The Reskilling Revolution: Taking control of skills with Open Badges
In a rapidly shifting job market, being able to formalize skills is a requirement for job seekers and employers going forward. Open Badges is a data specification that may be able to help do that.
Read More →From graph to the world: pioneering a database virtual machine
What are the options for querying graphs, and how do we go from that to the equivalent of a virtual machine for databases?
Read More →Opening banking data and APIs: Land of opportunity or Pandora’s box?
The EU directive PSD2 may not be as famous as GDPR, but its effects may be even more dramatically felt by financial institutions and anyone transacting with them.
Read More →The year of the graph: Getting graphic, going native, reshaping the landscape
The year of the graph is here. Do you really need a graph database, and, if yes, how do you choose one?
Read More →Fit by Data: Where data and fitness overlap
Committing to stay fit is a typical new year's resolution, but one that just as typically goes down the drain soon. Could it be that it's not entirely your fault, and what's data got to do with it?
Read More →Big data, crystal balls, and looking glasses: Reviewing 2017, predicting 2018
It's this time of year again, when crystal balls meet data. Here's what's kept the data world busy in 2017, and will most likely continue to do so in 2018.
Read More →Welcome to the data-driven machine: Digital transformation in the construction industry
IoT is an enabler for unabridged data collection, which in turn enables new applications and business models. In the construction industry, some like Caterpillar have been doing it for years, others like Volvo CE are late into this game but catching up.
Read More →Going data-driven on a budget
How can you think and do data analysis globally, aiming to act and have an impact locally, when the data you need is scattered and incomplete and your resources are limited? And what does an analysis on the affordability of data plans around the world show?
Read More →Real-time applications are going places
Data streaming is the paradigm behind applications that can process data and act upon insights on the fly. Apache Flink, one of the key platforms in this area, is releasing new versions and getting traction. But there may be other players in this game soon, and not the ones you think.
Read More →Machine Learning: The cloud is the new battlefield
There's a reason why every major cloud provider is backing its own machine learning framework. What's that and how do you get to choose?
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