Artificial Intelligence Articles
Surviving and thriving with data science and machine learning means not only having the right platforms, tools and skills, but identifying use cases and implementing processes that can deliver repeatable, scalable business value. The challenges are numerous, from selecting data sets and data platforms, to architecting and optimizing data pipelines, and model training and deployment. As a result, new solutions have emerged to deliver key capabilities in areas including visualization, self-service and real-time analytics. Along with the rise of DataOps, greater collaboration and automation have been identified as key success factors.
Posted August 05, 2021
Lynda Partner, senior vice president for products and offerings at Pythian, spoke at Data Summit Connect earlier this year about how to accelerate value with machine learning. In this interview with BDQ, Partner continues the conversation and highlights how to select the right use cases for ML, avoid mistakes, and manage an ML project once it becomes a reality.
Posted August 04, 2021
As enterprises rushed to digitize their offline assets over the past year, data finally won widespread recognition as the lifeblood of modern commerce. At a high level, data enabled pandemic-shocked businesses to comprehensively understand their changing landscapes, then generate actionable predictions for how demand would shift. There's little question that data has grown in importance every year, but in 2021, there's now no question that its value is crystal clear to virtually every enterprise.
Posted August 04, 2021
Rafay Systems is launching a set of fleet automation and monitoring enhancements to its flagship Kubernetes Management Cloud (KMC), expanding the scope and scale of mission-critical Kubernetes (K8s) deployments across global enterprise environments.
Posted August 03, 2021
Agio, a leading hybrid cybersecurity and managed IT organization, is debuting a new AI-enabled service platform, AgioNow, to support a full range of managed IT and cybersecurity services. Agio's new algorithms use applied AI to help predict, find, and fix issues faster, according to the vendor. This represents a shift from the traditionally reactive role of IT and cybersecurity support to Agio's proactive focus on complex, preventative solutions.
Posted August 02, 2021
NVIDIA has introduced the North American availability of the NVIDIA Base Command Platform, a hosted AI development hub that provides enterprises with instant access to computing infrastructure wherever their data resides. "As enterprise AI adoption grows, so does demand for faster access to the world-leading infrastructure offered by NVIDIA and our partners," said Manuvir Das, head of Enterprise Computing at NVIDIA.
Posted August 02, 2021
We all know that in uncertain times, a forecast underlies a company's success or failure. Forecasts keep prices low by optimizing business operations—including cash flow, production, staff, and financial management—while increasing knowledge of the market. Business forecasting gives you an essential tool for adapting to change and fostering competitive advantage.But relevant forecasting isn't easy.
Posted August 02, 2021
To meet the needs of the digital economy of the 2020s, data architecture has evolved into a different animal than it was 10, or even 5, years ago. Most notably, there are three trends that have changed the way enterprises look at and design their data architectures.
Posted August 02, 2021
Over the last few years it has been fascinating to see how organizations evolve their data management and application development environments. Traditionally, companies depended on monolithic architectures that initially served them well, however today's on-demand business environment calls for a model that can support a more flexible, microservices-driven approach, and facilitate the pace of innovation. Why is this trend towards microservices and a DevOps approach becoming so pervasive? The answer relates to a higher-level trend: the push towards on-demand IT, as the focus has shifted to prioritize the developer experience, and the specific technologies they are using.
Posted August 02, 2021
Software intelligence company Dynatrace is extending Smartscape, the Dynatrace platform's real-time and continuously updated topology, to bring Dynatrace's AIOps and analytics capabilities to more open source services, including OpenTelemetry, FluentD, and Prometheus.
Posted July 30, 2021
IBM is introducing a new solution that simplifies the integration, scaling, and acceleration of complex multi-step analytics and machine learning pipelines on the hybrid multi-cloud. Dubbed CodeFlare, the platform is an open source framework for simplifying the integration and efficient scaling of big data and AI workflows onto the hybrid cloud built on top of Ray, an emerging open source distributed computing framework for machine learning applications. CodeFlare extends the capabilities of Ray by adding specific elements to make scaling workflows easier.
Posted July 29, 2021
Shoreline.io, the incident automation company, is emerging from stealth with the release of its new platform designed to dramatically improve availability and reduce toil for SREs in their production environments. Shoreline makes it easy to create bots that resolve issues in seconds when an alarm is raised rather than hours using manual processes, according to the vendor.
Posted July 28, 2021
The Apache Cassandra Project is launching v4.0 of Apache Cassandra, offering more than 1,000 bug fixes, improvements and new features. As a NoSQL database, Apache Cassandra handles massive amounts of data across load-intensive applications with high availability and no single point of failure.
