Analytics

Weather Company forecasts more big data for IBM Watson Analytics

IBM acquired the Weather Company for its capability to analyze and gain insights from a vast array of sensors situated on planes, trains, automobiles and other machines. CIO Bryson Koehler discusses some of the other opportunities the companies might

RoboTutor team using open source tools to address short supply of teachers, schools

How wireless providers are quietly cashing in on your location data

Smartphone location data will be a $79 billion business by 2020, says a researcher. Mobile operators are hoping this will make up the shortfall caused by a slowing smartphone market.

9 research projects that could transform the enterprise

From unstructured data mining to visual microphones, academic labs are bringing future breakthrough possibilities to light

Here come the robot swarms

The concept of swarming is as old as life itself. Now scientists are rapidly moving swarming into the technology world, and its impact on us will be enormous

Microsoft rolls out open source toolkit for machine learning

The newly open sourced Distributed Machine Learning Toolkit features fast, parallelized, and easy-to-deploy machine learning algorithms

IDC says big data spending to hit $48.6 billion in 2019

The research firm predicts the market for big data technology and services will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.1 percent through 2019.

Even the CEO’s job is susceptible to automation, McKinsey report says

Almost half of work activities could be automated now, a new report says. And that includes those in the executive suite.

How big data is changing the database landscape for good

From NoSQL to NewSQL to 'data algebra' and beyond, the innovations are coming fast and furious

Study reveals that most companies are failing at big data

Research from PwC and Iron Mountain reports some surprising statistics about how companies are using the data they collect.