Talking Data
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Open source support was central to 2018 data deals
Mergers and acquisitions unsettled the big data status quo in 2018. Open source support made these couplings a bit different than those of the past, Talking Data podcasters said. Continue Reading
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Microsoft data platform gets new cloud, on-prem features
Microsoft released a second preview of SQL Server 2019 and said users can now run applications in either on-premises SQL Server systems or its Azure SQL Database cloud service. Continue Reading
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Microsoft Azure SQL Database and Oracle 19c start to rev
A new Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance service seeks to span the gap between cloud and on-premises systems. Meanwhile, Oracle also has cloud plans of the data kind. Continue Reading
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Oracle Cloud IaaS security gets superhero status from Ellison
TechTarget editors discuss security updates to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and company leader Larry Ellison's vivid depiction of cloud-borne cyberthreats and bots to counter them. Continue Reading
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Talking Data: AI advances and the MIT Startup Exchange
The Talking Data podcast team discusses some of the MIT startups that are making advances in AI and natural language processing. Continue Reading
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Computer vision technology helps Trulia link buyers to homes
In this podcast, Trulia's vice president of engineering discusses the importance of computer vision applications to the website's overall goal of helping buyers find homes. Continue Reading
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Starburst finds new worlds to conquer with SQL query engine
Relational databases may have hit a wall of late, but the SQL query engine seems poised for wider growth. Starburst, a retro startup of sorts, is among those looking to take it wider still. Continue Reading
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Kubernetes container orchestration gets big data star turn
The new thing in big data is Kubernetes container orchestration. While it's still early, there are signs of activity, which are cited in this edition of the Talking Data podcast. Continue Reading
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IT, others focus efforts as GDPR implementation date looms
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation is meant to bring better data privacy to bear in the age of big data. How GDPR implementation will proceed remains to be seen. Continue Reading
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Google TPUs open up on cloud; LinkedIn intros Hadoop Dynamometer
In big data news, we find Google TPUs, or Tensor Processing Units, offered as a cloud service, while LinkedIn is open sourcing a Hadoop test simulator called Dynamometer. Continue Reading
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Talking Data: Is there a difference between AI and analytics?
Any AI definition should include things like predictive analytics, according to some users, even though those practices are straightforward and have been around for decades. Continue Reading
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Analytics uses drive need for speed in working with big data
Today, analytics work is about speed. That means rapidly building clusters and transforming and querying data. Learn how users are streamlining digital business. Continue Reading
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Experienced users point the way on implementing machine learning
In this podcast, we look back at some of our most interesting interviews with end users sharing how they found success implementing machine learning projects. Continue Reading
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Tableau targets data preparation software with Project Maestro
As Tableau and other high-level applications look to automate more functionality, stand-alone data preparation tools have to evolve to stay relevant in the analytics ecosystem. Continue Reading
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Power BI updates drive Microsoft's latest hybrid cloud efforts
At PASS Summit 2017, Microsoft Azure's strides were measured in steps. These include Power BI updates that bring cloud reporting services down to earth. Continue Reading
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Machine learning and analytics among key Oracle security moves
The Equifax Struts breakdown forms the backdrop for the Oracle machine learning and analytics moves considered in this Talking Data podcast. Continue Reading
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Talking Data: How to make data science and analytics pay
Businesses are still looking for ways to unleash the full benefits of data science and analytics. This podcast looks at ways some companies are finding success. Continue Reading
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Big data vendors, users see Hadoop stack from different sides
In this Talking Data podcast, TechTarget editors discuss Hadoop's future, IBM's decision to resell the Hortonworks distribution of the open source technology and other big data issues. Continue Reading
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Inside consumer tech companies' push for enterprise business analytics
Cloud computing trends are pushing consumer tech companies like Amazon and Google to market enterprise analytics software. This podcast examines those trends. Continue Reading
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Deft preprocessing marks deep learning techniques for data preparation
Deep learning techniques for data preparation include exploration of data sets and algorithms. This calls for more than a bit of art on the part of data engineers and scientists. Continue Reading
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IT operations analytics brings big data power to the data center
We don't need more databases, we need more meaning, according to OpsDataStore CEO Bernd Harzog, appearing on a podcast covering IT operations analytics trends. Continue Reading
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How data science and AI can coexist in enterprises
To get the most value from investments in advanced analytics techniques, like artificial intelligence and data science, businesses must embrace a specific mindset. Continue Reading
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Data science and analytics methods must balance innovation, value
In this episode of the Talking Data podcast, find out how data science teams at Cisco and LinkedIn navigate the process of doing advanced analytics work in an accessible way. Continue Reading
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Potent NoSQL architecture engaged for building new applications
Behind hyperbolic terms like 'digital transformation' are innovative systems of engagement. DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth joins this discussion of the often underlying NoSQL architecture. Continue Reading
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Users jump some hurdles to do streaming, machine learning with Spark
