The state of AI in 2019: Breakthroughs in machine learning, natural language processing, games, and knowledge graphs

A tour de force on progress in AI, by some of the world's leading experts and venture capitalists.
Read More →Getting your corporate data ready for prescriptive analytics: data quantity and quality in equal measures

Good news: there's nothing special about getting your data ready for prescriptive analytics. Bad news: you need to do what's needed to get your data ready for any type of analytics – and that's hard work.
Read More →Data.world joins forces with Capsenta to bring knowledge graph-based data management to the enterprise

Data.world has been expanding its footprint in the enterprise. The acqui-hiring of Capsenta complements its portfolio with knowledge graph virtualization to connect data in the cloud and on premise, and a UI to build knowledge graphs
Read More →Hazelcast open source in-memory data grid secures $21.5 million funding, expands platform to real-time streaming data

The streaming data pie is growing, and Hazelcast wants a piece of it. It's got some way to go, funding helps, but is it enough?
Read More →A guide for prescriptive analytics: The art and science of choosing and applying the right techniques

Prescriptive analytics is nothing short of automating your business. But there's lots of hard work, and many stages you need to go through before you get there.
Read More →Google Cloud gives open-source data vendors a break. Will that save open source?

Google will give open-source data vendors that offer their software on Google Cloud a share of the proceeds. It's a good move, and a good thing. But there's more than meets the eye here.
Read More →Run:AI takes your AI and runs it, on the super-fast software stack of the future

Startup Run:AI exits stealth, promises a software layer to abstract over many AI chips
Read More →The new Cloudera-Hortonworks Hadoop: 100 percent open source, 50 percent boring

How do you bring Hadoop to the AI, hybrid, and multi cloud era, making it so easy to use and reliable that it's boring? How do you build a sustainable business doing that, while switching to a 100-percent open source model? The new Cloudera raises more questions than it offers answers at this point
Read More →2019 will be another ‘Year of the Graph’: OpenCorporates is evidence No. 1

Graph databases are crossing the chasm to mainstream use cases, adding features such as machine learning to their arsenal and becoming more cloud and developer friendly. Last year was a breakout year, and graph database growth and evolution is well under way in 2019.
Read More →Habana, the AI chip innovator, promises top performance and efficiency

Habana is the best kept secret in AI chips. Designed from the ground up for machine learning workloads, it promises superior performance combined with power efficiency to revolutionize everything from data centers in the cloud to autonomous cars.
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