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 →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?
Read More →Elasticsearch 6.0: not that new, but quite improved
Elasticsearch is an open source platform that is about a lot more than just search. It entails a whole stack of solutions and is growing rapidly. Today its new version is out, and its CEO discusses the way forward.
Read More →A better blockchain: Bitcoin for nothing and transactions for free?
Imagine a blockchain-like protocol that promises to remove what is seen as the two biggest deficiencies in blockchain: inefficient mining and soaring transaction fees. IOTA is working on a fix.
Read More →Who’s automating the enterprise? Meet Amelia and the future of work
Imagine all enterprise functions automated by software and performed through a single point of access, which happens to be a virtual agent with cognitive capabilities. You can stop imagining and start thinking about the repercussions, because this is much closer than you may think.
Read More →The future of the future: Spark, big data insights, streaming and deep learning in the cloud
Apache Spark is hailed as being Hadoop's successor, claiming its throne as the hottest Big Data platform. What the founding fathers of Spark are saying and doing about its future and its positioning in the market has never been more timely.
Read More →A rock and a hard place: Between ScyllaDB and Cassandra
How many NoSQL databases does the world really need, and how easily would you switch your existing solution for a new one? Asking these questions before setting out to build a NoSQL database is a good thing. The people behind ScyllaDB did, and now Cassandra may be between a rock and hard place.
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