IT technologies are rapidly changing our lives. Whether it’s your daily grocery purchase, monthly bill payments, booking railway tickets, or receiving online healthcare consultation, data technologies have penetrated every business model, large, medium, or small. Recent cloud platforms, coupled with Big Data and IoT technologies, have ushered in a new era of “smart technologies” powered […]
Data Architecture Trends in 2019
A primary concern of digital businesses today is the reliability of data. Many business users are still judging the ultimate value of data-guided analytics with a certain degree of skepticism, which can only change over time with delivery of solid benefits. The reliability of business data comes from a well-designed and well implemented Data Architecture. […]
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Trends in 2019
2019 will be a critical year for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies as real-world industry applications demonstrate their hidden benefits and value to the consumers. So far, scientists and researchers have made claims on behalf of AI-enabled technologies, but they have not really been tested in large-scale market applications. We will see […]
Data Scientist vs. Data Engineer
The Background of Data Science Roles It was thought that the year 2018 would create a huge demand-supply gap in the Data Science market as supply would fail to keep pace with the rising demand for expert Data Scientists. However, the recent buzz from Gartner, which says more than 40 percent of Data Science tasks […]
Blockchain Use Cases
Blockchain, which is akin to a distributed and decentralized accounts ledger, can record and verify high volumes of digital transactions, irrespective of location. So, Blockchain has the capacity to contribute to many industry sectors, besides finance. As a secure technology platform, Blockchain’s main benefits are accuracy, protection against fraud, and easy sharing of information. The […]
Data Science Trends in 2019
When it comes to major Data Science trends to watch in 2019, the co-founder and CEO of Kaggle, Anthony Goldbloom, has predicted that very soon Data Centers will be replaced by departmental or business-specific Data Science teams. As discussed in Data Science Trends in 2018, last year’s major trends continued from 2017 as the growth […]
The Future of NLP in Data Science
According to many market statistics, data volume is doubling every two years, but in future this time span may get further reduced. The vast portion of this data (about 79 percent) is text data. Natural Language Processing (NLP) is the sub-branch of Data Science that attempts to extract insights from “text.” Thus, NLP is assuming […]
Data Management Trends in 2019
The sudden growth of business data in recent years due to streaming data technologies and Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile, and Big Data pipelines, has businesses struggling to put better Data Management practices in place. Organizations are constantly in search of advanced data collection and storage, Data Management, Data Governance, and Data Security platforms. Why […]
Business Intelligence and Analytics Trends 2019
In 2019, Advanced Analytics capabilities with minimal manual efforts will remain the hallmark of all competitive Business Intelligence solutions. The Business Application Research Center (BARC) 2018 Business Intelligence Survey indicates that the global BI solutions market is slated for major technological changes. The primary technology initiatives that BI users can expect in 2019 are Cloud BI deployments, BI […]
Data Strategy and Machine Learning: How Do They Intersect?
With the tremendous growth of business data in terms of volume, size, and complexity, it is imperative that global enterprises develop a strong Data Strategy to address their core business needs. However, a realistic Data Strategy has to incorporate a clear road map with milestones, so that strategy documents do not end up as digital […]