Due to the increasing risks brought about by cyberattack threats, cybersecurity has risen to the top of the agenda of most organizations. Companies are investing heavily in IT and cybersecurity solutions are expected to account a significant portion of overall spending. Gartner projects that over $124 billion will be spent on information security this year. However, there is … [Read more...] about Why Breach and Attack Simulations are a Must for Cybersecurity
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How Big Data and IoT are Helping Natural Disaster Predictions (and Relief)
First Hurricane Florence; then Hurricane Michael close on its heels, the devastation from the latter rocking Mexico Beach and leaving it in shambles, four states suffering in the aftermath, human lives in the balance, the death toll from the class 4 storm numbering at least 32. How could big data and our advanced IoT technology help mitigate the effects of disasters like … [Read more...] about How Big Data and IoT are Helping Natural Disaster Predictions (and Relief)
Free Business Analytics Content Part 4
Why buy when you can get it for free? Back at you! Here is the fourth fantastic delivery of an amazing and fabulous selection of free and widely available business analytics learning content, which has been prepared just for you. Data Mining Data mining is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science. It is the computational process of discovering patterns in large data … [Read more...] about Free Business Analytics Content Part 4
What Monopoly Teaches Us About Data and Marketing
With the holidays just around the corner it is the season to be jolly. Chances are likely that besides some big meals you will also come across a game of Monopoly. Data scientist Vincent Warmerdam decided that no longer he accepted going bankrupt on a hotel in some small village, like Mediterranean avenue (De Brink, Ons Dorp in the Dutch game of Monopoly). So, he decided to use … [Read more...] about What Monopoly Teaches Us About Data and Marketing
6 Reasons We Need Open and Vendor-Neutral Metadata Services
As I spoke with friends leading up to Strata + Hadoop World NYC 2015, one topic continued to come up: metadata. Its a topic that data engineers and data management researchers have long thought about because it has significant effects on the systems they maintain and the services they offer. Ive also been having more and more conversations about applications made possible by … [Read more...] about 6 Reasons We Need Open and Vendor-Neutral Metadata Services
