Analytics

Microsoft promises real-time, self-service BI

Can you watch your business as it works without slowing it down? The right collaboration and reporting tools can give you a real-time picture of what’s happening inside your business, without all the manual reporting.

Why did Microsoft buy SwiftKey? Hint: It’s not about keyboards

Here's a counter-intuitive one for you. Microsoft acquires one of the best-known vendors making iOS and Android third-party keyboards. But this deal has nothing to do with keyboards.

How Fiorina failed to use analytics to succeed in business and politics

The current presidential election showcases how Carly Fiorina failed to use tech to her advantage, writes columnist Rob Enderle. The inability or desire to learn the tools your company sells or that assure employee loyalty leads to failure in both bu

Need data-science skills? Now your team can learn together

DataCamp has added a group feature for university classes and enterprise teams

Big Data as a Service delivers the analytics benefits without the grunt work

An assessment of the components required in a modern data architecture

‘Data wrangling’ company Trifacta raises $35 million in new funding

Trifacta's $35 million in funding comes amidst a general sowing of tech investment. So why is this category bucking the trend?

Snowden leaks furor still spilling over into courts

A right to privacy may be infringed with big data surveillance, legal expert asserts

Big data’s big role in humanitarian aid

Mission-based organizations, including those helping the recent wave of Syrian refugees, are using big data to improve their response efforts.

Now that AI has mastered ‘Go,’ are all our jobs next?

'There is disruption coming,' admits the CEO of one AI company

Anodot uses real-time analytics and anomaly detection to provide business insight