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Big Data

Turning Watson into a data business, from machine learning to analytics | #SparkSummit

By Marlene Den Bleyker Feb 9, 2017

When IBM Corp. acquired The Weather Company’s B2B, mobile and cloud-based web-properties in January 2016, the goal was to combine forces to lay the groundwork for IBM’s Watson IoT Platform. One year later, Robbie Stickland (pictured),…

Big Data

Using data to calculate the destruction of mass violence | #WomenInTech

By Marlene Den Bleyker Feb 9, 2017

Human rights efforts led by The United Nations require clear and concise definition if the organization hopes to solve the world’s problems. Properly vetted data can help, as the UN uses statistics and data to identify discrimination…

Big Data

Data on the move: getting the most value out of the numbers | #SparkSummit

By Bev Bellile Feb 9, 2017

While most organizations understand the inherent value of big data — the more data, the better — there can be issues around managing and moving that data. The true value comes from the analysis…

Apps

Zenefits lays off 430 employees, nearly half its workforce

By Maria Deutscher Feb 9, 2017

Just when it started to look like Zenefits is returning to a more or less stable course, the management team has announced its biggest staff reduction reduction to date. The workforce management startup is…

Big Data

User feedback flywheel is data’s real value-add, say analysts

By R. Danes Feb 9, 2017

Apache Spark claims to be the largest and most active open-source big data project in existence, but is it delivering on the big data promise to businesses in the real world? At the Spark…

Infra

Resilient Network Systems lands funding to boost novel authentication technology

By Paul Gillin Feb 9, 2017

Resilient Network Systems Inc. is adding $1.2 million to its coffers via a series A extension round led by HRK Investments LLP. The company plans to invest the money in sales and marketing to boost…

Emerging Tech

First government-hosted blockchain hackathon focuses on healthcare

By Kyt Dotson Feb 9, 2017

The Chamber of Digital Commerce has announced the first U.S. government-hosted developer contest that will focus on the use of open-source distributed ledger technology, or blockchain technology, in the healthcare industry. The contest, called…

Big Data

Big data strategies must include mainframes, analyst says

By Bert Latamore Feb 9, 2017

Mainframes cannot remain an island separate from big data. Mainframe data is too valuable and central to the business to be left isolated, particularly when companies start using analytics to answer core business questions…

Infra

ZingBox debuts an IoT security platform for finding hacked devices

By Maria Deutscher Feb 9, 2017

The growing threat from Mirai and other new malware strains that can hijack millions of devices at a time is driving companies to revamp their security defenses. ZingBox Inc., a startup spun out of Stanford…

Emerging Tech

DeepMind’s AIs can fight or cooperate – just like people

By Eric David Feb 9, 2017

As artificial intelligence becomes more commonly used for everything from catching cancer early to describing images to the blind, what happens when two or more agents have overlapping goals? Will they battle for dominance or help one…

all stories

Turning Watson into a data business, from machine learning to analytics | #SparkSummit

Using data to calculate the destruction of mass violence | #WomenInTech

Data on the move: getting the most value out of the numbers | #SparkSummit

Zenefits lays off 430 employees, nearly half its workforce

User feedback flywheel is data’s real value-add, say analysts

Resilient Network Systems lands funding to boost novel authentication technology

First government-hosted blockchain hackathon focuses on healthcare

Big data strategies must include mainframes, analyst says

ZingBox debuts an IoT security platform for finding hacked devices

DeepMind’s AIs can fight or cooperate – just like people

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