Set up and Install Google Colab

In this video clip we explain how to set up Google Colab. This can be useful to SMEs in building, sharing and managing  critical data and business intelligence or scripting simple code. Google Colab is ideally suited to sharing collaboratively data intelligence with stakeholders, and curating feedback to decision makers.  Colaboratory or “Colab” for short, is a product from Google Research which is especially well suited to data analysis for small businesses with tight budgets

Yes. Colab is free to use.

Colab resources are not unlimited, and the usage limits sometimes fluctuate - but having said that - Colab is very generous relative to peers. You should never really feel too constrained in any typical small business setting. Users who are interested in more reliable access to better resources may be interested in Colab Pro. Colab allows you to use and share Jupyter notebooks with others without having to download, install locally or run anything.

It is ideal for host a SME data which today is considered an asset as tangible as a company’s hardware or its headquarter building. It is at the heart of the enterprise’s operations. In data-driven organization, data analysis is more than a mere collection of information and monitoring. The process entails analyzing  real-time information flow to extract value  to pass down to key decision-makers as quickly as possible. R and Python executed in Google Colab both constitute very cost effective ways of achieving these ends and SME can profit greatly from setting up and training in this domain.

To open colab used:
https://colab.research.google.com/dri...

To implement R in Google Colab
Two ways to run R code in Google Colab

Install R Tidyverse in Google Colab
Install Tidyverse R package and run i...

To implement C++ in Google Colab:
How to run C++ code in Google Colab p...

For C++ boost in Google Colab:
C++ Boost Libraries installed and wor...

Colab notebooks allow you to combine executable code and rich text in a single document. The notebook is ideally suited to implement reproducible research. It can be thought of as Python Notebook in your browser but also can be used to R code and C++. Please see links above. When you create your own Colab notebooks, they are stored in your Google Drive account. You can easily share your Colab notebooks with collaborators or friends, allowing them to comment on your notebooks, test results and edit.