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Knowledge graph evolution: Platforms that speak your language
Knowledge graphs are among the most important technologies for the 2020s. Here is how they are evolving, with vendors and…
AI / Machine Learning
AI and automation vs. the COVID-19 pandemic: Trading liberty for safety
Reports on the use of AI to respond to COVID-19 may have been greatly exaggerated.…
Graph, machine learning, hype, and beyond: ArangoDB open source multi-model database releases version 3.7
A sui generis, multi-model open source database, designed from the ground up to be distributed.…
Explainable AI: From the peak of inflated expectations to the pitfalls of interpreting machine learning models
We have reached peak hype for explainable AI. But what does this actually mean, and…
Explainable AI: A guide for making black box machine learning models explainable
In the future, AI will explain itself, and interpretability could boost machine intelligence research. Getting…
Data Lakehouse, meet fast queries and visualization: Databricks unveils Delta Engine, acquires Redash
Data warehouses alone don’t cut it. Data lakes alone don’t cut it either. So whether…
Streamlit wants to revolutionize building machine learning and data science applications, scores $21 million Series A funding
Streamlit wants to be for data science what business intelligence tools have been for databases:…
Data / Analytics / Data Science
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:…
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…
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…
The Graph: An open-source query protocol for blockchains, using GraphQL
Querying blockchains is hard, but it does not have to be. This is the vision…
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,…
Chainlink launches Mainnet to get data in and out of Ethereum smart contracts
Smart contracts promise to take execution of processes and agreements to the Ethereum global computer.…
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,…
Sparkier, faster, more: Graph databases, and Neo4j, are moving on
New players, new features, platforms, and ticking boxes. Let’s talk graph with Neo4j. A lot…
TigerGraph, a graph database born to roar
Imagine your database of choice blown out of the water by a startup emerging from…
Semantic data lake architecture in healthcare and beyond
Data lakes can be a great asset, but they need an array of elements to…
Graph databases and RDF: It’s a family affair
RDF is a graph data model you’ve probably either never heard of, or already dismissed.…
The continuing rise of graph databases
Graph technology is well on its way from a fringe domain to going mainstream. We…
Innovation
Controversy, thy name is Europe: Open credit scores, data-driven counter-forensics, and the regulation debate
Europe’s biggest digital culture festival raises questions beyond the use of data. Europe’s SXSW: The…
The road to automation, the joy of work, and the ‘Jen problem’
How do we get to the point where technology is the infrastructure firms run on,…
Conway’s Law and the future of healthcare data management: Genome, Blockchain, and GDPR
Maladies in healthcare data management are obvious, but what about solutions? From selling Genome data…
Healthcare’s $3 trillion question: Should the likes of Google and Facebook control this data?
How is data managed? Do users get to have consent over how their data is…
Is 5G the missing link for autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and a brave new world?
We may have hit peak 5G hype before 5G is actually available. But is 5G…
DataTorrent: Hard code around streaming data philosophy in 90 days
We give you streaming data applications in 90 days, no matter what. And we’ll do…
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Global and Mobile App Delivery in the Age of IT Consumerization. Part 2: Impact and Delivery Enhancements
Picking up from where we left off on the topics discussed in Gigaom webinar titled…
Global and Mobile App Delivery in the Age of IT Consumerization. Part 1: Application Delivery Landscape
Last week i had the chance to participate as a panelist in a Gigaom webinar…
Unlikely PaaS alliances, strange offerings, and variable gauges
Recently we’ve seen developments in PaaS offerings that may strike some as odd or surprising:…
On APIs, JSON, Linked Data, attitude and opportunities
I’ve been meaning to revisit some of the things i’ve been writing about and getting…
Data modeling for APIs. Part 4: Linked Data and SPARQL
In the 4th part of this series of posts we look at a different way…
Data modeling for APIs. Part 3: SOAP and XML
In the third part of this series of posts we take a look at some…