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Advertising data going forward: Transparency and scale
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Advertising data going forward: Transparency and scale

The problem with advertising data and what to do about it. Plus, the future of big data architecture, and other…

May 10, 2017
Caffe2: Deep learning with flexibility and scalability

Caffe2: Deep learning with flexibility and scalability

May 1, 2017
DataOps: Changing the world one organization at a time

DataOps: Changing the world one organization at a time

Apr 26, 2017
Planet analytics: big data, sustainability, and environmental impact

Planet analytics: big data, sustainability, and environmental impact

Apr 22, 2017
Language agnostic document processing: Finding relations using statistics, machine learning, and graphs

Language agnostic document processing: Finding relations using statistics, machine learning, and graphs

Apr 14, 2017

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Graph data standardization: It’s just a graph, making gravitational waves in the real world
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Graph data standardization: It’s just a graph, making gravitational waves in the real world

AWS, Google, Neo4j, Oracle. These were just some of the vendors represented in the W3C…

Mar 8, 2019
For CockroachDB, transactions first, then analytics is a feature — not a bug
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For CockroachDB, transactions first, then analytics is a feature — not a bug

An open-source database that is resilient, supports automatic geo-scaling on-premise and in the cloud, and…

Feb 27, 2019
Open source AI chips making Green Waves: Bringing energy efficiency to IoT architecture
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Open source AI chips making Green Waves: Bringing energy efficiency to IoT architecture

What if machine learning applications on the edge were possible, pushing the limits of size…

Feb 25, 2019
2019 will be another ‘Year of the Graph’: OpenCorporates is evidence No. 1
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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…

Feb 13, 2019
Habana, the AI chip innovator, promises top performance and efficiency
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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…

Jan 30, 2019
Confluent shows open source, paradigm shifts, cloud, and commercial success can all co-exist
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Confluent shows open source, paradigm shifts, cloud, and commercial success can all co-exist

Confluent just became a unicorn. We discuss why, what happens from now on, and how…

Jan 25, 2019

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