Above the Trend Line: your industry rumor central is a recurring feature of insideAI News. In this column, we present a variety of short time-critical news items grouped by category such as people movements, funding news, financial results, industry alignments, rumors and general scuttlebutt floating around the big data, data science and machine learning industries including behind-the-scenes anecdotes and curious buzz.
Anaconda Enterprise 5 Introduces Secure Collaboration to Amplify the Impact of Enterprise Data Scientists
September 10, 2017 by
Anaconda, the Python data science leader, introduced Anaconda Enterprise 5 software to help organizations respond to customers and stakeholders faster, deliver strategic insight for rapid decision-making and take advantage of cutting edge machine learning.
The Promise of IoT-Connected Healthcare: a Diabetic Emergency
September 10, 2017 by
In this contributed article, Brendan O’Brien, co-founder and chief innovation officer of Aria Systems, considers a hypothetical type 2 diabetic emergency as an example of the importance of an Internet of Things (IoT) connected “lifesaver” sensor.
New MapR Orbit Cloud Suite Extends Analytics and Applications Across Clouds and Edge
September 9, 2017 by
MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the Converged Data Platform that integrates analytics with operational applications in real time, announced the MapR Orbit Cloud Suite. Offering a comprehensive set of cloud computing capabilities for the MapR Converged Data Platform, MapR Orbit enables organizations to build data fabrics for the first time that manage data across one or more clouds, hybrid clouds, or to the edge. It also includes advanced features specifically useful to cloud builders and cloud service providers.
Why Big Data is Important to Your Business
September 9, 2017 by
In this contributed article, Sheza Gary, a technical director at Algoworks, provides a compelling picture of how businesses are embracing big data technology and continues by painting a clearer picture of big data and outlines a number of intricate analytics that can be used to your advantage.
Arcadia Data Announces Native Visual Analytics on Real-Time Streaming Data
September 8, 2017 by
Arcadia Data, provider of the native visual analytics software for big data, announced upcoming support for KSQL, a new technology for continuous, interactive queries on Kafka topics via SQL, which was announced today by Confluent. The integration gives all users advanced visualizations for streaming data use cases, specifically around alerts and time-based data exploration (and drill downs). The integration will be available in Arcadia Enterprise later this year.
Big Data Law Enforcement and the Rise of Predictive Policing
September 8, 2017 by
In this contributed article, freelance human Avery Phillips discusses how big data technology coupled with predictive analytics combine to constitute a new area of law enforcement – predictive policing. While the tension around predictive policing’s ethical validity remains, results seem to be positive enough in preventing crime for it to become a more commonly used method of policing.
End-to-End, SQL-based Streaming Data Platform Simplifies and Speeds Delivery of Kafka-driven Analytics Applications
September 7, 2017 by
Striim, Inc., provider of a leading end-to-end, real-time data integration and streaming analytics platform, announced that it has launched version 3.7.4 of the Striim™ platform, bolstering its ease of use, connectivity, manageability, and scalability for delivering streaming analytics applications involving Apache Kafka.
The GDPR Puzzle
September 7, 2017 by
In this contributed article, Kon Leong, CEO at ZL Technologies comments on what enterprises need to do to meet changing regulations standards with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Specifically, he feels that unstructured data has yet to be addressed and can explain why this will be the Achilles heel for large companies.
German Tech Company DeepL Launches DeepL Translator
September 6, 2017 by
Despite the money and resources of major internet companies, it is DeepL that can boast the world’s most accurate and natural-sounding machine translation tool. When users enter a text, DeepL is able to capture even the slightest nuances and reproduce them in translation unlike any other service. From today, it is available to everyone free of charge.
