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 →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 →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 →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.
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