exotic production vehicle – or any vehicle for that matter. It’s truly a revival of the “American muscle” movement, with the supercharged Hemi able to produce as much as 807 hp and 717 lb-ft of torque via the Dodge Challenger Hellcat Super Stock. Handling, agility, and all that other kind of stuff aside, this makes the Hellcat Challenger/Charger the quintessential American sports car which can be had for well under the 6-figure mark brand new.
The automaker is now offering the 6.2L ‘Redeye’ V8 as a crate engine (aptly nicknamed ‘Hellcrate’) through Mopar. It can be purchased at a starting price of US$21,807. The ‘Redeye’ version comes with a larger supercharger than the previous Hellcrate engine and has been tuned for more boost, a slightly higher redline, and a host of other improvements. These are what has allowed it to improve from 707 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque to its current 807 hp state. An absolute unit.
BMW S63
Like other automakers on this list, BMW is no stranger to producing some of the world’s best V8 engines. The latest incarnation would be its masterpiece ‘S63‘ – a 4.4L twin-turbocharged engine that produces at least 600 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque in the current-gen BMW M5 sedan.
Though it’s true that this grants the quintessential luxury-performance saloon some serious supercar credentials, a look back to days gone by reminds us that engines such as the ‘S62’ and ‘S65′ deserve just as much recognition for their contribution to the Bavarians’ V8 platform. Respectively, each engine displaced 4.9L and 4.0L and were both naturally aspirated.
Lexus 2UR-GSE
The 2UR-GSE is the latest iteration of Lexus‘ increasingly iconic naturally-aspirated V8 power plant. Currently reserved for the marque’s high-performance models – such as the IS F, RC F, GS F, LC 500, and brand-new IS 500 – the 5.0L engine blends typical Lexus reliability with a high-revving Japanese character. In its most powerful configuration, the 2UR-GSE produces 475 hp in the Lexus LC 500. Amidst an ever-changing landscape shifting towards hybridization and electrification, we hope that Lexus’ legendary naturally-aspirated V8 lives on for as long as possible
Much like our other selections, the 2UR-GSE owes much of its distinctions to predecessors such as the 1UZ-FE which debuted in 1989. This 4.0L V8 engine has proven to be bulletproof over the test of time, in addition to the universal recognition it has received for being smooth, refined, and sufficiently powerful for its intended application. It has served as the platform upon which the formidable GSE would eventually be conceived.
Ferrari F136
The F136 succeeded the legendary F106, first appearing as a 4.3L naturally-aspirated engine in the 2004 Ferrari F430, producing 483 hp. Like the F106, the F136 would see widespread application throughout the Ferrari lineup; however, it was also featured on a number of Maserati models in concert with the relationship between the two marques.
Most notably, a 454 hp, 4.7L version of the F136 featured on the Maserati GranTurismo and is widely regarded as having one of the best engine/exhaust notes to come out of the V8. The F136 would reach its zenith in the Ferrari 458 Italia Speciale, where it cranked out a massive 597 hp from its 4.5L naturally-aspirated power plant.
Perhaps the most significant (and regretful) fact about the F136, is that it is the last naturally-aspirated V8 engine Ferrari would ever produce. It was replaced by the twin-turbocharged F154 V8 engine in 2015, where it debuted on the Ferrari 488 GTB.
McLaren M838T / M840T
Despite only producing V8-powered automobiles since as recently as 2011 (via the MP4-12C), you could argue that McLaren‘s engineers are truly the world’s V8 engine artisans, and few would dispute that. After all, it’s virtually all they know these days, with every single McLaren model – bar the V6-hybrid McLaren Artura – fitted with some adaptation of their M838T or M840T twin-turbocharged V8 motors.
