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Is Quantum the Future of High-Performance Analytics?

Quantum computing is still more theory than practice, but it might answer questions that are unsolvable by current computers. Earlier this year, IBM made a small quantum computer available via the cloud.

Data Digest: Big Data Privacy and Security, Unstructured Data Benefits

Find out why you should de-identify certain kinds of big data, what problems to watch for with big data security, and why you should be using unstructured data.

Data Digest: Choosing Data Storage, Managing Big Data, BI Basics

In these articles, read the pros and cons of choosing a data lake versus a data warehouse, learn how to manage the growing flood of data, and understand the basic principles and tools of modern BI.

Career Advice for Analysts: Find the Passion

Do you know what skills make different analytics practitioners more valuable to an employer? Here's advice on reaching the next level so you can compete for the most coveted jobs.

Data Stories: Life on American Streets and Highways

Are you going on a summer road trip or just driving to work today? These maps use huge data sets to show commuting distance and direction, the perceived safety of city streets, and the density of traffic fatalities.

Data Digest: Marketing with Big Data, Social Media Analytics, A Data Scientist’s Story

Today learn how to use big data for customer profiling and marketing, how to use data analytics with social media marketing, and what background goes into pursuing a career as a data scientist.

Avoiding Pitfalls in Data Architecture Shortcuts

Do "Band-Aid" approaches always seem to become the permanent solution? You need to avoid shortcuts to ensure a strong foundation in your data architecture.

NoSQL Hashing: How Couchbase Does It

How do NoSQL databases distribute data in order to provide low-cost elastic scalability?

Q&A: Training Data Scientists in Eight Weeks

In a free eight-week program, the Data Incubator takes Ph.D.s and trains them to be data scientists, placing students at companies including Yelp, Microsoft, The New York Times, Foursquare, Pfizer, and eBay.