The Smart Infrastructure of the Future Hinges on Smart Partnerships
Last week I attended a Data Science Summit at the University of Central Florida (UCF). The day merged two of my favorite topics: Smart Cities and Data Science. It was the final event in a series held by the Southern Data Science Conference. The event opened with a partnership announcement by longtime partner Siemens. The […]
Before Regulating Next-Generation Mobility Data, We Must Understand That Data
The congressional and European Parliament testimonies of Facebook’s CEO focused attention on Internet and ecommerce corporations whose business models rely on the collection and exploitation of big data, with personal data being a major component. Legislators and the public at large came to realize a) the leverage such companies now possess through the dominant positions […]
The Domo S-1: Does the Emperor Have Clothes?
I preferred Silicon Valley [1] back in the day when companies raised modest amounts of capital (e.g., $30M) prior to an IPO that took 4-6 years from inception, where burn rates of $10M/year looked high, and where $100M raise was the IPO, not one or more rounds prior to it. When cap tables had 1x, […]
10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective Of Big Data’s Growth
Worldwide Big Data market revenues for software and services are projected to increase from $42B in 2018 to $103B in 2027, attaining a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.48% according to Wikibon. Forrester predicts the global Big Data software market will be worth $31B this year, growing 14% from the previous year. The entire global […]
The Best Big Data Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2018
Employees would most recommend Dataiku, StreamSets, 1010 Data, Reltio, Looker, SAP, Google, Salesforce, Tamr, DataRobot, Domo, Microsoft, Qubole, Attivio and Informatica to friends interested in working for business analytics, data science and machine learning, big data systems and platforms, or data management and integration company in 2018. These 15 companies are the highest rated in their fields of expertise as defined by Computer Reseller News as of May 11, 2018. Nine out of 10 […]
On Hortonworks, data management and mind blown by GDPR. First notes from Dataworks 2018
At its DataWorks Summit 2018 in Barcelona this week Hortonworks set out its stall for the next stage in its evolution. A year ago it was looking like the Cloud would simply eat the Big Data market, but geopolitical concerns, and enterprise inertia, have combined to create a somewhat more nuanced picture. Hortonworks argues the […]
Event Report: Microsoft Biz Apps Analyst Day Highlights Strategic Transformation #MSBizApps
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Seeks End To End Coverage Of Business Apps On February 10th to 12th, 2018, industry analysts converged onto Building 92 at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA, for an update on the Microsoft Business Applications. The Business Applications Analyst Forum was hosted by key executives including: Source: © 2018 R Wang […]
53% Of Companies Are Adopting Big Data Analytics
Big data analytics adoption reached 53% in 2017 for all companies interviewed, up from 17% in 2015. Data warehouse optimization remains the top use case for big data. Among big data distributions, Cloudera is the most popular, followed by Hortonworks, MAP/R, and Amazon EMR. These and many other insights are from Dresner Advisory Services’ insightful 2017 Big Data […]
The emergence of intelligent HR software
I recently wrote from Workday Rising about the Age of Intelligence. It’s not just Workday which has been busy. John Sumser of HE Examiner has a study which looks at intelligent tools at Workday and 29 other HR-centric vendors. He has some interesting observations and caveats including We began the report as an investigation into Artificial Intelligence. […]
Monetizing Big Data in Next-Generation Mobility
In my book and previous posts I build a broad case for the importance of big data and AI in next-generation mobility, and provide several examples of data that is being collected, or can be collected, in a variety of transportation and logistics situations. Next-generation mobility is about autonomous vehicles, electrified vehicles, and on-demand shared […]
