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AHA Building Big Data Platform To Facilitate Precision Medicine

Oct 05, 2016

AHA has bigger ambitions to facilitate research and is looking to develop a “data discovery platform”.

The Data Science Hierarchy of Needs

Oct 05, 2016

There’s a logical hierarchy of needs for developing a big data strategy.

The 8 most impressive social good innovations from September

Oct 05, 2016

Inventors are taking on the world's biggest problems with tenacity and creativity.

Stream Processing with Kafka Streams

Oct 05, 2016

This post intends to demonstrate how easy can be to build a stream processing application with Kafka Streams.

Databricks Bi-Weekly Apache Spark Digest – 10/3/16

Oct 04, 2016

See what’s happened with Apache Spark in the last couple of weeks

Databricks Completes SOC 2 Type 1 Certification

Oct 04, 2016

Databricks has been partnering with enterprises and government agencies to securely process mission-critical workloads with Spark.

Using Data Science to Analyze Data Scientists’ Salaries

Oct 04, 2016

O’Reilly Media has released a new salary survey.

Improving the Quality of Data on Hadoop

Oct 03, 2016

Big data is now receiving the same treatment as relational data.

Voice from CERN: Apache Spark 2.0 Performance Improvements Investigated With Flame Graphs

Oct 03, 2016

Luca Canali of CERN investigates performance improvements in Apache Spark 2.0 from whole-stage code generation using flame graphs.

Notes on the transition to the cloud

Oct 03, 2016

“Cloud” means different things to different marketers.

6 best places to learn data science fast

Sep 30, 2016

If you’re looking to learn data science – quickly – then you’re in luck.

The Maturation of Hadoop — Adoption and Experience

Sep 30, 2016

The adoption of big data processing and analytics is pervasive across almost all industries.

Getting Going With Hadoop and Spark, the ClusterGX Option

Sep 29, 2016

The marketing message was all about huge scalability and the potential for big data.

Open sourcing Bunt: A Bot Understanding Testbed

Sep 29, 2016

What is a natural way for people to interact with technology.

Robo makes 3D printing cheaper and easier

Sep 29, 2016

Most mainstream consumers are still put off by the price and size of the printers.

Creating new tools to bring together the data science community

Sep 29, 2016

There is automation. But the machine learning process is never-ending.

SAP allots $2 billion for IoT investments, buys software firm Plat.One

Sep 28, 2016

The funds will support SAP's creation of IoT development labs around the world and the launch of a new product line.

Mossberg: Running Windows 10 and macOS Sierra together

Sep 28, 2016

The new Parallels 12 does the job well.

How to Evaluate a Cloud-based Apache Spark Platform

Sep 28, 2016

A Buyer’s Guide from ESG Global

Full transcript: Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley on Recode Decode

Sep 28, 2016

Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley said he’s still worried about a bubble.

3 Big Trends in Business Intelligence and Analytics

Sep 27, 2016

Consistent quality data is cited as the number one challenge organizations face to realizing the full potential from analytics.

Apache Spark Survey 2016 Results Now Available

Sep 27, 2016

The results show that the Spark community is still growing fast.

Edward Snowden’s favorite messaging app is now on desktop

Sep 27, 2016

Signal is favored by many in the security community because the open nature of the software allows others to review its code.

Yahoo! joins! Adobe! Flash! flush! mob!

Sep 26, 2016

HTML5 all the way. But nor for ads. So keep those malware shields up.

Cloud Machine Learning Platforms vs. Apache Spark Solutions

Sep 23, 2016

For machine learning - they say their cloud products will free data scientists and developers from implementation details so they can focus on business logic.

Teradata (re)embarks on a solutions journey

Sep 23, 2016

The journey will be a balancing act for avoiding conflict with the analytics software partners that have been pillars of its ecosystem.

Apple acquires Indian machine learning company Tuplejump

Sep 23, 2016

Apple is increasingly acquiring firms with expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence.

How to Get a Job In Deep Learning

Sep 22, 2016

You need to have motivation and be able to code and problem solve well. That's about it.

Infobright and Data Lake Survival

Sep 22, 2016

It is a transcript of a conversation between Dr. Robin Bloor and Rick Glick.

What is hardcore data science—in practice?

Sep 22, 2016

Data science has early roots in scientists efforts to understand human intelligence and create artificial intelligence.

Events

AWS re:Invent

Nov 28, 2022 Las Vegas, NV

Join us again this year in Las Vegas for our biggest, most comprehensive, and most vibrant event in cloud computing.

AI & Big Data Expo 2022

Oct 05, 2022 Santa Clara, CA

This technology event is for the ambitious enterprise technology professional, seeking to explore the latest innovations, implementations and strategies to drive businesses forward.

Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit

Oct 04, 2022 Austin, TX

Join the first-ever data streaming industry event at Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit. You’ll be able to immerse yourself in all things real-time data with peers.

O’Reilly Open Source Convention

May 16, 2016 Austin

OSCON covers FLOSS in its entirety. Not just one language, tool, or philosophy, but all the moving parts integrated and working together.

99U 2016

May 05, 2016 New York

The goal of the 99U Conference is to shift the focus from idea generation to idea execution. Providing road-tested insights

Consensus 2016: Making Blockchain Real

May 02, 2016 New York

Consensus 2016 will define what is “real” in blockchain technology and focus on how to mainstream real-world applications for consumers.