Author: Rehan Ijaz

  • Oracle Buys DataScience.com

    Oracle today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire DataScience.com, whose platform centralizes data science tools, projects and infrastructure in a fully-governed workspace. Data science teams use the platform to organize work, easily access data and computing resources, and execute end-to-end model development workflows. Leading organizations like Amgen, Rio Tinto, and Sonos are…

  • Washington’s Cloud Attempts Reveal Lessons for All of Us – First Up, People

    Sure the Federal Government has some pretty unique aspects when it comes to adopting the cloud. Don’t let those obscure the key lessons that apply to all of us. Let’s first focus on people. Anybody remember Vivek Kundra? Back in 2009/2010, as the first CIO for the entire Federal government he launched the Cloud Computing Initiative.…

  • The U.S. Needs a National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence

    The U.S. Needs a National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence

      China, India, Japan, France and the European Union are crafting bold plans for artificial intelligence (AI). They see AI as a means to economic growth and social progress. Meanwhile, the U.S. disbanded its AI taskforce in 2016. Without an AI strategy of its own, the world’s technology leader risks falling behind. The U.S. technology…

  • IT Infrastructure Needs Rise as Big Data Proliferates

    Most important need of every business is to find a strategic partner that can help them drive excellent business growth and transformation, instead of remaining a mere supplier of IT capacity. If you need to cater to the challenges of increasing demands while having control on your IT costs and alleviating management headaches, then need…

  • Want to Know What Data Mining Will do for Your Business?

    Want to Know What Data Mining Will do for Your Business?

      Data mining is a process that discovers correlations, anomalies and patterns in large sets of data to predict outcomes. Also referred to as knowledge discovery in databases, it emerged in the 1990s and incorporates three disciplines: artificial intelligence, machine learning and statistics. With advances in technology, data mining has become an easy and quick…

  • 10 Powerful, Free Big Data and AI Data Sources

    10 Powerful, Free Big Data and AI Data Sources

    AI relies on powerful data sources to jump start the learning process. These free resources will help grow your analytics database. Data fuels innovation. Without huge chunks of data, artificial intelligence and BI platforms would be useless. But finding data can be tricky. There are three major concerns you need to factor for when analyzing…

  • The Data-Driven Hacks You Need Now to Be Proactive (Part 1)

    The Data-Driven Hacks You Need Now to Be Proactive (Part 1)

      Imagine this. You receive a notification that the nuclear power plant you work in is about to explode. You’re in the plant’s breakroom—dead center in the building. Isn’t it a little too late to receive this news? Chances are, you don’t work in a nuclear power plant. And chances are, you’ll never have to…

  • What Makes Business Intelligence Software Truly Useful?

    What Makes Business Intelligence Software Truly Useful?

      Business intelligence software is the next big thing in business. Take BI cloud software as an example. Adoption reached 43% in 2016, and this number is only going to continue to rise. The problem is that business intelligence software can sometimes cause more problems than it should. When it’s not implemented correctly, or you…

  • Small Business Security: Protecting Customer Data

    Small Business Security: Protecting Customer Data

      In 2015, 2.5 million data security breaches occurred in the UK, 74 percent of which affected small businesses. This 14 percent increase over the number of incidents in 2014 highlights the necessity of establishing strong security measures to keep customer data safe. Get Your Act Together The Data Protection Act of 1998 states specific…

  • 3 Ways to Close the Big Data Skills Gap from Within

    3 Ways to Close the Big Data Skills Gap from Within

      Companies all over the globe are embracing the big data revolution at a staggering pace. The latest data indicates that 53% of companies had adopted big data platforms by the end of 2017. That figure represents a 36% increase over a span of just two years. That giant leap has produced something of a…