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How do we get to the point where technology is the infrastructure firms run on, and what happens when we do?
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What's new in Hadoop, and how is vendor dynamics and strategy evolving?
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GPUs are powering a new generation of databases. What is so special about them and can they come into their own?
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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.
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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 →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.
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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 →Alice, the making of: Behind the scenes with the new AI assistant from Yandex
Did you ever wonder what it's like to build an AI personal assistant, or to bridge the language gap? Hint: There's big data and machine learning involved.
Read More →Keep on Uberin the free world
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Uber is still operating in London, in you case you did not notice. Uber will continue to do so while a legal appeal process that could take a year lasts. What’s more, the fire-fighting statements and apologetic tone adopted by newly appointed Uber top management seem to appease some, including London’s mayor. But to focus […]
Read More →Raiders of the storm: The data science behind weather prediction
What kind of data and techniques are used to model and predict weather and climate? How do you reduce uncertainty and communicate complexity? Are Harvey and Irma signs of climate change, and is it going to get worse?
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