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  • How Big Data is Rewriting Academic Reporting Guidelines

    How Big Data is Rewriting Academic Reporting Guidelines

      A couple of weeks ago, scientific America published in insightful article about the impact of big data on academia. Catherine Brooks, the author of the piece, meet the bold claim that picked out is changing research guidelines in educational institutions across the world. What is the impact of big data? What new rules need…

  • Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy in U.S. following Facebook debacle

    (Reuters) – Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the center of Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) privacy scandal, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the United States late on Thursday. This past March allegations surfaced that Cambridge Analytica, hired by President Donald Trump’s 2016 U.S. election campaign, improperly used data of 87 million Facebook users beginning in…

  • Most companies still don’t understand big data and AI — and their potential?

    Most companies still don’t understand big data and AI — and their potential?

    For today’s business, leveraging the power of big data isn’t a nice option — it’s a clear necessity. For nearly every industry, from communications to energy, architecture to real estate, the power of big data to provide intelligent insight can’t be overstated. The fine-grained detail and big picture are both visible at this level, both…

  • Top quick wins to boost your data analysis using Python

    Python is a general-purpose programming language that is becoming an increasingly popular tool for data analysis. Its simplicity allows quick learning, so many data scientists choose Python for their professional needs. With the average national salary of Python developers being $92,000, more and more people are interested in learning this programming language. Moreover, the number…

  • 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…

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