What is Julia? A fresh approach to numerical computing Julia is a free open source, high-level, high-performance, dynamic programming language for numerical computing. It has the development convenience of a dynamic language with the performance of a compiled statically typed language, thanks in part to a JIT-compiler based on LLVM that generates native machine code, and […]
IDG Contributor Network: In an age of fake news, is there really such a thing as fake data? Deloitte Global predicts that medium and large enterprises will increase their use of machine learning in 2018, doubling the number of implementations and pilot projects underway in 2017. And, according to Deloitte, by 2020, that number will […]
It’s time we tapped APIs for business analytics APIs have become the mechanism of choice for connecting internal and external services, applications, data, identities, and other digital assets. As a result, APIs now have the potential to serve as a similarly valuable mechanism for analytics. Equally important, APIs can provide a significantly easier-to-use alternative to […]
IDG Contributor Network: Human data is the future of information With GDPR finally on the books, I’ve been thinking a lot about the core issues of this truly global data regulation. Last month, I dove into how anxiety about bad data hygiene can be solved with interface—building back-end data hubs and intuitive frontend to empower […]
What is TensorFlow? The machine learning library explained Machine learning is a complex discipline. But implementing machine learning models is far less daunting and difficult than it used to be, thanks to machine learning frameworks—such as Google’s TensorFlow—that ease the process of acquiring data, training models, serving predictions, and refining future results. Created by the […]
IDG Contributor Network: How will data intelligence transform the enterprise? As long as people have been doing business they’ve been looking for ways to improve their products, fine-tune their process, and reach more customers. There have been some truly innovative techniques developed over the years. However, few have been as potentially game-changing as data intelligence. […]
How Arcadia Data brings self-service BI to the data lake Data has evolved over the years. Complex data structures, unstructured data, real-time processing, growing data volumes, and new varieties of data are all part of the evolution. Platforms have changed as well. “Schema-less,” real-time events, “schema-on-read,” and extract/load/discover/transform (ELDT) are now part of our vernacular. […]
IDG Contributor Network: Tales of eTail West, big data, and e-commerce success—or failure I attend the eTail West event, annually if I am able, because that’s where the enablers hang out. The worlds of retail, fashion, and e-commerce offer plenty of glitz and glamor. If what you are looking for, however, are serious discussions and […]
IDG Contributor Network: Big data + AI: Context, trust, and other key secrets to success When Target deduced that a teenager from Minnesota was pregnant—and told her father about it before she’d broken the news herself—it was a reminder of just how powerful data analytics can be, and how companies must wield that power carefully. […]
Watch Tech Talk on May 17 for an in-depth GDPR discussion Computerworld | May 8, 2018 The GDPR deadline is coming up fast, and most businesses in the U.S. aren’t ready yet. Join Ken Mingis and his panel of experts as they discuss the impact of the new rules and what U.S. organizations must do […]
6 hidden bottlenecks in cloud data migration Moving terabytes or even petabytes of data to the cloud is a daunting task. But it is important to look beyond the number of bytes. You probably know that your applications are going to behave differently when accessed in the cloud, that cost structures will be different (hopefully […]
IDG Contributor Network: 3 requirements of modern archive for massive unstructured data Perhaps the least understood component of secondary storage strategy, archive has become a necessity for modern digital enterprises with petabytes of data and billions of files. So, what exactly is archive, and why is it so important? Archiving data involves moving data that […]
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