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Cloud Shift Is Real, Happening, Imminent -- and Behind Schedule?

When technology historians try to pinpoint the precise period when the cloud really took off, they'd do well to focus on late July and early August of 2016.

Data Stories: See the Biggest Big Pictures

Visualizations can help us understand numbers or trends that are incredibly large. Visit today’s links and explore the biggest pictures of money, population, and time.

Fantasy Sports, Analytics, and the Enterprise

Growth of fantasy sport coincides with increasing interest in and understanding of data and analytics throughout business. As a game of numbers, it is no wonder that data scientists have taken an active interest in fantasy sport.

5 Reasons Why the Presidential Election Defies Social Media Analysis

As the U.S. Presidential campaign heats up, examining Twitter posts shows the limitations of sentiment analysis.

Data Digest: IoT Data Privacy, IoT Architecture, Data Lake Basics

Today read about privacy concerns that consumers have around IoT data, updating your architecture to take advantage of IoT devices, and the structure, history, and benefits of data lakes.

Cybercrime and Cybersecurity: The Best Defense is in the Cloud

The best place for managing the security of traditional enterprise applications is where the best resources are: at the cloud service provider.

Choosing Data Virtualization/Federation Tools

A pilot evaluation project can be an effective way to choose the best data virtualization and federation tools to integrate your EDW and Hadoop systems.

Data Digest: Uses for Leftover Data Sets, Drawbacks of Data Lakes, Cloud Best Practices

These articles explain why leftover “garbage” data sets actually have value, why you should be skeptical about data lakes, and what to consider when integrating cloud computing to your enterprise.

Think Globally When You're Managing Your Data Locally

Companies in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere might not be thinking about the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulation, but they should be.