Being a data scientist isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Data science has its share of boring, repetitive tasks. On the whole, however, data scientists really love their work.
Big financial institutions are recognizing that years of data collection can be used to counter challenges from smaller financial start-ups.
- By Shelton Shugar
- May 31, 2017
Preparing for obsolete data formats, new data unification technologies, and a survey on children’s use of electronics.
- By Lindsay Stares
- May 30, 2017
How Congress could encourage data innovation, the state of the graph database market, and the importance of good mobile coverage at the office.
- By Lindsay Stares
- May 25, 2017
We're still far from anything like general-purpose artificial intelligence, but we're witnessing an explosion in the availability of function-specific AI.
Data lakes offer organizations many positives, but they also have the potential to grow aimlessly, consuming an ever-larger share of storage, computing horsepower, technology personnel, and budget.
- By David Stodder
- May 23, 2017
The ethical questions around profiling customers with big data, new business models enabled by cloud computing, and an infographic on data science career trends.
- By Lindsay Stares
- May 16, 2017
A pizza metaphor for software-as-a-service, what consumers think of the latest VR offerings, and a fact or fiction game for password best practices.
- By Lindsay Stares
- May 11, 2017