Microsoft argues that in-memory processing can accelerate OLTP and OLAP workloads. This is true on premises. It's also true -- with a few caveats -- in the cloud.
This year will go down as a strange, even uncanny, kind of year.
- By Steve Swoyer
- December 15, 2016
Read predictions for analytics in 2017, how human knowledge may prevent automation errors, and how knowing the right context provides value in big data.
- By Quint Turner
- December 14, 2016
Industry analyst Michael Schiff shares the results of last year's predictions and what he foresees in the coming year.
- By Mike Schiff
- December 14, 2016
Mike Driscoll of Metamarkets explains where data analytics and data science are headed, the tools and techniques that have great potential, and the beauty of tables in displaying analytics results.
- By James E. Powell
- December 14, 2016
These visualizations explore employment across different sectors, factors that affect job satisfaction, and the most common jobs across the U.S.
- By Lindsay Stares
- December 14, 2016
New features accelerate and simplify querying capabilities for enterprise customers.
The risks posed by the Internet of Things are still not fully understood. Devices that connect to the Internet without proper security are trouble waiting to happen.
- By Brian J. Dooley
- December 13, 2016