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The Data-Driven Fascination with Now

Human biases are easily skewed by newer data because it makes up an ever-larger proportion of the data landscape.

Are Hadoop's Best Days Behind It -- Or Still Ahead?

Pessimists are predicting the end of Hadoop -- "peak Hadoop," in the words of one influential analyst. Optimists say Hadoop's future is assured. Who's right?

Growth of Cyberattacks Explored in New Report

Cybersecurity has been in the news throughout 2016 as the number and severity of attacks has increased. A new report presents analysis on the types of attacks that are growing, the dangers posed by IoT, and the security trends to expect this year.

It's the End of the Data Warehouse as We Know It

According to TDWI survey data, about half of all enterprises expect to replace their data warehouse systems -- in some cases, their analytics tools, too -- over the next three years. What should they replace them with?

Data-Architectural Futures

What will future data architectures look like? You can bet that something like data federation will be in the mix. Because both data storage and data processing are -- and will continue to be -- highly distributed, federation is inevitable.

Q&A: Fragmented Patient Data Impedes Analytics in Healthcare

Technology is making great strides in healthcare, but a fragmented system that makes it difficult to share patient data is blocking advances, argues a healthcare attorney.

Alexa, Will Chatbots Be the Future of BI?

Chatbots are all the rage because of their easy-to-use interface for end users. Several tech giants have opened platforms that allow companies across all industries to take advantage of this technology as a front end for their business intelligence systems.

Top Trends in BI and Self-Service Visual Analytics

Organizations need to seek the right balance of freedom and oversight that enable users to get their work done self-service style. Here are four trends that will help organizations achieve that goal in 2017.

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