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Blockchain needs idiot-proof interfaces to break mainstream
Does anyone really understand the blockchain’s distributed ledger system or the digital mechanisms of cryptocurrency? Even entrepreneurs knee-deep in technology’s latest emerging markets will confess they are still learning. Perhaps the potential for modern cryptography is best shown and not told. The pros and cons of crypto are beginning to come through as business and social use cases surface in the real world. ...
Data demolition derby: Incumbents could ram startups off the road
Speed, agility, cloud-native origins — on the surface, everything about technology startups makes them better equipped for today’s data-driven race. But older enterprises have troves of big data hidden under their tortoise shells that may land them a late-stage upset victory. “Phase one of the data era was really the consumer companions taking over,” said Ed Walsh ...
IBM taste test tries to beat DX competition to the punch
What do companies banging around the digital-transformation obstacle course need to soothe the contusions? Probably not a technology trial sign-up that asks their mothers’ maiden name. “When users come, you have to give them the best experience possible, because you never get a second chance to make a good first impression,” said Janine Sneed (pictured), chief digital ...
Applied IoT with AI thinks through dizzying data streams
So a manufacturer connects a gadget to a wireless communications network and, suddenly, it’s an “internet of things” device. So what? The power of applied IoT is realized only when data from devices is gathered, juiced and nutrient-fortified for business insights. “It wasn’t long ago where ‘big data’ just meant writing an algorithm and looking across large ...
ING feels data governance squeeze — and hugs back
Companies of all stripes can learn from those laboring under strict data-privacy regulations, like financial institutions. For them, the discipline necessary to govern data can pay dividends — ironically — in the realm of innovation. Well-governed data to loosely governed data is as Lean Cuisine is to a grocery bag full of raw ingredients, according ...
Good infra, service fences make good neighbors in cloud data warehouse
Why cloud-native data warehousing instead of the traditional on-premises breed? Because the later fits like a square peg in the cloud’s round hole of unlimited scalability and elasticity, according to Michael Nixon (pictured, left), senior director of product marketing at Snowflake Computing Inc. What makes Snowflake’s infrastructure unique is how it slices compute, storage and service ...
Is software-defined storage the diving board to digital transformation?
Whoever said you can’t teach an old hound new tricks failed to get the message out to NetApp Inc. The legacy storage provider is pivoting to software-defined storage and data management, and it wants to run with Silicon Valley’s freshly founded bulls. It has not given up on serving long-time customers, but it throws the bulk ...
Fail fast on the trip to AI true north, says Googler
Businesses are aiming to digitally transform themselves in hopes of staying abreast of disruptive competition; the bullseye is applied artificial intelligence across a range of business processes. The tyranny of choice visited on them by vendors selling products for AI’s purpose leaves many unsure about what direction to take. Google became the richest company on earth ...
Hot data cataloging collapses the thousand steps to value
Data cataloging is emerging as one of the surest routes through the big data muddle in enterprises. Its powers lay in combining and collapsing steps that would otherwise run end-users ragged. “There are a lot of data catalog products out there, but our huge differentiator — one of them — is the fact that we ...
People-powered data catalog is phonics for data literacy
Big data analytics projects are flailing like asphyxiating tuna; some analysts claim the failure rate has soared to 85 percent. Could it be that the pile of software tools and formulas aren’t letting human ingenuity breathe? “I think that they’ve got to throw out the old playbook,” said Satyen Sangani (pictured), co-founder and chief executive officer ...