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Big Data Challenges of Industry 4.0

The original Industrial Revolution, which straddled the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century, transformed the world as mechanized, engine-powered production processes and tools replaced Read more…

Paving the Way to Success in AI and Intelligent Process Automation

While a lot of AI implementations are still exploratory these days, there are many examples of companies starting to gain real traction behind the scenes – applying AI to automate manual, back-office business processes Read more…

Don’t Make These Data Science Mistakes in IoT

Data science is tough enough already. Whether you're looking to act upon data collected from IoT sensors or human generators, don't make it harder than it has to be by making these three common data science mistakes. Read more…

Startup MemVerge Combines Memory, Storage

A startup combining persistent memory and data storage has emerged from stealth mode with a platform running on chip maker Intel’s Optane architecture. MemVerge claims to have invented what it calls “memory-conver Read more…

Streaming Data App Builder Goes Open Source

Swim.ai, promoters of an agile approach to data collection and analysis either in the cloud or at the network edge, has released an open-source version of its platform for building real-time, distributed applications. Read more…

Exploring Artificial Intelligence at the Edge

As the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, and big data analytics continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important for edge computing systems to process large data sets in a timely and effici Read more…

GeoSpock Joins Growing List of Spatial Data Startups

UK-based spatial big data startup GeoSpock hopes to “live long and prosper” after netting an additional £10 million in venture funding. GeoSpock, based on Cambridge, said its latest funding round (which works out Read more…

Hitachi Ups Game for Managing Unstructured Data

Most enterprise data go unused, and according to some studies very little unstructured data in the form of text, audio and video makes its way into the hands of data analysts. Hence, data integrators see an opportunit Read more…

AWS Launches Time-Series Database

AWS threw its hat into the nascent ring for time-series databases yesterday with the launch of AWS TimeStream, a managed time-series database that AWS says can handle trillions of events per day. Time-series databases Read more…

Qualcomm Launches AI Investment Fund

Wireless chip leader Qualcomm Inc. announced a $100 million investment fund focused on AI startups developing chip and connectivity technologies for emerging applications like machine learning platforms and autonomous ve Read more…

Intel Aims to Simplify AI with ‘Neural Stick’ Update

Intel today unveiled an upgraded Neural Compute Stick that it claims will dramatically simplify the roll-out of neural network inference applications in drones, IoT, and edge devices. It may look like a standard USB t Read more…

The Evolution of Remote Sensing: Delivering on the Promise of IoT

Remote sensing technology has come a long way since Gaspard Felix Tournachon's pioneering aerial photographs in 1858. While the technology has advanced, there is one aspect of remote sensing that has remained relatively Read more…

How AI, IoT, and Other Technologies Will Need to Coalesce into Comprehensive Counterdrone Defenses

Drones are the foundation of some of the most devastating weapon systems in many countries’ arsenals. They are also a growing focus of smart cities everywhere. Indeed, drone-related projects are likely to claim a signi Read more…

New Cloudera Plots a Course Toward a Unified Future

The merger of Hortonworks and Cloudera will eliminate competition in the market for big data platforms and create a clear leader in the space. Once the transaction is complete, the new Cloudera will embark upon the chall Read more…

Inside Hitachi Vantara’s Very Ambitious Data Agenda

FPGAs and object storage systems. NVMe storage and ML model management. IoT edge computing and converged server infrastructure. It would be a big understatement to say that Hitachi Vantara has a lot going on, but it also Read more…

Apache Pulsar Ready for Prime Time

A streaming and messaging system aimed at stream processing has been elevated from incubator to “top-level project” status by the Apache Foundation. Apache Pulsar was released as open source by Yahoo in 2016 and Read more…

From Big Guns to Big Data: US Navy Looks to Tech for Advantages

For decades, the US Navy's measure of success was its capability to hit a moving target at sea better than the other guy. But today, the $142-billion organization considers its ability to innovate with big data and AI as Read more…

Lightbend Adds Kubernetes for ‘Reactive’ Microservices

Streaming and other data applications continue to be paired with microservices as streaming data shake up application designs targeting AI, machine learning and other data-driven use cases. The latest to jump on the m Read more…

Popping Big Data Fallacies On the Edge

Organizations today are drowning in data. There's no argument about that. But there continues to be vigorous debate on the best way to deal with that data. While some advocate creating big data lakes to store data that w Read more…

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