Data

 

England’s Football Teams Have a New Secret Weapon: Better Data (ZDNet)

The Football Association is using the cloud to process huge amounts of data and create an automated approach to player performance analysis. The FA is using Google Cloud to create ... More

Spotify Advertisers Can Now Target Listeners by Which Podcasts They Stream (TechCrunch)

Spotify is taking the next big step in terms of building out its podcast business: It’s now offering the ability for advertisers to target listeners based on which types of podca... More

Digital Edition of MESA’s Spring ‘M&E Journal’ Goes Live (SCN)

The Spring edition of the “M&E Journal” from the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) is now live, offering nearly 30 articles authored by executives from Hollywood�... More

How the NHL is Planning on Using Data Analytics to Change the Game for Everyone (ZDNet)

Gone are the days of coaches receiving a rushed print-out on how their players are performing; now the NHL is looking at how to track the puck and the players in real-time.... More

Do We Need ‘Data Critics’ Like We Have Food, Movie Critics? (Forbes)

One challenge is that data scientists have few incentives to perform data descriptive studies. Commercial researchers typically have little time for tasks not directly related to b... More

Salesforce’s Acquisition of Tableau is a $15B Bet on Data Analytics (Tech Wire Asia)

In the world of data, AI is king. It’s what experts believe will help tame the data storm and create real-time insights that can be used not just by board members making strategi... More

Data Democratization Demands Good Governance (Avanade Insights)

In C-suites across the world a comedy and a tragedy are playing out that are hindering good decision making. The CMO steps up to present with a beautiful set of charts built by his... More

Western Digital Aims to Help Rethink Unstructured Data Storage (CW)

Drive giant Western Digital has launched an open source initiative to allow the development of software-defined storage aimed at storing large volumes of relatively unchanging unst... More

Why Your Enterprise Data Strategy Should Be a Hybrid (Digitalist)

Many enterprises are still finessing their data strategies, and more often than not, organizations are comparing data warehouses and data lakes as stand-alone solutions. To that I ... More

Using Mobile to Transform Retail to Me’tail (Adobe Blog)

Given the wealth of data that brands can harvest about today’s consumers and, equally, consumer expectations of omnichannel brand experiences, it is imperative brands engage with... More

A Day in the Life of the Future Customer (Raconteur)

While digital shopping will continue to grow, this isn’t to say that brick-and-mortar stores will disappear completely. Instead they will be reinventing themselves and co-existin... More

AWS Launches Machine Learning Driven Text, Data Extractor Amazon Textract (Gigabit)

Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon Textract for general availability, adding a powerful machine learning tool to its cloud services offering. Textract, a fully managed service... More

How Amazon Recommends Movies on Prime Video (Variety)

Amazon worldwide consumer CEO Jeff Wilke gave attendees of the company’s Re:Mars conference a look behind the curtain of content recommendation for Prime Video Wednesday, explain... More

Integrate to Innovate: MarkLogic Customers Lead the Way (MarkLogic Blog)

Organizations in every vertical industry are at a crossroads. Move to the cloud or risk being left behind? Digitally transform or stagnate and lose their competitive positions? Int... More

Rethinking the Role of Chief Data Officer (Forbes)

It’s safe to say that a flood of data—250 billion terabytes created every day—has swept the chief data officer into the C-suite. Today most business leaders view the CDO as a... More

Unleash the Power of Data into Your Digital Strategy (Adobe Blog)

With the explosion of connected devices and digital interfaces, the amount of unstructured data available to every brand is increasing exponentially.... More

Machine Learning and Data Privacy: Contradiction or Partnership? (Digitalist)

The battle for future markets and bigger market shares is in full swing. The world’s most influential companies are in a steady race to develop better automated systems and, in t... More

Smart Streaming in the Age of 5G (IT Pro Portal)

In today’s digitally driven world, processing streaming data in real-time is a requirement for business success. In order to gain a competitive advantage, organisations must enab... More

Five Ways ‘X Data’ Fuels the Intelligent Enterprise (Digitalist)

Some people love numbers. They love ratios, percentages, scores, ratings, targets, charts, and spreadsheets. Operational data (“O” data) and customer experience data (“X” d... More

6 Trends Changing the Role of Data Scientists (Forbes)

Business competition is increasingly defined not just by product quality or delivery logistics, but also by unique data assets and the ability to capitalize on them. It should be n... More

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