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What’s Behind Lyft’s Choices in Big Data Tech

Lyft was a late entrant to the ride-sharing business model, at least compared to its competitor Uber, which pioneered the concept and remains the largest provider. That delay in starting out actually gave Lyft a bit of a Read more…

Here’s What Doug Cutting Says Is Hadoop’s Biggest Contribution

Apache Hadoop isn't the center of attention in the IT world anymore, and much of the hype has dissipated (or at least regrouped behind AI). But the open source software project still has a place for on-premise workloads, Read more…

When Citizen Data Science Meets Basketball Analytics

Basketball, like all sports these days, is getting more data-driven all the time. Teams are looking to data to tell them where to play, what to shoot, and who to double-team in the hopes of eking out a competitive edge. Read more…

From Oscar to AI: Mining Visual Assets for Fun and Profit

Before big data burst upon the scene, Dan Wexler dealt with it every day at DreamWorks Studios, where he helped developed the rendering tools used on "Shrek" and other films. After winning an Academy Award for his work w Read more…

AI Prognostications Plentiful for New Year

Artificial intelligence had a breakout year in 2018. The technology seemed to be everywhere, influencing everything from stock trading and hiring to crop rotations and perfumery. So where will AI take us in 2019? AI p Read more…

News In Brief

DeepCube Unveils Deep Learning Suite

DeepCube is launching a new suite of products and services, including a software-based deep learning accelerator which runs on a range of current and next-generation hardware. The suite targets neural network training Read more…

Space-Based Storage Prepares for Launch

Diminishing returns on costly data center investments—facilities already bulging at the seams—are engendering novel architectures for storing data. Early prototypes such as Microsoft’s submersible data center addre Read more…

Grafana Labs Upgrades Observability Platform

Grafana Labs’ new enterprise stack released this week incorporates a metrics service for Prometheus, the machine data storage and monitoring platform for cloud-native deployments, along with a log aggregation tool base Read more…

AI Hypervisor Gets a GPU Boost

Sunlight, the U.K.-based specialist in virtualizing data-intensive applications, announced Nvidia GPU support for its “lightweight” hypervisor designed to boost the performance of edge AI deployments. GPU support Read more…

Soda Launches Open Data Monitoring

The roster of data monitoring platform vendors continues to grow with the release of open source SQL management tools by Belgian startup Soda. Earlier this month, Brussels-based Soda announced a $17.7 million Series A Read more…

This Just In

Cohere Introduces North, a Secure AI Workspace

Jan 10, 2025 |

Jan. 10, 2025 — Cohere has launched the early access program for North, the company’s all-in-one secure AI workspace platform that empowers employees to significantly improve the quality and speed of their work. Read more…

New Jersey Innovation Institute Launches New Division to Help Businesses Harness AI

Jan 9, 2025 |

NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 9, 2025 — New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation, announced the launch of its fifth Division, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, featuring New Jersey’s first and only AI Job Shop. Read more…

Esri Releases 2024 Update of Ready-to-Use US Census Bureau Data for ArcGIS Users

Dec 19, 2024 |

REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 19, 2024 — The United States Census Bureau has just released the latest annual update to its American Community Survey (ACS) data, the premier government source for detailed national population information. Read more…

Dresner Advisory Services Publishes 2024 Embedded Business Intelligence Market Study

Dec 18, 2024 |

NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 18, 2024 — Dresner Advisory Services published the 2024 Embedded Business Intelligence Market Study, part of its Wisdom of Crowds series of research. Read more…

Menlo Ventures Announces Cohort Backed by $100M Anthology Fund Launched in Partnership with Anthropic

Dec 18, 2024 |

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 18, 2024 — Menlo Ventures, a leading venture capital firm investing at the forefront of AI, announced its first cohort of 18 companies backed by the $100 million Anthology Fund today. Read more…

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