Punch cards were the first effort at data storage in a machine language. Punch cards were used to communicate information to equipment “before” computers were developed. The punched holes originally represented a “sequence of instructions” for pieces of equipment, such as textile looms and player pianos. The holes acted as on/off switches. Basile Bouchon developed […]
Snowflake Announces Another World-First – The Data Sharehouse
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Snowflake Computing, the only data warehouse built for the cloud, today announced its newest and most transformative innovation, extending the modern data warehouse to the world’s first data sharehouse. Snowflake continues to deliver on its founding vision of removing all technology barriers that prevent enterprises from […]
How to Avoid Messing Up Big Data Analytics
Click to learn more about author Ravi Shankar. “Big Data” is still in the news these days, but the story has evolved from describing what it is to how an organization can actually use all that data for actionable intelligence, or “Big Data Analytics”. In fact, Forbes just reported on a Honeywell study of 200 manufacturing […]
FactBio Launches First Product: Kusp
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “FactBio, a developer of novel bioinformatics software with a focus on improving knowledge management and data sharing, has launched its first product, Kusp (Knowledge Sharing Platform). Kusp is a platform, developed specifically for the life sciences industry, which improves data curation and data discovery using community standards, […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Introduces HPE Vertica 8
by Angela Guess A new press release out of the company reports, “Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced the next release of HPE Vertica, codenamed “Frontloader.” HPE Vertica 8 introduces a unified architecture and advanced in-database analytics capabilities that enable users to conduct sophisticated analysis at industry-leading scale and speed, regardless of where their data resides. One of […]
Three Steps to Renovate Your Company’s Data
Click here to learn more about Erin Latham. We all dream about renovating our homes. We’re addicted to HGTV, and we scour the Internet in search of inspiring ways to update our houses and make them more livable. A good home revamp doesn’t just make our lives easier; it also boosts our equity. The same […]