Posted July 28, 2021
Optum SVP Sanji Fernando explains how his organization approaches machine learning model training, evaluation, and retraining in this clip from his presentation at Data Summit Connect 2021.
Posted July 28, 2021
Pythian SVP Analytics Lynda Partner describes how to deploy machine learning in a way that will keep your CFO happy—regardless of your current stage of ML maturity—in this clip from her presentation at Data Summit Connect 2021.
Posted July 21, 2021
Oracle recently announced new updates to Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, as well as customer wins with TTX, Office Depot Europe, and the University of Pittsburgh.
Posted July 21, 2021
Everest, a regulated fin-tech company with blockchain solutions for biometric identification, custodian, and banking services, collaborates with Oracle Financial Services to enable customers to use Everest's Application Programming Interface (API) and adopt identity verification and biometric identification services provided by Everest. Everest's technology provides Oracle the ability to bring identification verification and validation services to major financial institutions across more than 180 countries.
Posted July 21, 2021
Auvik, a provider of cloud-based network management software, announced it has secured a $250 million investment that will help accelerate Auvik's mission by funding product development, segment expansion, geographic reach, and other strategic growth initiatives.
Posted July 16, 2021
CognitiveScale, the enterprise AI company providing AI-powered digital systems, is releasing Cortex Fabric Version 6—a new, low code developer platform for automation, augmentation, and transformation. Cortex 6 helps enterprises create trustworthy AI applications faster, more affordably, and with business outcomes delivered through KPIs based on insights from data, models, and actions—all with minimal dependencies on underlying infrastructure, according to the vendor.
Posted July 16, 2021
DataKitchen founder and CEO Chris Bergh discusses how to measure and ensure successful DataOps transformation in your organization in this clip from his presentation at Data Summit Connect 2021.
Posted July 15, 2021
The business uses for cognitive computing and related technologies, including AI, machine learning, natural language processing, and robotic processing automation, are becoming more widespread than ever. To help readers gain a greater understanding about this emerging area of information technology, the solutions available, and their role in handling real-world challenges, DBTA and Big Data Quarterly present the list of Cool Companies in Cognitive Computing.
Posted July 15, 2021
Deci, the deep learning company harnessing AI to build AI, announced the discovery of their family of industry-leading image classification models dubbed DeciNets, giving developers access to more deep learning algorithms and innovations.
Posted July 14, 2021
Hazelcast, the real-time intelligent applications platform, is introducing the new Hazelcast Platform, enterprise software capable of serving as a single platform for transactional, operational, and analytical workloads. The Hazelcast Platform combines the capabilities of a real-time stream processing engine with in-memory computing to deliver a simplified architecture that is highly performant, scalable, and reliable, according to the vendor.
Posted July 14, 2021
Does the wider adoption of machine learning mean the end of search as we know it? Northern Light CEO David Seuss explained why he believes it does and how search must leverage smart taxonomies going forward in his presentation at Data Summit Connect 2021.
Posted July 12, 2021
Google AI/ML Ops specialist Skander Hannachi makes the case against MLOps verticalization in this clip from his presentation at Data Summit Connect 2021.
Posted July 08, 2021
PrivacyPlus CEO Jeff Jockisch describes scenarios in which privacy issues and other risks inherent to AI algorithm deployments arise in this clip from his presentation at Data Summit Connect 2021.
Posted July 07, 2021
Oracle has expanded its commitment to the U.K. Government with the update of an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and Oracle, as well as a new commitment to enhance Oracle's Government Centre of Excellence. The updated MOU will ensure that central, local and devolved governments, as well as all public service departments and agencies, such as NHS Trusts, are able to make continued use of Oracle Cloud.
Posted July 07, 2021
Today's enterprises face several challenges in keeping their data safe, and for the IT teams charged with this mission, it's only getting harder. Data volumes are exploding and spreading across on-premises and cloud, making data protection increasingly complex.
Posted July 06, 2021
As the demand for digital transformation continues to accelerate, the majority of new projects and initiatives rolling out of enterprise IT departments today involve the use of cloud solutions and services. For many organizations, cloud is increasingly becoming a central component of corporate data strategies and driving discussions not only around brands, features and migration strategies, but core IT issues like performance, flexibility, and security.
Posted July 02, 2021
LogicMonitor, a leading cloud-based infrastructure monitoring and observability platform, is acquiring Dexda, a big data and machine learning predictive fault identification company, accelerating the company's artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) enhancements across its product portfolio.
