by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “The EU is developing new rules to allow non-personal data to move freely and easily across country borders. Member states’ ambassadors (Permanent Representatives Committee) today agreed on a mandate for the presidency to launch negotiations with the European Parliament on the proposal, which aims to boost […]
Instaclustr Launches Managed Open Source-as-a-Service Platform
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Instaclustr, offering scalable open source technologies delivered as completely managed solutions, today announced the launch of its Open Source-as-a-Service platform. This comprehensive platform offers customers across industries — and from startups to the enterprise — fully hosted and securely managed Apache Cassandra, Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, Kibana, […]
The Devil is in the DATA “Unmasking the Deep State”
Click here to learn more about author Kwame Gyamfi. A Response to Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich INTRODUCTION Newt Gingrich’s Challenge to Software Engineers The book signing by former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, at the Press Club turned out to be more than what I bargained for. The former House Speaker who was on […]
OECD Begins Digital Transformation Program Using MarkLogic Database
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “MarkLogic Corporation, a leading operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL database provider, today announced that the OECD, a 35 member country non-government organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world based in Paris, France, chose MarkLogic […]
New Research Proves Increased Awareness in the Value of Open Data Science
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “New research announced today by Continuum Analytics, the creator and driving force behind Anaconda, the leading Open Data Science platform powered by Python, finds that 96 percent of data science and analytics decision makers agree that data science is critical to the success of their business, […]
First-ever GPS Data Release to Boost Space-Weather Science
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Today, more than 16 years of space-weather data is publicly available for the first time in history. The data comes from space-weather sensors developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory on board the nation’s Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. The newly available data gives researchers a treasure […]
ODX Ventures Aims to Help Businesses Use Open Data
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Canada’s Open Data Exchange (ODX) is pleased to announce the first eight companies selected for the ODX Ventures program. Launched in the fall of 2016, ODX Ventures supports Ontario-based startups and small-to-medium businesses who use open data by providing up to $50,000 in financial support for product […]
Bigstep Introduces the First Open Data Exploration-as-a-Service
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Bigstep, the big data cloud provider, today announced the launch of Bigstep DataLab, a solution designed to enable data science and analytics at scale. Bigstep DataLab is an enterprise-ready data research service that gives domain experts, data scientists and BI specialists instant access to powerful software […]
European Market Adopting OpenPOWER Technology at Accelerated Pace
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “At the inaugural OpenPOWER European Summit, the OpenPOWER Foundation made a series of announcements today detailing the rapid growth, adoption and support of OpenPOWER across the continent. Members announced: a series of European-based OpenPOWER technology implementations advancing corporate innovation and driving important world research including the […]
Pennsylvania Governor Launches New Open Data Program, OpenDataPA
by Angela Guess According to a recent release out of the governor’s office, “Governor Wolf launched OpenDataPA to enhance access to valuable information by creating a central repository to share the commonwealth’s data with the general public. Citizens, researchers, media, and developers can now browse through the first-released datasets at data.pa.gov, the home of OpenDataPA. […]