Hitachi became an instant sensation when it displayed its first robot in an IT Fair in 1970. Ever since, this Japanese technology company has made great strides in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and more recently, in Machine Learning enabled AI research, as demonstrated through their successive applications in robotics. After 45 years of tireless AI research […]
How are New Data Technologies Affecting Data Quality and Data Governance?
Data Quality and Data Governance have been an ongoing concern among global data technology vendors and enterprises for some time. Privacy and security issues are no longer the headaches of large enterprises alone; Big Data, Hadoop, Cloud Computing platforms, the Internet of Things (IoT), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings, and social data have all added to rising […]
Cognitive Computing Demystified: The What, Why, and How
“Cognitive Computing comes from a mashup of cognitive science — the study of the human brain and how it functions — and computer science, and the results will have far-reaching impacts on our private lives, healthcare, business, and more,” says Bernard Marr, in What Everyone Should Know About Cognitive Computing. “Some people say that Cognitive […]
Is Machine Learning Ready to Take on Artificial Intelligence?
Machine Learning (ML) algorithms can learn from data and improve themselves. In a way, that learning process is akin to the way the humans learn from daily experience and improve their own skill sets. Artificial Intelligence (AI) facilitates “emulation of human thinking in actions. “So, together AI and ML are capable of delivering smart robots […]
The Future of Data Management: An Evolution of the Industry
DATAVERSITY® recently interviewed John Schroeder, the Founder of MapR, to find out his thoughts on what is approaching on the Data Management horizon. Schroeder has more than 20 years in the Enterprise Software space, with a focus on Database Management and Business Intelligence. Such a background gives Schroeder insight into how the world of Data […]
Data Science Education: Stanford University’s Program
The Stanford Data Science education program is small with competitive acceptance requirements. It is administrated by their Statistics Department. Guenther Walther, Chairman of the Statistics Department, was asked what students can do to get in the program. He responded: “The admissions process is competitive, indeed. We had close to 400 applicants for the eight spots […]
More Help on the Way for Democratizing Artificial Intelligence
It seems as if you can’t pull up a website on data these days without running into the term Artificial Intelligence. And with good reason: Markets and Markets has it pegged as reaching $16 billion by 2022. Wander around the Web and you can hit on stories about everything from the top AI stocks to […]
The Emphasis is on Out-of-the-Box Internet of Things Data Management
Enterprises face growing Data Management challenges as the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) becomes an increasing part of their daily activities. The difficulties for companies in sectors like manufacturing and energy start with a slew of Internet of Things devices, producing and sending information in realtime, whose sensor data must often be combined with other […]
A Comparative Study of Business Intelligence and Analytics Market Trends
The global Business Intelligence and Analytics market this year has already reached or is nearing $16.9 Billion, according to Gartner. The BI and Analytics market has undergone a major transformation from an enterprise IT-led, record reporting system to business-driven self-service data explorations. This turnaround of trends in Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics indicates a larger […]
Cognitive Computing: The Hype, the Reality
The phrase ‘Cognitive Computing’ has been slowly, but prominently, edging its way into the mainstream business culture since IBM’s introduction to Watson in 2011. Watson was a unique response-capable computing system built to compete against humans on the popular game show, Jeopardy!. Inspired by this innovative approach, many companies have since followed suit and began […]