Category: Data Science

November 20, 2018

The accessibility of data has provided a new generation of technology and has shifted the business focus towards data-driven decision making. Big Data Analytics is now an established part of gathering Business Intelligence. Many businesses, particularly those online, consider Big […]

November 9, 2018

A recent press release reports, “Accenture has invested in and formed a strategic alliance with Quantexa, a leading data analytics firm that provides technology solutions to uncover new intelligence. The minority investment made by Accenture Ventures will help Quantexa accelerate […]

November 9, 2018

There are many declinations of Data Science projects: with or without labeled data; stopping at data wrangling or involving Machine Learning algorithms; predicting classes or predicting numbers; with unevenly distributed classes, with binary classes, or even with no examples at […]

November 6, 2018

In the second edition of the Data Management Book of Knowledge (DMBOK 2): “Data Architecture defines the blueprint for managing data assets by aligning with organizational strategy to establish strategic data requirements and designs to meet these requirements.” Another way […]

October 29, 2018

A recent press release states, “Igneous’ cloud-native solution – consisting of Igneous DataDiscover, Igneous DataProtect and Igneous DataFlow – delivers superior data visibility, efficient data protection and automated data movement to data-centric organizations like Paige.AI, regardless of where datasets reside. […]

October 25, 2018

Data Scientists and Big Data Analysts can now access knowledge from around the world by using a new platform, called JoveEye. Its launch was announced by GTCOM (Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd) in New York City. JoveEye is an […]

August 23, 2018

Cybersecurity practitioners don’t necessarily think of themselves as Data Scientists – but they should. In fact, most of them are already doing that work, even if they don’t recognize that the term applies to them. Securing the network and protecting […]

August 2, 2018

A data quality expert once told me that vendors providing data quality software solutions should always ensure 100 percent quality data, and if they didn’t, they should be liable for any ensuing issues. I disagreed with that harsh assessment then—and […]

July 24, 2018

Before Google parent Alphabet reported quarterly earnings Monday, the somewhat naïve meme going around was that regulatory scrutiny would zap the advertising leviathan’s performance. True, Alphabet recorded a multi-billion-dollar hit associated with a fine ordered by the European Union that […]

July 20, 2018

In 2012 former Chief Data Scientist of the United States DJ Patil and Babson College Professor Thomson H. Davenport famously declared that the job of Data Scientist would be the “Sexiest job of the 21st Century.” While that may true, […]