The 3.8L M838T is found in its Sports Series range of cars, which includes the entry-level McLaren 540C and goes all the way up to the indomitable 666 hp McLaren 675 LT. The 4.0L M840T features on all of the Super Series cars, which covers the ‘700 range’ of models, plus the addition of the McLaren GT. In its Ultimate form, the 4.0L unit – dubbed the M840TR – produces 814 hp in the McLaren Senna GTR. The McLaren Speedtail hybrid ‘hyper GT’ produces some 1,035 hp through the combination of an M840T and electric motor.
GM Small Block LT1/LT2
Introduced in 2014 for the C7 Corvette, the 6.2L naturally-aspirated V8 LT1 engine is part of GM’s 5th-generation small block engine family. It continues to be used on the present-day Camaro, with a new version of the engine – known as the LT2 – carrying on the bloodline via the brand new mid-engine C8 Corvette. The LT2 retains the 6.2L capacity but is more powerful than the LT1, producing at least 495 hp and 470 lb-ft in its latest configuration.
This was achieved by designing more efficient air-intakes sand exhaust manifolds, while also featuring a better lubrication system and more resilient camshaft. While it’s not a monster-out-of-the-box like say, Dodge’s Hellcat engine, the lightweight naturally-aspirated powerplant remains perfectly suited for what the Corvette is the best at delivering – brilliant all-around performance at a fraction of the cost of comparable options. The still-relevant LT1 is now being offered as a crate engine via GM’s performance division, with its 460 hp on tap for under US$10,000. Project car, anyone?
Audi 4.2L FSI
When Audi’s 4.2L FSI V8 engine was introduced, it was a bit of a departure from what Audi enthusiasts had grown accustomed to over the years. As one of the marques which helped to proliferate the use of turbochargers on production cars, the aforementioned engine first appeared in the 2006 Audi RS4 as a high-revving naturally-aspirated power plant.
Over time, it proved to be a fan-favorite in spite of its lack of forced induction and featured on such models as the RS5 and mid-engined R8. As a naturally aspirated unit, the FSI V8 was able to rev up to 8,250 rpm and had a distinctively exotic exhaust note, regardless of the model it was mounted in.
The engine remained naturally-aspirated up until its use in the 444 hp Audi RS5; since then, recent iterations of the engine are now turbocharged and produce up to 600 hp.
Mercedes-AMG M178
The modern-day Mercedes-AMG line-up is blessed with their omnipotent ‘M178’ 4.0L twin-turbocharged V8, which itself deserves all the plaudits and is a shoo-in for selection. While it’s the most advanced iteration of the automaker’s V8, our personal favorite would have to be the ‘M156’ 6.2L V8 first powered the 467 hp naturally-aspirated C63 AMG. Like its successor, the M156 would feature in almost every Mercedes-AMG model of that era, including the SL63.
The ultimate version of this V8 motor would be the ‘M159’, which was equipped in the automaker’s flagship SLS supercar, producing 622 hp. The SLS has since been succeeded by the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series, which produces 720 hp from its twin-turbocharged ‘M178’, and recently set the new production car lap record at the Nürburgring.
Ford ‘Voodoo’ Flat-Plane
The ‘Voodoo’ engine produced by Ford is a 5.2L naturally-aspirated V8 which was made especially for cars such as the 526 hp Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R. Suffice to say, the Voodoo was a match made in heaven for the line-up’s most balanced and track-focused Mustang models. By utilizing a flat-plane crankshaft, the engine weighs less and revs faster and higher (to 8,250 rpm) than the otherwise standard engines in other models. Its configuration also gives it an almost-exotic exhaust note, border-lining on ‘un-American’ – but owners won’t mind, as their domestic car hangs just fine with the exotics and other high-end sports cars on the race-track.
Following the template of past flat-plane V8 engines, the Voodoo applies similar principles as engines that once powered hot-rods and muscle cars back in the 20th century – with impressive bang-for-buck, the engines produced big horsepower at a fraction of the cost of what was used in European sports cars and even domestic rivals. This provided owners with a rightfully potent automobile, and extra money left in the bank. It’s hard to argue with that!
