Machine learning elicits mixed reactions. On the one hand, some consider machine learning a company’s new super power that has “swept enterprise technology, using mass amounts of data and algorithms to make predictions.” At the same time machine learning has been considered an overhyped fad and a panacea, failing to deliver. While both can be […]
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 […]
Tackling the Challenge of Transforming Unstructured Data into Actionable Intelligence
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. A lot has been said about the enormous value that businesses can derive from their information assets. However, when it comes to weighing the benefits and challenges associated with leveraging big data, it is easy to overlook a key underlying issue: More than 80% of all data […]
Is “Real-Time” Over Hyped?
Click to learn more about video blogger Stefan Groschupf. Introducing the Big Data & Brews video blog series presented by Stefan Groschupf, Founder of Datameer. The series will touch on hot topics within the business of Big Data, Analytics, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Modern BI, NoSQL and Next Generation Technologies. In today’s video blog Stefan Groschupf talks […]
Deep Learning Has Been Commercialized into More than 100 Use Cases, According to Tractica
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Deep learning, a computing construct based loosely on the architecture of the human brain, has emerged as one of the most promising enabling technologies in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). Although many of the concepts underlying AI and technological biomimicry of human intelligence are over 50 […]
4 Use Cases for NoSQL Databases
by Angela Guess Jim Scott recently put together a list of four “game-changing” use cases for NoSQL databases in Smart Data Collective. He begins with financial services: “When you picture a trading firm or hedge fund, you might see a Gordon Gecko clone, clutching multiple phones, hunched over a Bloomberg terminal, barking orders to buy […]