Analytics

Predictive analytics can stop ransomware dead in its tracks

Predictive analytics identifies ransomware attacks before damage is done

AI player AlphaGo to play Chinese Go champion

AlphaGo will also play against a five-player team in Wuzhen in China

Why Google BigQuery excels at BI on big data concurrency

Should you use Hadoop for your big data business intelligence needs? BigQuery? What's the difference between on-premises Hadoop, in-cloud Hadoop and a serverless model like Google BigQuery's? A new benchmark from AtScale seeks to help you navigate th

10 steps to cut through the data management complexity

Many data-driven enterprises are seeking a single view of their customer data, which is often siloed and fragmented.

Python vs. R: The battle for data scientist mind share

Here’s how the general-purpose favorite of scientists stacks up against the stat head’s data-honed tool of choice

Welcome to a world of sensors

Sensor technology is evolving so rapidly that previously unthinkable options for capturing happenings in the physical world are becoming viable -- and pervasive.

Google AudioSet aims to make sounds, from roars to boings, searchable

Google researchers hope AudioSet could be "a starting point for a comprehensive vocabulary of sound events"

AI will transform information security, but it won’t happen overnight

Feds to battle cybersecurity with analytics

With more real-time information sharing, officials envision cyber defenses moving from 'vaccine' to 'immune system,' a big analytics project that could achieve something like automatic security.

Hadoop fails to live up to the promise and the hype

The cost and complexity of Hadoop keep people from achieving anything, according to big data experts