Data & Analytics

 

Forget Data Scientists, Hire A Data Translator Instead? (Forbes)

You can invest in data technologies and collect all the data you can possibly imagine, but it’s worthless if it’s not analyzed or communicated to decision-makers so that action... More

Driving Data Science Results by Asking Why (Data Points)

With a productized analytic , a data consumer is presented with a solution that is well documented. This creates some useful boundaries within which the process of asking questions... More

Salesforce to Acquire MuleSoft (MESA)

Salesforce have entered into a definitive agreement under which Salesforce will acquire MuleSoft for an enterprise value of approximately $6.5 billion. Every digital transformat... More

Microsoft Unveils New Azure Databricks Service (HITS)

Databricks, provider of the leading Unified Analytics Platform powered by Apache Spark, today announced general availability of Microsoft Azure Databricks. Azure Databricks is Dat... More

SAP Predictive Analytics, Application Edition, Powers Intelligent Enterprises (HITS)

SAP today announced the general availability of the application edition of SAP Predictive Analytics software to help enterprises create and manage predictive machine learning model... More

FTC Reportedly to Investigate Facebook’s Use of Personal Data (CNBC)

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica violated a consent decree the tech company sign... More

IBM Accelerates AI with Fast New Data Platform, Elite Team (HITS)

As companies look to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) to gain competitive advantage and increase productivity, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled a new data science and machine lea... More

6 Data Analytics Trends That Will Dominate 2018 (CIO)

Together with social, mobile and cloud, analytics and associated data technologies have emerged as core business disruptors in the digital age. As companies began the shift from be... More

Demand for Programmers Hits Full Boil as U.S. Job Market Simmers (Bloomberg)

When the American job market heats up, demand for technology talent boils. Nationally, the unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in January, and analysts project that it declined to 4 ... More

SAP Expands User Experience Across All-Analytics Platform (SCN)

SAP announced the SAP Analytics Cloud solution is now certified by the International Business Communication Standards (IBCS), empowering self-service users to easily build IBCS-com... More

Wipro Expands Live Workspace Suite of Offerings to Support Apple Devices (HITS)

Wipro announced the expansion of it’s Live Workspace suite of offerings, providing enterprises with an anywhere, anytime, any device digital workplace. This will allow enterprise... More

Five Data Trends That Will Transform Cloud, AI in 2018 (Forbes)

Building an operating system for data is the foundation needed for any industry today. These could range from a health care organization crafting a strategy to comply with General ... More

Salesforce Simplifies Data Analytics with New Einstein Capabilities (CBR)

Salesforce has expanded the capabilities of its Einstein AI system, helping businesses simply how data is analysed. The new update demonstrates how Salesforce customers can simply ... More

Cisco Broadens Tetration Analytics Reach to Data Center, Cloud Security (ZDNet)

Cisco is updating its Tetration data center analytics platform with security tools designed to segment applications, identify vulnerabilities and exposure and manage processes. ... More

Why Bots-as-a-Service is the Next Big Trend in Customer Management (Analytics Insight)

The latest trend gaining momentum in the market is cloud bot-as-a-service. Robots that are used to interact with human beings on various platforms are termed as bots or chatbots. B... More

Big Companies are Embracing Analytics, But Most Still Don’t Have a Data-Driven Culture (HBR)

For six consecutive years NewVantage Partners has conducted an annual survey on how executives in large corporations view data. Each year the response rate increases, and the repor... More

The GDPR Journey – 6 Steps that Must be Taken Now (IT Pro Portal)

Much has been written about GDPR over the past 6 months – with articles ranging from helpful insights, blatant scaremongering – to complete falsehoods. One thing we can say now... More

MarkLogic Honored for Data Management Solutions for Analytics (HITS)

MarkLogic today announced that Gartner named MarkLogic as a Visionary for the second year in a row in the Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for Database Management Solutions for Analytic... More

How Tech Companies Can Help Upskill the U.S. Workforce (HBR)

Software businesses are disrupting generations-old industries, from agriculture to entertainment. Programming wizards are amassing billion-dollar fortunes, and this may be just the... More

13 Emerging IT Certifications for Today’s Hottest Skills (CIO)

IT is evolving rapidly, and the skills required to succeed in IT are changing quickly as well. Cloud computing, cybersecurity and data analytics are just a few of the skills employ... More

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