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Data Digest: Fog Computing, Data Lake Integration, Protecting Passwords

Learn the benefits of fog or edge computing, best practices for integration and governance of data lakes, and how mobile authentication can protect consumers from accidentally giving away passwords.

Data Digest: BI Boosts Analysis, Hackers Using Big Data, Effective Marketing Data Collection

Four ways BI tools improve analysis, how to protect your enterprise from hackers using big data, and how to collect and use marketing data without irritating your customers.

Using Graph Analytics to Predict Outcomes in Game of Thrones

Data scientist Clement Fredembach used a combination of graph analytics and machine learning to predict the deaths of major characters in “Game of Thrones.” Of course, algorithms can only take you so far.

Data Digest: Data Center Analytics, Prepare for Machine Data, 7 Visualization Tools

How advanced analytics can improve data centers, why enterprises need to be ready for more machine and sensor data, and 7 tools for better data visualizations.

Data Stories: Delicious Visualizations About Food

These visualizations explore the cost of cooking, the popularity of cereal brands, and the health benefits of “superfoods.”

Data Digest: Data Scientist Daily Tasks, Customer Analytics, Small Businesses and Data Analytics

Today’s articles explain what real data scientists do every day, how customer databases can be enhanced with analytics, and why small businesses should perform analytics in-house.

Take Care When Applying Predictive Analytics

Predictive analytics can get things wrong. Here's what your enterprise needs to do to prevent problems or public relations disasters.

Data Digest: Security Trends, Daily Impact, and Retail Disruption from the Internet of Things

Learn how IoT devices are being hijacked, how IoT will transform daily life, and how IoT is changing the retail industry.

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