Mark Albertson
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Intel works across tech ecosystem to democratize data science tools, expand diversity
One of the challenges confronting the data science industry is finding ways to make sophisticated analytics tools easier to use across cloud and data center platforms within multiple industries. The data layout matters, and Intel Corp. has issued the latest version of its Math Kernel Library in an effort to help developers leverage instruction sets ...
Cryptojacking, IoT threats on the rise: What can businesses do?
The technology behind cyberattacks is becoming more sophisticated, and the recent frenzy surrounding cryptocurrencies is driving criminals to become more adept at taking over vulnerable computer systems. Those were two of the key findings from the newly released “Threat Landscape Report,” a summary of security intelligence from Fortinet Inc. The quarterly report is based on ...
FogHorn Systems calls for intelligent processing at the industrial edge
Recent Wikibon research has shown that a compute model that keeps as much data as possible at the edge can save enterprise customers more money than a process that ships data to the cloud (Wikibon is owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE). Industrial internet of things startup FogHorn Systems Inc. has set out to prove that ...
Live Nation finds new cloud data management service is just the ticket
Live Nation Entertainment Inc. bills itself as the world’s leading live entertainment company, with 86 million fans using its services in more than 40 countries. The company, which was formed with the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. in 2010, selected Amazon Web Services Inc. as its cloud provider last year, moving the ...
Closing tech’s diversity gap: Harvey Mudd College’s first female president speaks
When it comes to the representation of women in the technology industry, the numbers continue to be startlingly bad. The number of females in the science, technology, engineering or math fields has been dropping since the 1980s. In 2016, only about a quarter of the computing workforce were women, and less than 10 percent were women of color. In 2015, women in ...
BIG DATA SPECIAL REPORT
Software, not hardware, will catapult big data into a $103B business by 2027
Peter Drucker, an early pioneer and leader in the field of management education, famously wrote that “the purpose of business is to create a customer.” His 20th century business philosophy has carried into the digital age with a new twist. Drucker might be more tempted to say that the purpose of business today is to ...
Kairos faces its most opportune blockchain moment
Unlike a number of companies operating in either the cryptocurrency field or facial recognition space, Kairos Inc. is not exactly new. The artificial intelligence firm has built a specialty over the past six years in identifying faces from videos, photos and even the real-world with significant speed and accuracy. “We can find one person in a ...
Thought diversity a key message from global women in data science event
There are a lot of technology-oriented conferences held throughout the year that claim a “global” title. The Global Women in Data Science Conference held this month at Stanford University was one such event that lived up to its international billing. Through Facebook Live and other online broadcasts, the conference had more than 100,000 participants at ...
With its big bet on connected planning, Anaplan has high hopes for 2018
For a company that helps clients plan and run their businesses, Anaplan Inc. practices what it preaches. The firm’s relatively new management team is in the midst of its own planning transformation, which involves nurturing healthy growth, pursuing business overseas and adding technology to make its products smarter and more user-friendly. With a unicorn valuation ...
CryptoChicks crash the male cryptocurrency party
Since its founding in 1793, Toronto, Canada, has been known for a number of “firsts.” It was the birthplace of the first shopping mall, the first European-style coffee house and the first hairless sphynx cat. And in April, another milestone will be added to Toronto’s leading list: the first all-women’s blockchain hackathon. Female hackers will meet ...