In this Talking Data podcast, Spark users are finding that latency and development challenges can make it difficult to start doing machine learning with Spark systems. Continue Reading
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Data engineering needs DevOps to navigate big data ecosystem
For an open source strategy to work, applications based on big data ecosystem components must be hardened to run in production. DevOps could be an important part of that. Continue Reading
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Real-time big data analytics brings change to data management
Real-time big data analytics calls for changes in the way data systems are built. Some of the pressing challenges are discussed in this edition of the Talking Data podcast. Continue Reading
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Researchers work on AI algorithms to detect fake news
A new challenge to identify fake news will test the boundaries of AI technology and offer a proving ground for innovative new approaches to the technology. Continue Reading
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Big data management and analytics weather tumult -- with more in store
Cloud had a big impact on big data management and analytics last year. Machine learning and streaming designs will contribute to change in 2017. Continue Reading
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Advanced analytics techniques, tools came to the fore in 2016
This year saw huge hype around advanced analytics tools like AI and machine learning. This podcast recaps everything businesses need to know about this year's top analytics trends. Continue Reading
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Amazon Web Services history set the stage for cloud data grab
Seeing the future is hard, as a look into Amazon Web Services history can show. Now, though, it's clear that the cloud leader seems ready to take a bigger piece of the data management pie. Continue Reading
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Big data pipeline drives change in Hadoop architecture, development
A move to fast data analytics and real-time processing could bring change to the big data pipeline. Microservices are edging into a mostly monolithic Hadoop domain. Continue Reading
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Cognitive computing platform users explain how to get it right
In this podcast, we recap some of the advice from early adopters of IBM's cognitive computing system shared at the World of Watson conference in Las Vegas. Continue Reading
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Cloud and streaming technologies for Hadoop: Part boon, part muddle
The Hadoop ecosystem is both a horn of plenty and a grab bag of data technology. This podcast sorts through some recent news of streaming technologies and Hadoop in the cloud. Continue Reading
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Artificial intelligence tools may be for real this time
We've seen AI technology get hyped in the past much like we're seeing today. But there may be reasons to believe that AI is for real this time around. Continue Reading
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Oracle tunes its database on its way to the hyperscale cloud
Shifts brought on by a push to the hyperscale cloud may change parts of data management. Hardware and software are getting closer, according to a 'Talking Data' podcast. Continue Reading
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Build vs. buy equation changes, as open source big data tools surge
The build vs. buy decision is a fluid one, as open source big data tools proliferate. This edition of the Talking Data podcast looks at the new quandary. Continue Reading
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The data engineer is one of the most important jobs in big data
The data engineer job description is not always the most clearly defined, but it plays a critical role in enterprises' ability to get insights out of their data. Continue Reading
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Chief data officer jobs a matter of conjecture
In this podcast, we dig into the nuances of chief data officer jobs. They bounce between defensive privacy, compliance efforts and offensive digital innovation undertakings. Continue Reading
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Big data and analytics meet the year of unpredictability
This year has come up short on predictability. That's the backdrop as a KPMG study shows CEOs seeking more trust in big data and analytics. Continue Reading
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Report highlights business analytics software investment failures
Despite spending heavily over the last few years, many businesses struggle to realize a return on their investment in business analytics infrastructure. Continue Reading
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Fifty years forward: A look at the ComputerWeekly back pages
On the occasion of ComputerWeekly's 50th anniversary, Brian McKenna joins the Talking Data podcast crew to look back at Bletchley Park, and forward to Hadoop and AI. Continue Reading
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Spark Summit 2016 highlights maturity of the Spark platform
In this edition of Talking Data, we recap the Spark Summit, including critiques of the Spark streaming engine and where the open source data processing ecosystem goes from here. Continue Reading
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Systems infrastructure for deep learning software in flux
New approaches to hardware infrastructure are being put forward to address the challenges of running deep learning algorithms and other heavy-duty artificial intelligence applications. Continue Reading
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Deep learning applications could have big impact on big data
Unleashing deep learning algorithms on sets of big data can help organizations analyze text, images, videos and other forms of unstructured data. Learn why in this Talking Data podcast. Continue Reading
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AI development heats up, fueled by big data
AI software has been around for decades, but it's getting renewed life now, thanks in large part to the growth of big data and cloud software offerings. Continue Reading
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Hadoop, Kafka creators big on big data streaming analytics
In this edition of the Talking Data podcast, big data streaming analytics comes into focus. The technology formed a strong undercurrent at Strata + Hadoop World 2016. Continue Reading
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Big data systems cross over, fuel cognitive computing growth
At IDC Directions, big data systems appeared poised for further growth. This and cognitive computing are the focus of this Talking Data podcast, which covers event data highlights. Continue Reading
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Documentary examines benefits of big data
Use of big data among businesses continues to accelerate, and a new documentary looking at the benefits of this trend has drawn a mixture of praise and criticism. Continue Reading
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What is the reality behind IoT big data applications?
