Tag: Access

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Jesus Ramos. TL;DR: Echo chambers created by CA or other political marketing firms are bad for democracy, but you can counter them by following pages, people and content you would normally not follow on FB. Thanks to a famous Vice article from April 2017, everyone, even those not acquainted with technology, has now an idea of how we are basically giving Facebook a map of our preferences, orientations, motivations, and even our psyche, by using it to share our interests, play games, answer quizzes and interact with other people. This data, in turn, ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Inge Krogstad. IT managers see the potential for cost-cutting from transitioning application development to open source software (OSS). Today, companies can hire recent college graduates with skills in open source development and avail themselves of the free software. But is all that glitters really gold? Users groups and more formal workgroups are experiencing an avalanche of new routines that have been made available. And users are now sharing programs along with their own cutting-edge ideas, whether based on R, Python, Tensorflow, or another programming language or library. Therefore, it has to be assumed that business leaders ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Daniel Moura. Nowadays, most data scientists use either Python or R as their main programming language. That was also my case until I met Julia earlier this year. Julia promises performance comparable to statically typed compiled languages (like C) while keeping the rapid development features of interpreted languages (like Python, R or Matlab). This performance is achieved by just-in-time (JIT) compilation. Instead of interpreting code, Julia compiles code in runtime. While JIT compilation has been around for sometime now (e.g. Matlab introduced it in 2002), Julia was designed for performance with JIT ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content; Author: holly-vatter; The fusing of analytics with leading technologies can unlock significant business value and bring new transformation opportunities for enterprise companies. In order to be successful, analytics-based initiatives such as AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) need massive amounts of big data—and also the right applications to uncover hidden patterns, correlations and insights necessary to drive better data-driven decisions.Finding hidden data There are many reasons why siloed, unanalyzed data exists. Businesses will always struggle with integrating data following mergers and acquisitions; when extending data warehouses to include external ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: David Loshin. In recent years, aspirations for achieving digital transformation objectives have inspired the emergence of new senior management roles such as the Chief Data Officer (CDO), the Chief Analytics Officer (CAO), and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).  These roles indicate a general recognition of organizational value of data as a (conceptual) asset. They also reflect the division of digital transformation into virtual operational silos: Data management versus analytics versus security, privacy, etc. Compartmentalizing these different facets of information management and governance perhaps does a disservice to the organization’s objectives for digital transformation. This is ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Actian Corporation. We have just announced the findings of the Actian Datacast Hybrid Data Trends Survey which offers new insights into the current challenges and opportunities for data-driven organizations when it comes to managing hybrid data environments.The survey polled 303 IT professionals who have some influence or decision-making ability and work in a company with at least 250 employees. The infographic below outlines four key trends that emerged from this research around access to data, maximizing the value of data gathered and compliance. In the coming weeks, we will be publishing a four-part blog series that explores ... Read More

Author: . The Financial Services industry is in the midst of widespread disruption as they experience both phenomenal growth and unprecedented competition. What key change drivers are pushing this disruption? Will traditional financial service providers be able to keep up, or will disruptive competitors take the lead? Driver #1: APAC & MENA Coming In Strong In the past, North America and Europe may have been considered the homeland of financial institutions. However, as globalization increases and smartphones revolutionize access to the internet, this focus is shifting. Strengthening capabilities in the Asia Pacific (APAC) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Matthew Gierc. As any good tradesperson knows, you need the right tool for the job. Just ask someone who’s used a screwdriver to assemble furniture how much they would pay for a power drill.The same holds true for working with data.Today, many companies dive into machine learning, advanced analytics, or other buzzword-heavy projects with the goal of getting ahead of competitors. But without a solid understanding of what data can do for their organization, how to effectively store and harness that data, and a strategic, deliberate approach to such endeavors, their efforts may cause ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Mike Sherman; Every day we see more and more security compromises in the news for large and small companies around the world. Whether you have a small company or an international organization, no one is safe from hackers and malicious attackers. In order to combat the high volume of attacks and attackers, companies must be proactive with their security measures and stay up-to-date with the current security best practices in order to protect their business from loss of data, compromises of sensitive information, and denial of service attacks.Here are the top five security best practices for ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: R on ALLAN V. C. QUADROS. mRpostman is an R package to help you to easy connect to your IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) server and execute commands, such as listing mailboxes, searching and fetching messages in a tidy way. It calls ‘curl’ in background when issuing the IMAP commands (all credit to Jeroen Ooms and Daniel Stenberg). So far, I have tested mRpostman with Gmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL Mail, but it should also work with other mail providers. I would be happy to hear other successful experiences from users. ATTENTION: Before you start, you have ... Read More