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Digital to Profit: When AI and Machine Learning Meet Pricing
Before I get into the topic of how companies are using AI and machine learning to drive price optimization and gain a competitive advantage, let’s take a step back and get nostalgic for a moment. I remember when the co Read more…
Big Data Career Notes: December 2019 Edition
In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details Read more…
Real Progress Being Made in Explaining AI
One of the biggest roadblocks that could prevent the widespread adoption of AI is explaining how it works. Deep neural networks, in particular, are extremely complex and resist clear description, which is a problem when Read more…
Confluent Reveals ksqlDB, a Streaming Database Built on Kafka
Confluent narrowed the distance separating Kafka-esque stream data processing and traditional database technology with today’s unveiling of ksqlDB, a new database built atop Kafka that the company intends to be the fut Read more…
Return of the Living Data
When Google published a paper on its proprietary BigQuery engine about nine years ago, the open source community reproduced the technology as best they could, just as they did with MapReduce and the Google File System, w Read more…
News In Brief
Torch.AI Looks to Replace ‘Store and Reduce’ with Synaptic Mesh
Torch.AI, the profitable startup applying machine learning to analyze data “in-flight” via its proprietary synaptic mesh technology, announced its first funding round along with expansion plans. The Series A round Read more…
Data Salaries Get a COVID Bump
Data science and application development skills centered on AI, machine learning and cloud deployments remain in high demand, pushing salaries higher in a pandemic year that strained enterprise infrastructure. Accordi Read more…
Acquisitive Thoma Bravo Buys Talend
Consolidation in the data analytics sector continues apace with the acquisition of data integration specialist Talend by the aggressive private equity investor Thoma Bravo. The deal announced Wednesday (March 10) is t Read more…
Snowflake, ThoughtSpot Tighten Embrace
Snowflake, the cloud data services leader, is expanding its ecosystem with an investment in search specialist and AI-based analytics platform developer ThoughtSpot. ThoughtSpot said the new investment, reportedly in t Read more…
Data Privacy Startup Privacera Raises More Cash
Growing demand for data governance, privacy and security tools needed to comply with an expanding list of national data-privacy rules continues to attract investors as more sensitive data shifts to the cloud. The late Read more…
This Just In
Feb 21, 2025 |
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 21, 2025 — E Source and Alabama Power have won the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Digitizing Utilities Prize for the development of a custom Enterprise Graph Database, a predictive power mapping data system. Read more…
Feb 12, 2025 |
REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 12, 2025 — On March 11, 2025, Esri, the global leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, is hosting the Developer & Technology Summit in Palm Springs, California. Read more…
Feb 5, 2025 |
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 5, 2025 — Hydrolix, the company improving the economics of log data with its streaming data lake platform, has shipped a new Apache Spark connector. Read more…
Feb 4, 2025 |
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 4, 2025 — Since ChatGPT’s late-2022 launch, AI job postings in the United States “have ramped up dramatically, from 29,509 in Q4 2022 to 49,577 in Q4 2024, an uptick of 68 percent,” Read more…
Feb 4, 2025 |
SEATTLE, Feb. 4, 2025 — Building on their decade-long partnership, Code.org and Amazon today launched Exploring Generative AI, a cutting-edge curriculum for grades 8-12 that teaches students how AI works, how to create with it, and the societal considerations and ethical implications of an AI-driven world. Read more…
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