The Internet of Things (IoT) is a: “System using multiple technologies, ranging from the Internet to wireless communication and from micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) to embedded systems. The traditional fields of automation (including the automation of buildings and homes), wireless sensor networks, GPS, control systems, and others.” Other Definitions of IOT include: “A more comprehensive view […]
Dec 14 Smart Data Webinar: The Road to Autonomous Applications
DATE: December 14, 2017, This webinar has passed. The recording is available On Demand. TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar What would it take for you to give up control…of your car, your schedule, your investments…? Autonomous systems are like teenagers. The decision to trust […]
Splunk Brings Machine Learning to Mainstream With New Solutions
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Splunk Inc., first in delivering ‘aha’ moments from machine data, today announced expanded machine learning capabilities across its product portfolio with the release of Splunk® Enterprise 7.0, Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) 3.0, Splunk User Behavior Analytics (UBA) 4.0 and updates to Splunk Cloud. Splunk also introduced […]
Anaconda and Microsoft Partner to Deliver Python-Powered Machine Learning
by Angela Guess A recent press release states, “Anaconda, Inc., the most popular Python data science platform provider, today announced it is partnering with Microsoft to embed Anaconda into Azure Machine Learning, Visual Studio and SQL Server to deliver data insights in real time. Microsoft and Anaconda will partner to deliver Anaconda for Microsoft, a […]
Data Science Use Cases
It is only when Data Analytics start meshing with advanced technologies like Machine Learning and Deep Learning that enterprises will reap the benefits of their analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) activities. Those technologies require well-planned Data Science principles built around business need. Such Data Science use cases are now mature enough that business owners, leaders, […]
What Is Smart Data?
Smart Data is digital information that is formatted so it can be acted upon the collection point before being sent to a downstream analytics platform for further data consolidation and analysis. James Kobielus, IBM’s Big Data evangelist and keynote speaker at the 2016 DATAVERSITY® Smart Data Online Conference stated: “It is a strategy that sets the […]
Synopsys and Morpho Accelerate Deep Learning Processing for Embedded Vision Applications
by Angela Guess A recent press release states, “Synopsys, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Morpho, Inc. to optimize Morpho’s computational photography software for Synopsys’ DesignWare® EV6x Vision Processors. Morpho’s Scene Classifier™ image classification technology uses deep learning algorithms to analyze visual input and automatically apply tags for classification, searchability and organization. Morpho is optimizing […]
How to Prevent A Data Lake from Becoming a Data Swamp
Click to learn more about video blogger Andrew Brust. The Big Data & Brews video blog series continues with host Andrew Brust, Senior Director of Market Strategy and Intelligence at Datameer. The series touches on hot topics within the business of Big Data, Analytics, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Modern BI, NoSQL and Next […]
IBM Report: Half of Surveyed Chief Executive Officers Plan to Adopt Cognitive Computing by 2019
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Cognitive computing has nearly endless possibilities to improve business processes and functions with 73 percent of surveyed CEOs in a recent IBM study citing it will play a key role in their organizations’ future and all executives in the study anticipating a 15 percent return on […]
Baidu Research Announces Next Generation Open Source Deep Learning Benchmark Tool
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Baidu Research, a division of Baidu Inc., today unveiled the next generation of DeepBench, the open source deep learning benchmark that now includes measurement for inference. The announcement was made at the O’Reilly AI Conference in New York. In September of 2016, Baidu released the initial […]