The science of Machine Learning (ML) has been around since the 1970s, but low horsepower processors and limited data forced the progress of Machine Learning to slow down in the 1980s. Ever since Big Data has enabled the use of unlimited “variety, volume, and velocity” business data, Machine Learning resurfaced as a powerful game changer […]
So You Want to Be an IoT Architect?
Micheline Casey, Data Analytics and Strategy Consultant, says in the DATAVERSITY® CDO Webinar: 2017 Trends in Data Strategy that: “The Internet of Things (IoT) will be hot. It is a game changer.” Evidence from IDC Research and Forbes magazine agrees with this statement. IDC predicts that the “worldwide Internet of Things Ecosystem and Trends market […]
The Gold of Big Data Analytics: Process Mining and Enterprise Data Assets
Alex Rinke, co-founder and co-CEO at Celonis, says that, “Companies are leaving 10-20% of their margin on the table due to inefficient processes,” but by using Process Mining, he says, companies can discover hidden issues most companies only learn if their customers tell them. Celonis offers this new sub-set category of Big Data Mining as […]
Data Science Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) is focused on addressing a broad range of challenges by promoting research and education in Data Science education, statistics, decision making, and the social sciences. It was launched simultaneously, in the Fall of 2016, with MIT’s new Minor in Statistics and Data Science, and is available to […]
Smart and Scalable: The Next Generation Data Lakes
Data Lakes have come under some scrutiny in recent times, with complaints that businesses wind up storing anything and everything in them, yet aren’t realizing the value they expected from all the data they’ve piled up. Sam Chance, who’s recently taken on a Managing Director role in Cambridge Semantics Solution Engineering organization, has a take […]
Kinetica Aims to be The Data Science Company with its GPU-Accelerated Database
“I feel the need…the need for speed.” That quote could be as easily applied to business users eager for the power to move forward with Advanced Analytics as it could to generations of Naval pilots inspired by Tom Cruise in the 1986 movie Top Gun. With Version 6.0 of its GPU-accelerated database, released in January, […]
Case Study: Hello Fresh Shifts to Big Data with MapR
The doorbell rings and it’s a big box with the words “HelloFresh” on the side in lime green letters. Inside, surrounded by biodegradable ice packs, are fresh ingredients for three different meals for you and your spouse, chosen from a varied slate of innovative entrees. All the vegies and meats in the box are portioned, […]
Taking the Cloud Computing Road to Data Integration and Data Management
2016 was a great year for data, but the coming years will be even better. That’s the case being made by many in the industry, including Rob Consoli, Chief Revenue Officer at Enterprise Application Integration and Data Management vendor Liaison Technologies. Its Alloy Platform offers Data Integration and Data Management on a single unified platform, […]
Microservices 101: Changing the Monolithic Data Architecture Model
In May 2011, a group of software architects at a workshop near Venice used the word “microservice” to describe a process they had recently worked on. The philosophical essence of a microservice can be described as, “Focus on one task and do it well.” Microservices are a flexible, single-purpose software program essentially compatible with any […]
Demystifying Advanced Data Visualization
Advanced Data Visualization gives a new meaning on how pictures can simplify information needed to comprehend complex questions. Angela Hausman states that Big Data does not mean much if the people who control change can’t understand or have to spend too much time deciphering the Great Data that is presented. In addition, Big Data speeds […]