Media hype and moral panic: fake news and populism in the Netherlands

What led towards an election result that did not live up to Geert Vilders’ hopes and everyone else’s fears? Where does fake news fit in this picture, and what lessons are there to be learned? As an expat who has lived and worked in the Netherlands for 3 full years by choice, speaks the language […]
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Why hasn't the insurance business been disrupted yet, and how could data be used to do this? Atidot has a go at addressing those questions.
Read More →Devs are from Mars, Ops are from Venus: Can analytics bridge the gap?

Despite what they'd have you believe, Devs and Ops don't always get along nicely. Pepperdata and LinkedIn think data and analytics may be the way to educate and show the impact of code running in production.
Read More →How to use blockchain to build a database solution

Why would you want to use blockchain to build a database solution? And how would you actually do that? BigchainDB has answers.
Read More →Artificial intelligence in the real world: What can it actually do?

What are the limits of AI? And how do you go from managing data points to injecting AI in the enterprise?
Read More →MapR, DataStax offer options for container persistence

If it's lack of options for persistence that's keeping you from using containers, maybe it's time you reconsider.
Read More →Staying agile: data-driven IT operations

Would you like to have an end-to-end picture of your IT operations, but are lost in translation among a myriad monitoring solutions and metrics? Your monitoring should be as agile as your operations, and OpsDataStore says it can help you get there.
Read More →Digital transformation as a data-centric service

Is digital transformation something you can just buy into? No, but it is a data-centric process, and having the right products and people in place makes all the difference, according to Stratio.
Read More →Error – data not found: Precarious data and architectures of the future

Can data from organizations as prominent as NASA vanish into thin air? A grass-roots initiative lead by scientists and researchers believes it just might, and is doing everything in its power to prevent this.
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.
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