Source – gq-magazine.co.uk cience-fiction guru William Gibson, who coined the term cyberspace, famously pointed out that the future is already here – it is just not very evenly distributed. We veer from anticipating a new dawn to prepping for the end of days. But the future we want is up to us and it’s time to Read More
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Source – albawaba.com NetApp, the data authority for the hybrid cloud, today introduced NetApp® ONTAP® AI proven architecture, powered by NVIDIA DGX supercomputers and NetApp AFF A800 cloud-connected all-flash storage to simplify, accelerate, and scale the data pipeline across edge, core and cloud for deep learning deployments and to help customers achieve real business impact with Read More
Source – finance.yahoo.com A recent survey by LexisNexis revealed that around 75% of lawyers recognise that the sector is changing faster than ever – yet only around one in five of those surveyed agree that their own firm needs to evolve. So, what’s behind this apparent paradox? Do 80% of the survey respondents really work for Read More
Source – smh.com.au Australia’s top cyber spy says the world needs to think more about risks created by over-reliance on artificial intelligence so that people don’t “sleepwalk” into dependence on machines they don’t actually understand. In an rare public speech, Mike Burgess, Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate, also said spy agencies around the world – including Read More
Source – brookings.edu Advances in artificial intelligence and data analytics are propelling innovation in many parts of the world. China, for example, has committed $150 billion towards its goal of becoming a world leader by 2030. And while the United States government is investing only $1.1 billion in non-classified AI research, its private sector is spending billions in fields from finance Read More
Source – cmswire.com Many marketers have taken the AI plunge. In fact, according to a survey by Salesforce, marketers expect AI will have a substantial impact on their business in the next five years in the areas of hyper-personalization of content (61 percent), dynamic landing pages and websites (61 percent) and delivering the right message, on the Read More
Source – forbesindia.com For starters, let’s take stock of the current scenario. Automated trading algorithms powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) have powered their way into the financial world faster than the market pundits could have ever predicted. AI-driven investment platforms like Wealthfront and Betterment have drawn investors in droves assuring them of safe, reliable returns. Naturally, Read More
Source – entrepreneur.com With the rise of artificial intelligence, several of today’s larger organizations face the issue of restructuring. Several global companies believe their organizational design is less than ideal, but few know how to go about remedying it. The answer to this is to make sure the global workforce “upskills” to be qualified enough to Read More
Source – relocatemagazine.com It’s no secret that in most companies HR is under pressure to reduce costs. As the international mobile workforce becomes increasingly more diverse, so do its policies to meet various business needs.As a result, companies with a global mobility agenda are operating in an ever more complex and fragmented environment. But could data Read More
Source – livemint.com Most of us approach healthcare with hesitation. There are often several deterrents to seeking medical care (let alone preventive care)—ease of access being a major one. According to the Indian Journal of Public Health(September 2017 edition), India had just 4.8 practicing doctors per 10,000 population. While this is expected to grow to 6.9 doctors Read More
Source – cloudpro.co.uk The algorithm developed using TensorFlow and Google Cloud sees 15-times greater success rate Ocado Technology is fighting fraud with machine learning, improving its detection rate by 15 times since using automation to detect wrongdoing. The technology division of the online supermarket has built its own machine learning-based algorithm with Google’s TensorFlow and Google Read More
Source – bigdata.cioreview.com Big data plays an integral role in protecting the environment and also sustaining economic growth, serving as a medium to decrease energy consumption, discover new renewable energy resources, and boost energy efficiency. To achieve these goals, cascades of data in motion and at rest are being increasingly assessed and monitored in real time. Read More
Source – techtarget.com If you were to visit some data scientist’s home at night and peek in the window, you might see a computer running with its screensaver disabled. That’s because the data scientist had to bring home analytics work that takes too long to run in the corporate data center. This story is shared in Read More
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Source – yourstory.com Data Science may have become hot in this decade, but its existence can be traced back to more than a couple of decades ago. A lot of academic research took place in data science (data mining) then, but there was no application in the market; it was all theoretical and mathematical. Real change came Read More
