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Microsoft veteran Bob Muglia: Relational knowledge graphs will transform business

'We're at the start of a whole new era' with knowledge graphs, says Microsoft veteran Bob Muglia, akin to the arrival of the modern data stack in 2013.

May 7, 2022 by Tiernan Ray

Dealing with piles of old CDs/DVDs

Given how cheap CDs and DVDs have become, it's pretty easy to end up hip deep in old, unwanted discs. But what do you do with these discs? In this article I look at a few possibilities for safe disposal of your unwanted discs, depending on whether your discs contain sensitive data or not.

August 3, 2006 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Volume, velocity, and variety: Understanding the three V's of big data

For those struggling to understand big data, there are three key concepts that can help: volume, velocity, and variety. These three vectors describe how big data is so very different from old school data management.

March 21, 2018 by David Gewirtz

Meet Estée Lauder's chief analytics officer: 'Data hoarding doesn't solve the problem'

The Estée Lauder Companies has created a chief analytics officer position as part of its senior leadership team. Learn about this important role and its impact on digital transformation efforts. From data science to culture, it's more complicated than you might think.

July 30, 2021 by Michael Krigsman

Westpac uses data to get Know Me to know you

Westpac has adopted an analytics approach to customise and personalise services for its 9 million customers.

February 24, 2014 by Aimee Chanthadavong

Workers waste half their time as they struggle with data

As data grows in complexity, data workers waste time searching for and preparing data instead of gaining insights according to a new report.

July 9, 2019 by Eileen Brown

Snowflake to support Python natively in its Snowpark developer platform

The move means that Snowflake's Data Cloud will be more accessible to a wide range of data scientists and developers.

November 16, 2021 by Larry Dignan

Tableau integrates Einstein Analytics, becomes the analytics bridge in Salesforce ecosystem

Einstein Analytics will become Tableau CRM as Salesforce and Tableau outline the integration roadmap for 2021 and beyond.

October 6, 2020 by Larry Dignan

​Facebook to outline Lumos, its machine learning platform for images

Facebook is providing more details about its Lumos platform, which allows those without deep learning and computer vision training to use it.

February 2, 2017 by Larry Dignan

Descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics: How are they different?

Understanding the difference between descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics can set you on the right path to finding a viable and productive solution for your business—but beware of potential pitfalls.

June 3, 2019 by James Sanders