According to a recent press release, “Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today unveiled the Wipro-AWS Launch Pad, a state-of-the-art immersive co-innovation center in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Wipro, with its skilled team of AWS-certified employees, is an innovation-led technology partner for clients in their continuous […]
GreenSky Launches Data Science Division to Strengthen its Consumer Protections
According to a recent press release, “GreenSky, Inc., a leading financial technology company Powering Commerce at the Point of Sale®, today announced the launch of a newly established Data Science division to boost the Company’s consumer protection program. The company is investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning to more accurately identify suspicious activity, alert […]
From a Single Decision Tree to a Random Forest
Click to learn more about author Rosaria Silipo. The co-author of this column was Kathrin Melcher. Decision trees are a set of very popular supervised classification algorithms. They are very popular for a few reasons: They perform quite well on classification problems, the decisional path is relatively easy to interpret, and the algorithm to build […]
Elastic Stack 7.3.0 Released
A new press release reports, “Elastic N.V., the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, is thrilled to announce that version 7.3 of the Elastic Stack has arrived, and it’s another good one. We’ll touch on some of the release highlights. Be sure to check out the dedicated blogs for each product to dive into […]
Shift in Core Principles of Data Management in Today’s Digital Economy
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. Today’s data landscapes in enterprises are increasingly based on core principles of Data Discovery, Right Data Interpretation, Coverage, Availability and Inter-operability. Often the first step is knowing what data exists in our firms, while also interpreting it in the right way by managing the meaning. Business Intelligence often […]
Immersion Analytics Announces Partnership with Qlik
According to a new press release, “Immersion Analytics today announced the signing of a Technology Partnership Agreement with Qlik to bring immersive data visualization capabilities to Qlik users. For the first time in the business intelligence world, business users can visualize and analyze 7, 10…even 15 or more columns of data in a single view. […]
Data and Due Process: When Algorithms Go Awry
Click to learn more about author Michael D. Shaw. Data is like statistics: a matter of interpretation. The process may look scientific, but that does not mean the result is credible or reliable. How can we trust what a person says if we deny the legitimacy of what he believes? How can we know a […]
Falkonry Launches Falkonry LRS 2.0 Enabling Customers to Gain Insights from Operational Data
A new press release reports, “Falkonry, Inc., the leading enabler of predictive operations for Global 2000 companies, today announced a new version of its flagship operational machine learning system. In field trials, Falkonry LRS 2.0 has provided unmatched performance, visualization and scale, enabling customers to realize rapid improvements in the uptime, quality, safety and yield […]
PopSockets Depends on Looker to Fuel Data-Driven Culture
A recent press release states, “Looker, a leading data platform company, today announced that PopSockets, maker of expandable phone grips, relies on the Looker data platform to establish and maintain a data-driven culture during its tremendous growth. By making data-driven decisions a priority, PopSockets ensures maximum efficiencies within the company, and protects the quality of […]
How Long Will IT Remain a Viable Career in the Age of AIOps?
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. IT tends to go in and out of fashion as a career path, in terms of the money, glamour, and potential for career advancement. But it has always seemed to be a safe bet, in terms of giving the reasonably competent access to a wide range of opportunities. […]