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Anaconda Gets Big Iron Support From IBM

IBM is expanding its embrace of big data analytics to include support on its open source mainframe for the Anaconda stack used by Python programmers. The company (NYSE: IBM) announced Thursday (Feb. 9) that it is collaborating with Anaconda developer Continuum Analytics and Rocket Software to host the open source analytics platform on IBM z/OS mainframes. Read more…

Open Data Science Presents Business Opportunity to New Continuum CEO

Continuum Analytics turned some heads last month when it announced the appointment of IT industry veteran Scott Collison to be its new CEO. With stints running departments of Microsoft, VMware, and Salesforce.com, Collis Read more…

Data Science Platforms Seen as Difference-Makers

How will data scientists work in the future? Based on today's trends and a new survey by Forrester, it seems likely that much of the work that data scientists do will revolve around centralized platforms that help to org Read more…

Drug Developer Wraps Anaconda Around Gene Data

An open source data visualization framework running on the Anaconda data science platform will be used by a drug discovery company focusing on cures for rare genetic diseases. Continuum Analytics, developer of the Bok Read more…

Data Engineers in Hot Demand

The big data community has been dealing with the data scientist shortage ever since big data became a thing. Now we're learning that there's possibly an even bigger shortage of another type of data professional: the data Read more…

Python Eats Into R as SAS Dominance Fades

A new survey of data science tools shows that Python usage is quickly gaining steam among advance analytic professionals, at the expense of both R and SAS. Last month the executive recruiting firm Burtch Works publish Read more…

TaxBrain Brings Open Data Science to Federal Models

Some of the most important decisions made in Washington D.C. are influenced heavily by sophisticated computer models refined over the course of decades. However, most of the models are proprietary, which hinders the abil Read more…

Chorus Upgrade Shifts Machine Learning Emphasis

The latest version of Alpine Data's analytics platform seeks to combine data with machine learning for business users by shifting the focus from algorithms while adding human collaboration and governance capabilities to Read more…

More Tips For Navigating Big Data

As big users of big data try to bridge the widening analytical skills gap via everything from training programs and online courses to graduate school centers of excellence, a range of strategies are emerging to help mast Read more…

Anaconda Platform Gets Boost From Intel

The latest version of the Anaconda open source analytics platform incorporates Intel Corp.'s math kernel library (MKL) to significantly boost performance. Version 2.5 extends Anaconda capabilities rolled out last fall. Read more…

What Data Science Skills Employers Want Now

There's good news if you're for a job in data science in 2016 -- the number of job openings in the field appears to be rising as companies look to leverage big data for competitive advantage. But actually landing a covet Read more…

3 Major Things You Should Know About Apache Spark 1.6

Hundreds of fixes and new features made their way into Apache Spark 1.6, which was announced last week and is expected to ship in mid-December. But here are the three main things in Spark 1.6 that are most likely to affe Read more…

Inside the Zestimate: Data Science at Zillow

If you're like most homeowners, you probably sneak a peek at your 'Zestimate' from time to time to see how your home's value might have changed. Getting a Zestimate is very easy and straightforward for users, but behind Read more…

Python Versus R in Apache Spark

The June update to Apache Spark brought support for R, a significant enhancement that opens the big data platform to a large audience of new potential users. Support for R in Spark 1.4 also gives users an alternative to Read more…

Spark Steals the Show at Strata

There was a lot of good stuff on display at last week's Strata + Hadoop World conference. But if there was one product or technology that stood out from the pack, that would have to be Apache Spark, the versatile in-memo Read more…

Astronomical Algorithm Powers Data Analytics Startup

Astronomers at the national labs have enjoyed a handy fallback plan when faced with a glut of images that need analysis: grad students. So when researchers at UC Berkeley developed machine learning algorithms that could automatically scan these images, not only did grad students need something else to do between classes, but the developers realized they might have the makings of a winning big data analytics business plan on their hands. Read more…

Python Wraps Around Big, Fast Data

Python is finding its way into an ever-expanding set of use cases that fall into both the high performance computing and big data buckets. Read more…

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