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Sequentum Cloud Review

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In the evolving world of data and data-driven economies, modern data gathering tools and services are crucial. So, in this post we’ll review Sequentum Cloud, the cloud-based web data scraping suite enabling non-tech users to gather custom web data. Sequentum Cloud is great for both for gathering business intelligence, such as monitoring competitors to drive data driven decision making or powering content-driven AI applications.


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Sequentum’s users include data engineers, research analysts, compliance and governance managers who can get started immediately and leverage best-in-class technology to get the most precise data to meet their needs.

In the post we want to introduce you to the most important and outstanding features that Sequentum Cloud possesses.

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The Importance of Transparency and Trust in Data and Generative AI

Sharing an informative article by Sarah McKenna (CEO of Sequentum & Forbes Technology Council Member), The Importance Of Transparency And Trust In Data And Generative AI. It includes factors for responsible data collection (aka scraping) and web data usefulness for AI post processing. She touches on security, adherence to regulatory requirements, bias prevention, governance, auditability, vendor evaluation and more. 

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In the age of data-driven decision-making, the quality of your outcomes depends on the quality of the underlying data. Companies of all sizes seek to harness the power of data, tailored to their specific needs, to understand the market, pricing, opportunities, etc. In this data-rich environment, using generic or unreliable data not only has the intangible costs that prevent companies from achieving their full potential, it has real tangible costs as well.

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Sequentum Enterprise review

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Sequentum Enterprise is a powerful, multi-featured enterprise data pipeline platform and web data extraction solution. Sequentum’s CEO Sarah Mckenna doesn’t like to call it web scraping because, in its description, the web scraping refers to many different types of unmanaged and non-compliant techniques for obtaining web-based datasets. 

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Development Web Scraping Software

The worthy alternative to dissolving scraping Kimono API

Recently I got notified of Kimono service finishing its work due to kimono team being joining another project. So many data hunters who were using this prominent free API service are now in search for a good alternative. 

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Content Grabber self-contained (standalone) agent

As web scraping is becoming easier to use, more and more people are able to leverage the world’s web resources. As this trend grows, structured data from the web empower businesses and enable a wave of new business ideas to become a reality. Now there is a new technology on the market called: “self-contained agents” that might just make this a tsunami!

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Content Grabber with free proxy account integration for business directories scrape

Professional data extraction requires adequate proxying to keep anonymity of scraping robots. When attempting to extract large data sets (over 1M records, ex. business directories) reliable and fast proxy service is needed.

Sequentum has released the Nohodo proxy service integration for Content Grabber. Nohodo provides a free account for Content Grabber users (up to 5000 requests monthly for free). The feature is available for both trial users and regular customers. Here’s how it works…