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MLB Unravels Home Run Mystery with Analytics, Modeling and Simulation

Since the 2015 season, the ball has been flying out of Major League ballparks at a remarkable clip. While people had ideas about what caused the surge, nobody knew for sure. But now an in-depth analysis of hitting data a Read more…

The 10 Step Guide to Mastering Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming the global economy, and companies that are quick to adopt these technologies will take $1.2 trillion from those who don’t. Businesses that fail to take Read more…

Nokia Expands IoT Portfolio with SpaceTime Deal

Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone pioneer, is expanding its Internet of Things portfolio through the acquisition of SpaceTime Insight, a specialist in machine learning analytics and industrial IoT applications. Nokia (N Read more…

Six Reasons Why Enterprises Need a Modern Data Integration Architecture

Data is instigating change and giving rise to a new data-driven economy that is still in its infancy. Organizations across industries increasingly recognize that monetizing data is crucial to maintaining a competitive ed Read more…

Microsoft Azure Data Warehouse Gets a Tune Up

Microsoft is keeping pace in the cloud data warehouse race with the release of its next-generation Azure SQL data warehouse which it promotes as an optimized computing tier. Microsoft said its massively-parallel proce Read more…

Four Ways To Derive Value From Your GDPR Investments

As organizations worldwide are scrambling to comply with the requirements of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the sheer amount of time and money being in spent in preparation for the loom Read more…

Google’s BigQuery Gaining Steam As Cloud Warehouse Wars Heat Up

Amazon Redshift may dominate the nascent cloud data warehouse category, but anecdotal evidence suggests Google BigQuery is catching on quickly – and offerings from Microsoft, SnowFlake, and others aren't far behind. Read more…

The New Economics of the Separation of Compute and Storage

No one can predict the future analytical needs of their business. The right storage needs today might not be the right storage needs next year, or even next week. An organization’s workload requirements might grow five Read more…

Built to Last: Laying a Framework for IoT with Enterprise Architecture

IoT is massive -- both in opportunity for business and volume of data created. Over 90% of the data in the world has been created in the past two years, and the current output of data is roughly 2.5 quintillion bytes a d Read more…

The GDPR: An Artificial Intelligence Killer?

If anyone has doubts regarding the wave toward artificial intelligence, a quick read of this post from CMO.com should erase those doubts. Consider some highlights: In the immediate future, execs are looking for A Read more…

Cloud Looms As Answer to All Things Analytic

Think this whole cloud thing is just a passing fad? That view may have been permissible 10 years ago. But as organizations try to put their IT goals in clearer focus for 2018, it's becoming increasingly evident that the Read more…

The Big Data Tech Inside the 2020 Census

The US Census Bureau is adopting the latest data processing technology to help with its upcoming 2020 Census, including the use of a large Hadoop cluster, real-time stream data processing, and advanced mapping and visual Read more…

The Emerging Role of the Chief Data Officer

Across all industries, enterprises have access to more data than ever before as insights pour in from machines throughout the company, customer queries, and archived information. These exponentially growing volumes of in Read more…

Embracing the Future – The Push for Data Modernization Today

There is growing recognition that businesses today need to be increasingly ‘data driven’ in order to succeed. Those businesses that can best utilize data are the ones that can better serve their customers, out-compet Read more…

5 Ways Analytics Drives Cyber Monday Sales

Today is expected to be the busiest online shopping day in history, with more than $6 billion changing electronic hands. So how are businesses poised to take advantage of all that spending? One big factor for retailers t Read more…

Neo4j Reaches Out to Spark as Platform Ambitions Grow

Neo4j is using its GraphConnect New York conference to showcase two major announcements this week, including a new initiative to support the design and execution of graph queries in the Apache Spark environment and the c Read more…

Teradata Climbs Up the Stack with ‘Analytics Platform’ Strategy

Teradata is extending the types of data, algorithms, and frameworks it can store and run in its flagship MPP database as part of the new Teradata Analytics Platform unveiled at its annual user conference today. Shipping Read more…

Analytics Remains Top Data Tech, Survey Says

Artificial intelligence is all the rage, but as companies continue to struggle with data complexity characterized by a variety and number of data sources, analytics remains the most important technology for squeezing val Read more…

McAfee Folds Analytics Into Security Tools

The hackers are winning, and most cyber defenses are reactive despite ongoing efforts to achieve real-time threat detection capabilities. While artificial intelligence approaches are making inroads in the cat-and-mouse g Read more…

Big Data Analytics Flashes a ‘Red Alert’ on Human Trafficking in India

The statistics are terrifying: Every three minutes, a young Indian girl is abducted into sex slavery --- often with the consent of her parents, as horrible as that sounds. Now, with the help of Australian analytics firm Read more…

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