Tag: Mobile

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Bill Schmarzo. Gartner recently published a report titled “CIO Agenda 2019: Exploit Transformational Technologies” that states the following: “Whether it’s AI, quantum computing or conversational platforms, digital business is underpinned by technology. But with a seemingly endless amount of technologies to invest in, where are CIOs focused?” Figure 1:  Gartner: AI Tops the List of Game-Changing Technologies But here’s my problem with this list: the important question is not where CIOs are focused.  The real important question is where are CEOs focused? Here’s the problem with the Digital Business or more importantly, the ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Ayush Srivastava. “What you see is what you buy” It is believed that 95% of the purchase decisions happen in the subconscious (let’s call it the reptile brain). The decisions taken by the reptile brain are strongly influenced by what we see. When walking across a supermarket aisle, we see hundreds of packs of different products. But then, there are some products that capture our attention. When we see such products, the reptile brain kicks into action, it fixates its attention on that packaging that looks interesting (“ooh shiny!!!”) and before ... Read More

Feed: Feed | Tractica. Author: . As the AI chipset market is becoming crowded, many AI companies have started creating solutions that cater to a niche market. The needs for chipset power, performance, software, and other attributes vary greatly depending on the nature of application. For instance, the Internet of Things (IoT) edge market needs ultra-low power (in milliwatts), mobile phones can work well with power consumption of up to 1 W, drones can consume a bit more, automotive can go from 10 W to 30 W, and so on. Today’s two most prominent architectures are the central processing unit ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: David Smith. In case you missed them, here are some articles from November of particular interest to R users. David Gerard assesses the plausibility of a key plot point in 'Jurassic Park' with simulations in R. In-database R is available in Azure SQL Database for private preview.  Introducing AzureR, a new suite of R packages for managing Azure resources in R. The AzureRMR package provides an interface for Resource Manager. Roundup of AI, Machine Learning and Data Science news from November 2018. You can now use the AI capabilities of Microsoft Cognitive Services within a container ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: James McCormick. The relentless march of digital transformation has not left the physical world untouched — particularly when it comes to understanding and engaging with customers. First, customers digitally connected to brands via PCs, then mobile devices, and now via a continuous tidal wave of emerging owned IoT devices (e.g., wearables, connected cars, etc.) and non-owned IoT devices (e.g., video, in-store tracking, etc.). Location is now critical to understanding the context of customer engagement in our rapidly digitizing physical world. A new type of location intelligence (LI) is needed beyond traditional map-, asset-, and operational-centric practices ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Branko Vlajin; It’s tough to navigate the vast market of online backup solutions. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best online backup solutions to help you choose. That said, if you still can’t make up your mind and you’re weighing CloudBerry Backup vs Acronis True Image, you’re in the right place. We’re going to compare them in this article to see which service is better. Acronis True Image is a standard online backup service, but CloudBerry Backup needs a partner service because it isn’t. Rather, it is an infrastructure-as-a-service solution that doesn’t offer backup space ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: David Schmidt; Apple has long touted the security of the operating system running its products. By praising iOS devices for integrated software and hardware, Apple created a narrative that users believe. As tempting as it is to trust your iPhone’s security out of the box, it’s important to take extra measures to ensure your data is safe. There’s a downside to locking down your iPhone, though. The more actions you take to protect it from security threats, the more cumbersome your experience using it can become. It’s up to you to decide the extent of safeguards you’re ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Floyd Smith. MemSQL CEO Nikita Shamgunov was featured recently on the Data Engineering Podcast with host Tobias Macey. Tobias drew out Nikita on MemSQL’s origins, our exciting present, and where we’re going in the future. We share a few highlights here, but we also urge you to listen to the full episode. The podcast covered a wide variety of topics. In this blog post, we’ll highlight Nikita’s comments on MemSQL’s origins; setting up and running the MemSQL database; typical use cases; and the future of MemSQL. How MemSQL Started Nikita grew up and was educated in ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Christine Alford. 1 Week CIO Assessment: CrucialLogics will perform an assessment to determine the current IT landscape and generate an executive deliverable with action plans and next steps for the IT road map on your Microsoft platform (Office 365, Azure, Dynamics). Accelerating Digital Transformation Assessment: In this one-day workshop, sopra steria will assess your technology and application transformational journey in line with your business strategy, then provide a report advising either rebuilding, rehosting, or refactoring your apps. Azure & Microsoft 365 Security:2-Wk Implementation: Protect your business data, operational infrastructure, and business identity against cyber threats ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Sarah Hill. Earlier, in order to run a quick spelling and grammar check on any text, we would rely on Microsoft’s Check Document feature. While it was definitely helpful, one would have to copy the text to a Word document to run the check. Now there are many online editing tools – including Grammarly and Google Doc’s inbuilt grammar suggestions, that can do pretty much the same thing as the Check Document tool. And these online tools are designed to improve your writing, by not only helping you with grammar and spelling but also ... Read More