Posted July 01, 2021
Alluxio, the developer of open source data orchestration software for large-scale workloads, is releasing version 2.6 of its Data Orchestration Platform, featuring an enhanced system architecture that enables AI/ML platform teams using GPUs to accelerate their data pipelines for business intelligence, applied machine learning, and model training.
Posted July 01, 2021
Tableau, provider of the leading analytics platform, is bringing data analytics and AI enhancements together in a suite of new and expanded augmented analytics features. Tableau's latest release will empower more people with the right technology to make smarter and faster decisions regardless of their role and skill level, according to the vendor.
Posted June 29, 2021
Marvell is introducing its new OCTEON 10 DPU designed to accelerate and process a broad spectrum of security, networking, and storage workloads required by demanding 5G, cloud, carrier, and enterprise datacenter applications.
Posted June 28, 2021
VoltDB, provider of an enterprise-grade data platform built to enable fast-data decisioning, is releasing V10.2 of its data platform, adding important improvements that allow enterprises to take full advantage of 5G, cloud, and edge technologies.
Posted June 28, 2021
NVIDIA is partnering with Google Cloud to establish an AI-on-5G Innovation Lab, enabling network infrastructure players and AI software partners to develop, test, and adopt solutions that will help accelerate the creation of smart cities, smart factories, and other advanced 5G and AI applications.
Posted June 28, 2021
IBM has closed on its acquisition of Turbonomic, Inc., an application resource management and network performance management software provider based in Boston. IBM said the acquisition complements its recent acquisition of Instana for application performance monitoring and observability, and the launch of IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps to automate IT Operations using AI.
Posted June 28, 2021
Veritas Technologies, a provider of enterprise data protection products, has updated its Enterprise Data Services Platform to extend ransomware protection to every part of the enterprise. Veritas' flagship NetBackup solution delivers ransomware protection for containerized environments, immutability for Amazon S3, and integrated anomaly detection. Further enhancements include the launch of the NetBackup Flex 5350 appliance, which offers data immutability, expands performance, and completes the upgraded Veritas family of ransomware-hardened data protection appliances.
Posted June 28, 2021
DataRobot and Palantir Technologies have announced a new partnership designed to create real-time solutions to help solve the most pressing demand forecasting problems. "The pandemic completely upended the way our customers forecast demand, which is why we've partnered with Palantir to ensure they can create the most accurate, viable models moving forward," said Dan Wright, CEO of DataRobot. "By combining the power of the DataRobot Augmented Intelligence platform with Palantir's capabilities, we're helping our joint customers create longer-lasting, more flexible AI solutions that will generate tremendous business value."
Posted June 24, 2021
OpenText is offering several SAP Solution Extensions, complementing RISE with SAP and empowering businesses on their journey to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud. "There has never been a greater need for immediately accessible information and processes than during this global pandemic—putting cloud-based solutions front and center," said Mark J. Barrenechea, CEO and CTO at OpenText.
Posted June 23, 2021
At SAP's most recent event, its global SAPPHIRE NOW conference, the company announced new innovations to help customers transform business processes and drive improved performance.
Posted June 23, 2021
Radiant Advisors' John O'Brien discusses how the pandemic and associated challenges of 2020 impacted the analytics lifecycle and drove a shift toward agile business intelligence in this clip from his keynote at Data Summit Connect 2021.
Posted June 23, 2021
Optum SVP Sanji Fernando discusses how rule-based analytics, statistical reasoning, machine learning, and augmented intelligence deliver outcomes in the healthcare system in this clip from his presentation at Data Summit Connect 2021.
Posted June 23, 2021
Sisense, a leading AI-driven platform for infusing analytics everywhere, is forming a partnership with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, in addition to achieving premier Status in the Snowflake Partner Connect Program with its optimized real-time live connector.
Posted June 16, 2021
In a new article in Big Data Quarterly, NVIDIA's Jim Scott writes about cyBERT which provides a toolset powered by NLP to perform log parsing,which is a game changer in the critical and time-sensitive area of cybersecurity.
Posted June 14, 2021
Sunlight.io, a developer of virtualization technology for data-intensive applications, is joining an OEM partnership with Altos Computing, a subsidiary of Acer Inc., to create efficient hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) appliances. By combining the power of Sunlight's NexVisor HCI stack and Altos BrainSphere servers, organizations can run resource-intensive workloads like AI and analytics with high density, ultra-high performance and simple scalability, from the edge to the core data center, according to the vendors.
Posted June 14, 2021