by Angela Guess A recent press release out of the University of Toronto Scarborough reports, “Machine learning is a powerful tool used for a variety of tasks in modern life, from fraud detection and sorting spam in Google, to making movie recommendations on Netflix. Now a team of researchers from the University of Toronto Scarborough […]
House of Cards, Creativity, and Big Data
by Angela Guess Shane Atchinson and Jason Burby recently wrote in The Next Web, “Data and creativity can work really well together. Don’t believe me? On February 1, 2013, a TV series called House of Cards debuted on the video streaming service Netflix. It proved an immediate hit. Two years later, it has a nine […]
Analytic Strategies: The Key to Amazon’s and Netflix’s Success
by Angela Guess Steven Hillion, Chief Product Officer at Alpine Data, recently wrote in InsideBigData, “When it comes to advanced analytic strategies, it often seems like success stories are the exception rather than the rule. Many organizations would like to emulate the data-driven prowess displayed by leaders like Amazon, Google and Netflix, yet have trouble […]
Spotify Moving to Google Cloud Platform
by Angela Guess Dawn Kawamoto reports in Information Week, “Streaming video provider Netflix and streaming music company Spotify are the latest enterprises to achieve or announce an all-in attitude toward public cloud computing. These two companies are part of a wider global movement toward public cloud services, which are expected to climb 19.4% at an […]