Infographic: The Data Scientist Shortage
Statistics point to a promising career in data science for anyone with the skills and interest to pursue this field in the 21st Century, whether one wishes to start from the first year of university or redirect his or her track midway. Given the current employment crisis featured in the infographic below, developed by our friends over at the University of California, Riverside, even individuals who have pursued programming and technical programs at high school could be thrust into more demanding positions in the work place. [READ MORE...]
Featured Stories
Controlling and Monitoring Access to Sensitive Data in the Cloud
In this contributed article, cloud computing specialist Marcell Gogan advises that monitoring and managing access to sensitive information in the cloud is an essential part of cybersecurity policy in any organization. You need to have a clear visibility of what information is stored where and who can have access to it. Being able to track every action involving critical data is also important. [READ MORE...]
To Derive Value from Predictive Analytics, Intent Data Is a Must
In this special guest feature, John Steinert, CMO of TechTarget, discusses how marketers must correctly complement CRM and marketing automation data with actionable purchase intent insights that come from external behavioral data. Purchase intent insights help marketers see the actions prospects take that are otherwise hidden. [READ MORE...]
Big Data and the Opioid Crisis
In this contributed article, freelance human Avery Phillips takes a look at the opioid crisis and how two major components of big data can help find a solution including patient behavioral analysis, and also prescription/outcome tracking. [READ MORE...]
Featured Resource
Advancing the Financial Services Industry Through Machine Learning
As financial institutions look to be empowered through machine learning, they should first acknowledge the benefits, challenges, and considerations involved. Download the new insideHPC guide that is essential reading for anyone involved in the financial services industry, from those who are beginning to explore the potential of machine learning, to those looking to expand and maximize its use.
Industry Perspectives
How to Safeguard Your “Data Lake” for Better Decision Making
In this special guest feature, Mike Vogt, Data Practice Lead at SPR Consulting, believes it is absolutely critical for organizations that deal with large amounts of data to carefully protect their information repositories. He suggests that it's very important that IT departments set boundaries and give clear directives on how all data is used when the rest of their organization begins “swimming” — or using this data to make decisions — in the data lake, and offers four rules to follow. [Read More...]
AI Will Not Replace Radiologists
In this special guest feature, Elad Walach, CEO of Aidoc, offers four important reasons today’s budding radiologists need not fear AI displacement. Given mounting workloads and the severe shortage of radiologists in the face of rising demand, AI augmentation will be a tremendous boon to the profession—not an existential threat. [Read More...]
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Editor’s Choice
The insideBIGDATA IMPACT 50 List for Q3 2018
The team here at insideBIGDATA is deeply entrenched in the big data ecosystem of companies from around the globe. We’re in close contact with a great many of the firms making waves in the technology areas of big data, data science, machine learning, AI and deep learning. Our in-box is filled each day with new announcements, commentaries, and insights about what’s driving the success of our industry so we’re in a unique position to publish our quarterly IMPACT 50 List of the most important movers and shakers in our industry. These companies have proven their relevance by the way they’re impacting the enterprise through leading edge products and services. We’re happy to publish this evolving list of the industry’s most impactful companies! [Read More...]
Field Report: DataWorks Summit 2018
In this field report I wanted to give you a sense for what the vendor ecosystem was saying at DataWorks Summit, their corporate message if you will. Each company had a somewhat different slant of course which aligned with their products and services, but there was also a lot of commonality. Most everyone had some tie into the industry's current buzz - AI, machine learning and deep learning. This was perfect for me as a practicing data scientist myself. Let's get started with some vendor snapshots ... [Read More...]
Top Skills Data Scientists Need To Learn in 2018
Data scientists are in high demand, taking the number 1 spot in Glassdoor's Best Jobs in America list in 2016 and 2017, with 4,84 position available and boasting a median base salary of $110,000. According to Jim Webber, Chief Scientist at Neo4j, the following is a short-list of the most essential tech skills for data scientists to adopt this year. [Read More...]
The Future of Smart Cities
In this contributed article, freelance human Avery Phillips discusses the evolution of smart cities from the perspective of how urbanscapes will be run more efficiently through the collection of big data and the use of connected IoT devices. Hospitals will be better able to care for their patients and transportation will run more smoothly than ever. Even though we don’t know what the future holds, we can still look forward to a smarter tomorrow. [Read More...]
How Netflix Uses Big Data to Drive Success
Netflix has over 100 million subscribers and with that comes a wealth of data they can analyze to improve the user experience. Big data has helped Netflix massively in their mission to become the king of stream. Our friends over at FrameYourTV developed the compelling infographic below that highlights Netflix's use of big data, specifically interesting statistics, how Netflix gathers big data, and how Netflix uses big data. [Read More...]
