Category: Big Data Applications

Feed: Alation. Author: Nolan Necoechea. Today, we’re honored to be named to Constellation Research’s ShortList™ for Data Cataloging1 for the fourth consecutive year. In an increasingly noisy data cataloging space, this recognition is a reminder that Alation continues to lead the pack with 100+ customers and a unique solution built on the combination of human collaboration and machine learning.To draw up the ShortList, Constellation Research’s Vice President and Principal Analyst Doug Henschen evaluated more than a dozen of the industry’s best data cataloging solutions, judging companies based on a combination of client inquiries, partner conversations, customer references, vendor selection projects, ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Aaron Kalb. It’s time for a change. One of our core values here at Alation is to measure our success through customer impact. Since we launched, Alation has made it easier for data consumers to find, understand, and trust relevant datasets. Numerous studies had shown that before we introduced the first Machine Learning Data Catalog, analysts and data scientists would spend more than 80% of their time scrounging around for the right data and trying to make sense of it, instead of actually working with it. The efficiency benefits of Alation’s Find–Understand–Trust trifecta were evident, and soon ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch.  / Now on Demand: ‘CIO Predictions’ Webinar Featuring Tech Industry Experts What technologies and strategies will most impact business in 2019? To what extent will innovation be embraced and employed this year? And how can CIOs become the assets their companies need in the next 10-12 months, at least? Those are questions many tech leaders are asking at the moment. And they are questions that were addressed in detail during a recent Domo-hosted webinar with featured guests Matthew Guarini and Neil Gomes. Guarini is Vice President and Research Director at Forrester Research, one of the ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Christopher Meyers. The 2019 edition of the largest retail conference and expo in the world has passed. I’m proud to say I not only survived, I thrived. NRF Big Show—the annual symposium of the National Retail Federation—took place last month at the Javits Center in New York and, as always, attracted upward of 40,000 people. But while it’s possible for an event of such magnitude to make your head spin, it can just as easily make for a great opportunity to learn a lot about the state of retail and where it’s going. And it was ... Read More

Feed: Feed | Tractica. Author: . Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as machine learning and deep learning are dazzling in and of themselves, but leveraged in isolation, they are limited in their potential, according to a recent report from Tractica. These technologies do not interpret data by themselves: they are tied either to deterministic, hard coded software programs created by humans or they are linked to a form of AI that can interpret human language into a form that algorithms can understand. The umbrella term for this gateway AI technology is natural language processing (NLP).Tractica’s analysis indicates that utilization of ... Read More

Feed: Feed | Tractica. Author: . Consumer robots have been part of popular culture for decades, fueling visions of having robots living alongside humans in our homes to assist with daily tasks, entertain, educate, and socialize. However, the promise of consumer robotics remains largely unfulfilled. Cleaning robots, such as robotic vacuums, dominate the market and we are years away from widespread adoption of the robot types with which people have envisioned sharing their homes.However, according to a new report from Tractica, there is renewed interest in consumer robotics with companies introducing new innovations and product categories. The market intelligence firm ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Aaron Kalb. We recently announced $50M in Series C funding to supercharge our growth, cement our leadership position, and innovate so data catalogs can create even deeper and broader value than they are today. We’re delighted to watch leading organizations like Daimler, eBay, Hilton Hotels, LinkedIn, Munich Re, and Pfizer trust the Alation Data Catalog to connect analytics to decision-making every single day.I had the pleasure of chatting with John Furrier of theCUBE about how our recent round of funding will fuel innovation within the Alation Data Catalog. Check out our conversation below. Here’s a transcript of ... Read More

Feed: Feed | Tractica. Author: . Since 2015, more than 70 companies have entered the AI chipset market and more than 100 chip starts have been announced. All of them are trying to tackle the AI algorithm acceleration problem using different techniques. These companies range from cloud companies to top semiconductor companies to startups. Intel, for instance, has poured billions of dollars into AI via its acquisitions of Altera and Mobileye. Many startups have raised capital exceeding $100 million. Wave Computing recently announced it had raised $86 million in its Series E round. Habana, another AI chipset company, closed $75 ... Read More

Feed: Feed | Tractica. Author: . A growing number of warehousing and logistics companies are incorporating robots to reap the benefits of speed, efficiency, and increased profits to remain competitive in a market driven in large part by consumers that demand rapid fulfillment. At the same time, robotic warehousing and logistics technologies are advancing in capability and becoming more affordable each year. According to a new report from Tractica, the demand for robots and the supply of advanced robotic solutions for the optimization of logistics processes, combined with labor shortages, have created a tipping point that could lead to widespread ... Read More

Feed: Blue Medora. Author: Nathan Owen. Since our announced plans to support Google Stackdriver customers with new levels of hybrid and multi-cloud visibility, we have worked closely with the Google Cloud Platform team to make early access a seamless experience. We’re pleased to now support Stackdriver monitoring metrics collection via a new entrypoint on the Google Cloud Marketplace. This allows customers of Stackdriver to open their observability aperture to infrastructure and resources running on Azure, data centers, or specialized workloads running in GCP. Why does this rock if you use GCP today, or are considering a GCP migration? Multi-cloud is ... Read More