Source – cio.com.au In IT, the bigger the hype, the greater the misconceptions, and data analytics is no exception. Analytics, one of the hottest facets of information technology today, can result in significant business gains, but misperceptions can get in the way of a smooth and timely delivery of analytical capabilities that might benefit business users Read More
Source – informationweek.com There’s great value for companies to use automation technologies in analytics, taking advantage of the vast data sets now available. Making machine learning models more precise isn’t just about technology; but a reimagination of business structure and the roles of tech and people. Nearly every industry today is swimming in data, and the Read More
Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com HYDERABAD: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BSFI) professionals in Hyderabad are beating their IT counterparts when it comes to learning analytics, according to findings by a data science institute with centres in major IT cities such as Delhi NCR, Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. While IT tops the enrolment at every other centre, Hyderabad, where 39% of the Read More
Source – fin24.com Johannesburg – Data management firm NetApp has introduced a new system and storage protocol to the South African market to accelerate the transfer of big data and comply with future data regulations. The company predicts that by 2018, data will be governed according to principles laid out in the European Union’s General Data Protection Read More
Source – arstechnica.com Machine learning (ML) based data analytics is rewriting the rules for how enterprises handle data. Research into machine learning and analytics is already yielding success in turning vast amounts of data—shaped with the help of data scientists—into analytical rules that can spot things that would escape human analysis in the past—whether it be Read More
Source – ksusentinel.com Kennesaw State has announced a research collaboration with GE Digital to provide students in the Ph.D. Analytics and Data Science program the opportunity to explore advanced data science technologies. Jennifer Priestley, associate dean of the Graduate College and executive director of KSU’s Analytics and Data Science Institute, said the collaboration and the grant that comes with Read More
Source – fortune.com The combination of huge amounts of personal data on all of us and tools to analyze it can do great good in medical and scientific applications. But the same technologies also threaten the social and political order of our country, critics say. Technology can be “the best and worst of times at the same Read More
Source – iol.co.za CAPE TOWN – The demand for highly qualified big data analysts is outstripping supply to the point where it can take many months to fill vacancies, according to Georgina Barrick, divisional managing director of Insource ict – a division of Advtech Resourcing. Barrick said there was a dire shortage of all specialised ICT Read More
Source – businessworld.in Currently, businesses are using various methods in big data and analytics to analyze customer’s data to improve competitiveness. Application of these methods not only generate vast amount of data but also result in unstructured information. Further, to extract precise and structured data, Text Mining tools are applied.Text Mining or Data Mining is Read More
Source – cxotoday.com The farming industry is on the cusp of a so-called ‘technological revolution’. With drones, robots and intelligent monitoring systems now successfully being used in research and field trials, artificial intelligence, or machine learning, is set to revolutionise the future of farming as the next phase of Industrial Revolution in agriculture is on the horizon. According to the Read More
Source – hindustantimes.com In July 2016, Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel hired Jill Watson, a teaching assistant for the spring semester. Jill was great at online student interactions, answering questions and was nominated as an outstanding assistant by students. The difference between Jill and other assistants? Jill is a chatbot. Her DNA is based on an Read More
Source – businessworld.in You must have heard the famous quote, ‘If you don’t know where you are going, then any road will get you there.’ However, in a data driven world where the contention among organizations to get dynamic is getting close with each passing day. Every business organization is peddling up to capture all the Read More
Source – propertycasualty360.com While it’ll be awhile before we all have an IBM Watson Supercomputer on our desks, there are a number of artificial intelligence business tools that property and casualty insurers and insurance professionals can use right now to run smarter, faster — and ahead of the competition. “The emergence of AI coupled with big data and massive Read More
Source:- readitquik.com Data analytics is amongst the hottest emerging technologies in recent times, with applications ranging from marketing to customer service to HR and beyond. However, ever since its inception a few years back, even the nature of analytics has changed a lot. Today, the focus is a lot on predictive modelling and complex machine Read More