Gabriel Pesek
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Ransomware attacks start to mutate: Meet ‘ranscam’
As the advancement of the Internet of Things exposes attack points for cyber threats and hackers adapt to the new cloud environments, cyber security is finding that it needs to be proactive in creating safer operational spaces for the enterprise. One of the best ways to accomplish that is through establishing advance threat protection that is ...
Grasping the business applications of machine learning | #IBMML
With IBM Corp.’s opening of Watson’s core machine learning component to businesses, a quick understanding of what that enables for savvy enterprises will be key to prompt capitalization. One of the easiest ways to approach it is to think of the new private cloud option “more as branding, and Watson is a bigger solution set,” ...
Data processing simplification: ‘Real-time’ is not just a moniker anymore | #SparkSummit
As data processing at the edge of the network gets pushed higher in priority by the rise of the Internet of Things, improved data computation and transfer speed are becoming essential operations, according to Manish Gupta (pictured), chief marketing officer of Redis Labs Inc. “There is a need for faster processing. There is a need for faster insights. ...
Intel’s BigDL aims to bring deep learning to the masses | #SparkSummit
With Intel Corp.’s efforts to get involved in practically every aspect of modern technology, from the hardware base up through the software that’s run on it, the natural move to stay competitive these days is to expand into deep learning and big data. Yet as Intel has found, the need for converging systems becomes increasingly clear every day, according to Ziya ...
Spark helps transform legacy banking systems into data powerhouses | #SparkSummit
As the awareness and presence of data continues rising across all sorts of businesses, banks are finding more in their vaults than physical currency. But for many organizations, bringing their systems up to speed for processing the vast quantities of transaction and interaction data at their disposal is forming a hurdle too high to overcome on ...
Far from dead, privacy is alive and well in the era of big data | #WomenInTech
Sun Microsystems Inc. Chief Executive Scott McNealy’s infamous statement in 1999, “You have zero privacy … Get over it,” has long been a go-to quote for those highlighting the dangers of technology’s potential to intrude on personal lives in unintended ways. But for privacy advocates, developers and others working to define and design the interactions between technologies ...
The rise of machine learning: Will the human factor be pushed out of data science? | #WiDS2017
With the rise of machine learning, concerns are being voiced about the future involvement of humans in jobs that computers can handle. But at the same time, alternative views are being offered on ways in which the human element will influence the direction of data science, with passion playing a large role in that survival. ...
Moving mountains of data: Can humans learn from the failures of new technologies? | #WiDS2017
As machine learning advances, some voices in the data industry are drawing attention to the potential negative effects underlying the application of these sciences, particularly in regard to forcing humans out of jobs given to machines. But others, such as Janet George (pictured), fellow and chief data officer/scientist/big data/cognitive computing at WD, a Western Digital Co., ...
Where data science meets commerce: Walmart’s out to create retail psychics | #WiDS2017
With data science growing in sophistication and applications every day, it may be surprising to learn that some of the market’s biggest boosts are coming from companies with a primary focus on standard retail, according to Esteban Arcaute (pictured), senior director and head of data science at @WalmartLabs. The impact of data science on sales, and ...
When a doll rats out a parent: Tech firms struggle with thorny privacy issues
The rise of intelligent devices, from wearables to smart home sensors to Internet-connected Barbie dolls, is confronting technology companies with a host of new ethical issues involving privacy and security. That’s forcing them to think carefully in advance about principles they need to apply to a wide range of products for the emerging Internet of ...