There's no shortage of hype surrounding IoT data analytics and how it might benefit businesses, but organizations need to know if tools for analyzing data from the Internet of Things are right for them. Continue Reading
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New methods of analyzing data hold key to higher ROI in 2016
In this podcast, we talk with a Capgemini consultant to see what he expects from 2016 on analytics trends and how he thinks emerging methods of data analysis will affect user organizations. Continue Reading
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Spark: It's the word of the year in 2015 for data analytics
This episode of the 'Talking Data' podcast looks at the word of the year in data analytics and management. In 2015, Spark joined Hadoop and MapReduce at the top of the list of trending big data technologies. Continue Reading
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Healthcare to ramp up data analysis software adoption
Healthcare providers have been relatively slow to adopt analytics technologies, but a few broader trends could soon reverse that. Listen to this podcast to hear what's happening and why. Continue Reading
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Programming contest taps analytics to mark endangered whales
This episode of the 'Talking Data' podcast discussed how machine learning is being applied to whale identification as part of a programming contest. Continue Reading
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Spark analytics libraries draw in data scientists
In this podcast, find out why Apache Spark isn't just for data engineers anymore. Data scientists are finding the Spark big data framework useful for analytics activities. Continue Reading
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Big data applications to drive Walmart reboot
We may have outlived the era of killer apps in some part defined by Walmart, but Hadoop big data applications may help the giant's quest for more growth. Continue Reading
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How data analysis techniques power the sharing economy
Sharing-economy companies like Uber and Airbnb may come to typify the future of business. But they couldn't operate successfully without effective data analysis techniques. Continue Reading
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Looking at NoSQL and big data analytics challenges
This episode of the Talking Data podcast looks at obstacles to NoSQL, as well as big data analytics challenges that software architects confront with Hadoop. Continue Reading
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NoSQL technology still prepping for wide enterprise entry
NoSQL database technology is built for processing speed and data flexibility. But it needs a fuller feature set and more skilled workers to make it big in enterprise applications. Continue Reading
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Talking Data podcast goes to data journalism and analytics school
In this episode of the Talking Data podcast, TechTarget editors report on their experiences learning to do data journalism, including all the work needed to get data ready for analysis. Continue Reading
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Data-driven management processes need careful driving
Businesses are increasingly putting data and analytics at the center of their management practices. That can lead to better decisions and efficiency gains, but also cultural clashes. Continue Reading
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SQL Server 2016, Azure SQL Data Warehouse lead Microsoft cloud hopes
Microsoft is working on yet another computing transformation, and its SQL Server and Azure SQL products are central thereto. But the company faces stiff competition in the cloud from Amazon. Continue Reading
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More to think about on big data ethics than data privacy
This edition of the Talking Data podcast looks at how businesses doing big data analytics can apply ethical codes to help ensure that they're good stewards of their customers' data. Continue Reading
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Apache Spark meets the PDP-11 -- in the end, it's just processing
At times, it seems a Hadoop usurper, but the open source Spark processing engine is best viewed as another step on the long road of computing technology. Continue Reading
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Machine learning gets boost from growing big data ecosystem
The parallel processing platforms underpinning big data systems can help machine learning newbies and vets alike. TechTarget editors discuss how that may play out in this Talking Data podcast. Continue Reading