Tag: startups

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Alessandro Segala. Node.js is arguably one of the most popular technologies in use on the cloud. Many devs all over the world have embraced this platform which, according to the 2017 survey by the Node.js Foundation, is being enjoyed by those who create back-end, front-end, mobile, and even desktop apps. At Microsoft, we are investing heavily in Node.js and JavaScript, which are first class citizens on Azure and across many other products. Whether you are a full-stack, a DevOps specialist, an architect or simply playing around with Node.js, these are seven of the (many) reasons ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple - One source. Many perspectives.. Author: Baiju NT. Its your weekend, and that favourite haunt is tempting for the weekly brunch, you settle down and order, prefer a certain cool track to suit your mood and ambience as you unwind and so on, you have left enough reasons for Crayon Data – a five-year-old Singapore based big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup – to study and understand consumer preferences based on the choices you made. The company understands and derives from consumer preferences through its product Maya which drives their AI-led digital personalisation initiatives ... Read More

Feed: Planet MySQL; Author: Roberto V. Zicari; “To be competitive with non-open-source cloud deployment options, open source databases need to invest in “ease-of-use.” There is no tolerance for complexity in many development teams as we move to “ops-less” deployment models.” –Peter Zaitsev I have interviewed Peter Zaitsev, Co-Founder and CEO of Percona. In this interview, Peter talks about the Open Source Databases market; the Cloud; the scalability challenges at Facebook; compares MySQL, MariaDB, and MongoDB; and presents Percona’s contribution to the MySQL and MongoDB ecosystems. RVZ Q1. What are the main technical challenges in obtaining application scaling? Peter Zaitsev: When ... Read More

Feed: Percona Database Performance Blog. Author: Emily Ikuta. Emily Ikuta  | September 5, 2017 |  Posted In: MongoDB, MySQL, Percona Live, Percona Monitoring and Management, Technical Webinars PREVIOUS POST Come and listen to Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 10am PT / 1pm ET (UTC-7) discuss the Percona roadmap, as well as what’s new in Percona open source software. During this webinar Peter will talk about newly released features in Percona software, show a few quick demos and share with you highlights from the Percona open source software roadmap. This discussion will cover Percona Server for MySQL and MongoDB, Percona XtraBackup, ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Jos van Dongen. From June 6 to 9 the first ever ‘Dutch Data Science Week’ took place in the Netherlands. The week consisted of 4 days in which 28 events took place in 6 different locations. During the week people could attend classes ranging from beginner to advanced levels, visit meetups, participate in hackathons (‘data challenges’), watch the talkshows, and even find a job as a (future) data scientist in the career cafe! To make this week a success, SAS Netherlands joined forces with one of the leading data science firms in the country: GoDataDriven. And ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content; Author: melissa-love; There’s no doubt data science and machine learning are main areas of focus for enterprises to better their business. However, talking about data science and machine learning isn’t the same as making it a reality. This is why we’ve pulled together a few prominent data technology experts to answer how enterprises can make these illusive concepts a reality by operationalizing data science and machine learning and implementing it throughout their business.  Let’s meet the experts:  Colin Sumter is the founder of CrowdMole. He's an analyst, consultant and programmer specializing in ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Bruce Eppinger. The four essentials to rock the 2017 holiday seasonWin the hearts and wallets of always-connected, deal-savvy consumers. Watch the webinar replay    One size does not fit all and when it comes to Commerce Suites, midsize organizations want a full spectrum of selling capabilities, packaged with out of the box templates delivered via cloud services. Today we released Forrester’s Commerce Suites Wave, written by Andy Hoar. This research focuses on the unique needs of midsize organizations (i.e. those with total revenue of between $50 million and $500 million) that sell directly to peer businesses ... Read More

Feed: SQL Server Blog. Author: SQL Server Team. “Data is currency” is the rule of thumb in business. As with money, business data must be accessible, accurate, and usable across disparate contexts if an organization is to realize greater ROI while keeping costs under control. CIOs understand that the need to manage data—its location, composition, and utility—is as important as managing a balance sheet. For many companies, the solution is SQL Server, the industry gold standard for database management. But what about the many tech startups and cloud enterprises running open-source platforms? These organizations face challenges with reliably integrating, categorizing, ... Read More

Feed: Planet MySQL; Author: Hovhannes Avoyan; The website or mobile app is the storefront for participating in the modern digital era. It’s your portal for inviting users to come and survey your products and services. Much attention focuses on front-end development; this is where the HMTL5, CSS, and JavaScript are coded to develop the landing page that everyone sees when they visit your site. But the real magic happens on the backend. This is the ecosystem that really powers your website. One writer has articulated this point very nicely as follows: The technology and programming that “power” a site—what your ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. on 24 AUG 2017 | in government | Permalink |  Share Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere in our day-to-day lives – whether it’s ordering household products, searching the Internet, playing music, providing weather forecasts, or many other tasks. Entrepreneurs all over the world are also embracing solutions AI can offer by improving efficiency and making their products more user-friendly and accessible to consumers. At Amazon, we’ve been making investments in artificial intelligence for over 20 years, and many of the capabilities customers experience are driven by machine learning. Within AWS, we’re ... Read More