Streaming hot: Real-time big data architecture matters
What is streaming in big data processing, why you should care, and what are your options to make this work for you?
Read More →Mix and match analytics: data, metadata, and machine learning for the win
Creating winning analytics solutions means combining and making the most of different approaches and techniques. Taking a look at how Google does this for YouTube can provide inspiration and set a framework for analytics solutions.
Read More →Googling prescriptive analytics: YouTube recommendations and the analytics continuum
Understanding prescriptive analytics is complicated, let alone implementation. Would turning to Google help? Seeing how it works for Google raises questions, but may also lead to some answers.
Read More →Big Data, Crystal Balls and Looking Glasses: Reviewing 2016, predicting 2017
End-of-year reviews are boring — and everyone does them. Predictions are boring — and they are hard. Of course, this is different — because big data.
Read More →Why finance craves big data: A perfect storm of disruption and opportunity
The financial services domain, where real-time is measured in milliseconds, holds particular interest for big data applications and vendors for a number of reasons: architecture, regulation, transparency, decision-making, and the need for speed.
Read More →Predictive analytics and machine learning: A dynamic duo
Predictive analytics and machine learning are seen as the pair of tools to save the day for most organizations currently. We try to de-mystify both, taking a look at what they are, how they work, and what they are good for.
Read More →Data to analytics to AI: From descriptive to predictive analytics
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be the buzzword du jour for organizations, but this is not an obvious or straightforward transition even for those building advanced products and platforms. Many organizations are still struggling with digital transformation to become data-driven, so how should they approach this new challenge?
Read More →From Brexit to Trump: How organizations can use data to prepare for and respond to political events
Politics and data do mix, apparently, so we try to count the ways.
Read More →Samsung’s acquisition of Viv brings up questions about massive-scale AI
The war for mainstream AI dominance is raging. The latest episode was last week's announcement of Samsung acquiring Viv, a hitherto under the radar startup working on building the next Siri. We take the opportunity to ponder on questions related to massive-scale AI.
Read More →To the cloud, big data sisters and brothers, to the cloud
While reports of big data's death have been greatly exaggerated, the skepticism is not unwarranted. The cloud may have some of the answers, but it won't solve all of big data's problems.
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