Imagine walking into your home and suddenly becoming aware of an unknown presence. Only it's not someone hiding in the closet and it's not someone lurking just out of sight around the corner. It's someone monitoring you through one of your many connected devices. Although your smart home provides you with unprecedented convenience, the internet of things (IoT) also provides a … [Read more...] about Outside the Cloud: How to Secure Devices in the IoT
Big Data
Big Data Contracts Shouldn’t Cause Big Headaches
With every innovation in the world of big data and analytics, corporate IT departments dive into new contracts with vendors to stay ahead of the competition. This is only natural, considering that the cost of collecting and maintaining data is one of the heaviest cost centres on a CIOs balance sheet. But, in a world where F.O.M.O., the fear of missing out, is guiding decision … [Read more...] about Big Data Contracts Shouldn’t Cause Big Headaches
How Computer Vision Could Save Your Life
Technology is driving huge disruption and innovation within healthcare. Big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence led applications are benefiting the ways in which medical professionals diagnose and treat patients. Google Brain has recently made a significant breakthrough in computer vision. In 2011, the error rate was 26% for computers analyzing images, but now it's … [Read more...] about How Computer Vision Could Save Your Life
The Dichotomy Between Data Science and Business Analytics
As an analytics professional, I take a keen interest in trends of all sorts. Thanks to Google Trends, we don't have to question the accuracy of this trend “ in my business, any other trend can and will be questioned six ways from Sunday! I know that IT investments are no popularity contests, but I think search term traffic is a good proxy for what interests businesses worldwide … [Read more...] about The Dichotomy Between Data Science and Business Analytics
8 Deep Learning Use Cases to Know & 10 Deep Learning Startups to Watch
Over the past few years, deep learning has become another trendy word1. It is mostly used in a business language when the conversation is about Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, analytics, etc. Currently, it is showing great promise when it comes to developing the autonomous, self-teaching systems which are revolutionising many industries. Therefore I decided … [Read more...] about 8 Deep Learning Use Cases to Know & 10 Deep Learning Startups to Watch