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Q&A With a MongoDB CTO
When it comes to database companies, few have had as good a run as MongoDB over the past year. With an IPO last fall and a cloud business that's booming, the New York City firm is flying high. This week at the MongoDB Wo Read more…
MongoDB Fleshes Out Mobile and Cloud Strategies
As its name implies, MongoDB likes to do big things. But with today's unveiling of MongoDB Mobile at MongoDB World in New York City, the company is delivering a diminutive database that runs on mobile devices. It also an Read more…
Learning IoT Lessons the Big Data Way
Spending on Internet of Things (IoT) projects is expected to triple over the next few years, to more than $450 billion globally, as the technology matures and use cases emerge. As organizations embark upon exciting new I 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…
This Concussion Protocol Runs on NoSQL
Wham! The receiver takes a huge helmet-to-helmet hit, courtesy of the opposing team's strong safety. He gets up, wobbles a bit, and heads back to the huddle. But is it safe for him to return to the game? If the player Read more…
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Investors Accelerating Driverless Car Development
Optimus Ride, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology AI spinoff developing fully autonomous vehicles, continues to attract venture funding as it applies machine learning, computer vision and mapping techniques to the pr Read more…
AWS, Microsoft Partner on Gluon AI Tool
Cloud services rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are collaborating on a deep learning library designed to accelerate development of models used to construct neural networks. The open source project dubbed "Gluo Read more…
Drone Data Accelerates Mapping
Add to the mounting list of data types: aerial data captured by drones, much of it used for map making and field surveys. A recent report on trends in the booming drone industry finds that commercial drones equipped w Read more…
Neural Nets Gaining Traction With Banks
Banking, insurance and financial services are driving the vibrant neural network software market along with growing uptake in the health care market, according to a new market forecast. The estimated 26 percent annual Read more…
New NVMe Spec Emphasizes Data Analytics
The latest release of a non-volatile memory interface and storage protocol emphasizes the enterprise shift to analytics, virtualization and other data-intensive workloads while riding the coat tails of the robust solid-s Read more…
This Just In
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 5, 2021 — The ever-growing power of data requires an ever-deepening responsibility on the part of data scientists to use that power fairly and equitably. Recognizing this, Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) will host a symposium this fall aimed at fostering digital fairness. Read more…
BOSTON, July 28, 2021 — Driven by the death of the third-party cookie and its debilitating impact on the digital advertising industry, data clean rooms are growing in popularity among brands and publishers alike. Read more…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 26, 2021 — A 2011 paper on data privacy co-authored by Dan Kifer, professor of computer science and engineering at Penn State, received the 2021 Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Management of Data (ACM SIGMOD) Test of Time award. Read more…
July 9, 2021 — The Commission has adopted two adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom – one under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the other for the Law Enforcement Directive. Read more…
REDLANDS, Calif., July 8, 2021 — Esri, a global leader in location intelligence, today shared increased momentum with ArcGIS Field Maps, helping businesses transform how mobile workers perform duties through field operations software optimized for iOS and iPadOS. Read more…