Big Data

Data scientists have the hottest job in America

21 data and analytics trends that will dominate 2016

Five industry insiders predict the trends that will shape the big data and analytics market in 2016.

How big data can drive employee engagement

Big data has reshaped businesses in many ways, and now it's even changing the way HR monitors employee engagement to improve both retention and customer satisfaction.

It’s no wonder analytics startups are raking in venture dollars

Are you a ‘human sensor platform’?

Quietly, inevitably, we're becoming sensor platforms. What does it mean for you, and business?

Yahoo has released a ton of anonymized user data to help machine learning scientists

The data includes about 110 billion interactions with Yahoo websites

Why Google hasn’t taken off in the cloud yet

And what the new head of Google’s cloud is going to do about it

How to profit from your company’s ‘data streams’

Your company probably generates a lot of real-time data from sensors and other events – data that could be producing new business revenue. This will show you how to wring more value out of the data you already produce.

U.S. patent numbers decline; IBM retains top spot in IFI ranking

Tech companies made a strong showing among the top U.S. patent recipients for 2015, but ranking questions emerge

Microsoft offers developers free tools for its R programming language software

The company has rebranded products that it acquired with Revolution Analytics last year