Tag: Business

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Smith Johnson. The only way of surviving in the market is to continuously transform from an older strategy to a new strategy. It is this transformation that leads the company to another level and can be called an innovative company. Technology has manifested to be the most innovative part of the world. It has reached to a certain level that its advancement and innovation has exceeded humanity. Internet of Things is one of the most eminent and innovative trends in technology that has raised the standards of living. Internet of Things ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content; Author: holly-vatter; Data scientists are one of the most valuable teams a company can have. But some businesses overlook how important it is to equip their data scientists with the tools that can help them unlock value from data.In particular, it is essential that companies remain adaptive and agile when taking in vast amounts of unstructured data. To get the most value from their data and their data scientists, businesses need a capable, easy-to-use data warehouse that offers built-in data science and parallel processing. These demands point to a data ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: hrbrmstr. I mentioned EtherCalc in a previous post and managed to scrounge some time to put together a fledgling {ethercalc} package (it’s also on GitLab, SourceHut, Bitbucket and GitUgh, just sub out the appropriate URL prefix). I’m creating a package-specific Docker image (there are a couple out there but I’m not supporting their use with the package as they have a CORS configuration that make EtherCalc API wrangling problematic) for EtherCalc but I would highly recommend that you just use it via the npm module. To do that you need a working Node.js installation and I highly ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Niklas Junker. Networks are everywhere. We have social networks like Facebook, competitive product networks or various networks in an organisation. Also, for STATWORX it is a common task to unveil hidden structures and clusters in a network and visualize it for our customers.In the past, we used the tool Gephi to visualize our results in network analysis. Impressed by this outstanding pretty and interactive visualization, our idea was to find a way to do visualizations in the same quality directly in R and present it to our customers in an R Shiny app. Our first intention was ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Steven Casey. Yesterday, Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) announced its intent to acquire Lattice Engines. Both of us have covered these companies from a number of different perspectives, and we agree that the move makes sense for two primary reasons. First, adding advanced analytics and data management capabilities from Lattice accelerates D&B’s evolution into a comprehensive data platform and increases its value to customers. In “The Forrester Wave™: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q3 2018,” in which Dun & Bradstreet appeared as a Leader, we made the call that this strategy would be a critical component of success ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Nick Barber. Enterprises have heard their employees’ calls for increased flexibility, and now more than 25% of US information workers work from home at least weekly. But with subpar technology solutions and little face-to-face interaction, home or remote workers end up frustrated and out of the loop. Video provides a platform to engage, train, and communicate effectively with all employees, particularly remote ones. Enterprise video platforms (EVPs) can boost employee experience by: Delivering on-demand training. Video engages customers and employees alike. EVPs offer interactive features like polling and quizzing to monitor progress and information retention ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Guest. In an age of massive data generation, businesses have more raw information at their disposal than ever before. Many organizations are in the process of figuring out how to turn their data into value. Because every business has aspirations for their analytics program.According to a survey, companies list advanced analytics (like AI) and cost reduction as their top priorities. Understandably so, leveraging AI goes hand in hand with reducing business expenses.Let’s discuss four key areas where AI and data analytics can reduce a business’ bottom lines significantly.Monitor and thwart cyber attacks Cyber attacks ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Matthew Vogel. Throughout our Internet of Things (IoT) journey we’ve seen solutions evolve from device-centric models, to spatially-aware solutions that provide real-world context. Last year at Realcomm | IBcon, we announced Azure IoT’s vision for spatial intelligence, diving into scenarios that uniquely join IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), and productivity tools. In the year since, we’ve progressed this vision by introducing new services designed to help enterprise customers across industries optimize the management of their spaces. Across Azure, Dynamics, and Office, Microsoft continues to accelerate results from a growing and diverse set of partners creating smart ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Zak Cole. Digital transformation examples can be found almost anywhere, in almost any industry. Its past successes – and future potential – are well documented, chronicled in the billion-dollar valuations of the frontrunners in the practice.Amazon began as a disruptor to brick-and-mortar bookstores, eventually becoming one of the most obvious digital transformation examples as it went on to revolutionize online shopping. Netflix’s origins were similar – annihilating its former rival Blockbuster and the entire DVD rental market to become a dominant streaming platform and media publisher. Disruption is the common theme. Netflix ... Read More

Feed: Planet MySQL; Author: Continuent; Overview The Skinny In this blog post we will discuss how to use the Tungsten Connector keep-alive feature to ensure long-running MySQL & MariaDB/Percona Server client sessions stay connected in a Tungsten Cluster. Agenda What’s Here? Briefly explore how the Tungsten Connector works Describe the Connector keep-alives – what are they and why do we use them? Discuss why the keep-alive feature is not available in Bridge mode and why Examine how to tune the keep-alive feature in the Tungsten Connector Tungsten Connector: A Primer A Very Brief Summary The Tungsten Connector is an intelligent ... Read More