Analytics

IBM snaps up Weather.com and more in Watson IoT push

Also this week IBM announced six new partners using Watson to develop new apps

IoT and the data-driven enterprise: How to dive into the data flood

Virtually every kind of company will eventually have to become a data-driven enterprise. It's a matter of competition. Here, experts share strategies for making the most of IoT data.

How Devicescape handles its IoT data challenges

Technology is only part of the solution. For turning large amounts of data into useful information in real time, staffing and organization are key.

6 tips for working with IoT and big data

IBM stirs Spark-as-a-service into IBM Bluemix

The new IBM Analytics on Apache Spark service is designed to allow developers to infuse applications on the Bluemix cloud platform with real-time analytics.

Artificial intelligence can go wrong – but how will we know?

You needn't worry about our robot overlords just yet, but AI can get you into a world of trouble unless we observe some best practices.

Oracle’s Larry Ellison unveils new services, products in cloud push

The cloud, big data and security dominated his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld

Penn Medicine’s big data system triggers early detection of life-threatening infections

Insights drawn from a massively parallel computer cluster loaded with vast amounts of data help doctors develop new approaches to patient care

Teradata doubles down on IoT with two new tools

A new version of its Integrated Big Data Platform, meanwhile, is now generally available

9 developer trends you can bank on in 2016

From containers to NoSQL to Spark, here are the IT trends you can expect to persist next year