Data Evolution in the Cloud: The lynchpin of competitive advantage

These questions are the focus of this report, based on a survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Snowflake. It reflects the views of 914 executives from  eight industries across 13 countries worldwide and explores the current state of corporate  data use, as well as executive hopes for the future. In particular, the goal is to illuminate how  different industries are adapting their data strategies, engaging with the broader data  ecosystem, and converting data insights into growth and performance.

Big Data Performance Report

To shed light on how IT operations teams are dealing with working in challenging environments, Pepperdata has carried out a period of customer research. This report revealed a wealth of insights regarding the condition of enterprise workloads that lack the benefits of observability and continuous tuning. Combined with cloud computing statistics and a more general understanding of big data industry trends, there is much to learn here about the present and future of the data analytics industry.

The State of AI and Machine Learning

Appen Limited, a leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, released its annual State of AI Report for 2020. The report highlights increasing C-suite involvement and investment in enterprise AI projects as well as data being a key challenge as AI models get more frequent updates in production. The report also reveals the recent acceleration of AI strategies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.