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Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Packt Publishing. Tokenomics is the economy of this new world. This is a no-holds-barred, in-depth exploration of the way in which we can participate in the blockchain economy. The following is an excerpt from the book, Tokenomics by Thomas Power and Sean Au and published by Packt. One of the biggest challenges of playing in the ICO space is trying to understand the rules to play by. Regardless of what anyone says, we all live in a world bound by rules. We always have and always will, yet technology knows no ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: John Maynard. Photo by Pixabay via CC2.0 The Data Revolution is causing disruption everywhere. Even governments are feeling the effects. While the public sector may be less prepared for the impending changes, government has good reasons to embrace the Data Revolution. First, governments have been collecting data for years. They have lots of data. This supports programs, policy assessment, and often compliance requirements for program grants. The difficulty is pooling, accessing, and using this data effectively. This is key to unlocking the power of advanced data analytics. The Rise of the Government Chief Data Officer According ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. The climate data factory is a French startup working on making future climate information easily accessible. The team believes that easy access to actionable data of future climate conditions is essential to fight climate change.Read on for the Q&A with Dr. Harilaos Loukos of the climate data factory on how we can best make use of data. What is future climate information and what do you mean by “ready to use”? Future climate information is created by climate models that simulate the Earth’s future climate, while considering scenarios of future atmospheric ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. This week, the BBC and other media outlets published inaccurate stories attempting to connect the AWS bid for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Contract to a UK-based investment firm called C5 Capital (C5). To be clear, neither C5 nor any of its subsidiaries are involved in AWS’s JEDI bid. At no time, past or present, has Amazon or AWS ever invested in C5, its private equity fund, or any related portfolio companies. C5 has never been a teaming partner or subcontractor, nor lobbied on behalf of ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Kayleigh Alexandra. The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to be a transformative technology. As the inevitable result of boundless possibilities of the internet, it will generate and employ a vast sea of rich data on anything and everything that can be connected to a digital system — further dissolving the boundary that separates the online and offline worlds.This connected future is realistically unavoidable (it’s already happening, after all). But it’s still some way off. And it’s an exciting time for startups willing to plan ahead. They can take some time to explore and ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Adam Famularo. This past year witnessed a data governance awakening – or as the Wall Street Journal called it, a “global data governance reckoning.” There was tremendous data drama and resulting trauma – from Facebook to Equifax and from Yahoo to Marriott. The list goes on and on. And then, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect, with many organizations scrambling to become compliant.So what’s on the horizon for data governance in the year ahead? We’re making the following data governance predictions for 2019: Top 10 Data Governance Predictions for 2019 1 ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; As the second best in our VPN reviews, NordVPN is clearly a favorite here at Cloudwards.net. It has taken a spot in several guides, including the best VPN for New Zealand and the best VPN for Russia, thanks to its excellent security and vast server network. Private Internet Access is no slouch, either. It put up a good fight against our top-rated provider, ExpressVPN, in our ExpressVPN vs PIA comparison. Like NordVPN, it took a spot in a few guides, too, most notably the best VPN for Sweden and the best VPN for Spain. Both ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. A guest post by Tim Rains, Security and Compliance Leader for EMEA, Amazon Web ServicesWhen it comes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), there’s still ambiguity and uncertainy in the industry about how to effectively comply with it and how aggressive enforcement of it will be. Some organizations have made progress towards compliance despite this, while others have taken a “wait and see” approach. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dob Todorov, the CEO of HeleCloud, an AWS Partner. HeleCloud helps AWS customers with, among other things, ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: James Staten. Every company needs edge computing on its technology road map starting in 2019. While many of you may see edge as exclusive to IoT, its value is much wider and will prove as critical to driving up customer experience as content delivery networks (CDN) were in the early days of the web . . . . . . which explains why you are now seeing edge compute and AI services from all the major cloud vendors and on the road maps of the leading telecom companies. Twenty-seven percent of global telecom decision makers, ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. AWS EdStart members are transforming education in every corner of the globe. Read on for more about three of our members – ArcLab, Lightbulb Education, and Yellowdig. Each of these EdTechs rely on AWS to create a more student-centric learning experience. ArcLab: ArcLab is an interactive Nano Learning SaaS platform built for organizations to easily create effective training for employees. With their platform, organizations can improve their teams’ job performances and livelihoods through more effective training. The platform offers simple content templates, design customizability, advanced learner analytics, and NanoCredentials (digital badges) ... Read More