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IBM claims high demand for machine learning hubs
After announcing in February that it would take core Watson machine learning technology to mainframe clients, IBM Corp. is doubling down on the initiative with recent news that it will open another machine learning hub in Böblingen, Germany. The new hub, which will be the first in Europe, joins four other machine learning centers previously ...
Northern Trust gears up for GDPR through data governance solutions
Mention data governance to many corporate executives and you might get eye rolling and a quick change of subject. Business leaders are more focused on revenue rather than meeting regulatory demands. But the rise in enterprise data has also brought government-driven demands for privacy and protections that are forcing companies across the world to adopt ...
Hilary Mason sees progress in machine learning, but it’s not ready for prime time
IBM Corp. is making big bets on machine learning, with recent announcements about moving its cognitive computing platform Watson to the mainframe and combining its Data Science Experience with Hortonworks Inc.’s big data management platform. However, as one prominent computer researcher told a gathering of developers and information technology professionals, while advances are clearly being made, there ...
IBM pushes speed and governance buttons at Munich conference
Speed and governance were the major themes coming out of the IBM Fast Track Your Data event in Munich, Germany, this week. Keynote speakers made several announcements designed to promote IBM Corp.’s data management portfolio and strengthen its marketing position on machine learning. “Every company is a tech company now. IBM is enabling them to ...
Open-source software may save money, but what about monetization?
While the open-source delivery model has emerged as a highly popular success, the problem remains that free downloadable software does not usually lead to revenue. But a growing number of cloud network entrepreneurs are becoming convinced that focusing their efforts on providing specific services for the enterprise computing marketplace is their path to the promised ...
Teradata’s challenge: How to get value from deep learning results
It’s one thing to apply deep learning and artificial intelligence tools to data. It’s another to realize meaningful results that can make a real difference in your business. Teradata Corp. is seeking to address the value proposition by focusing on use cases and solutions that get to the core of a company’s mission and customers. ...
Cloud Foundry woos developers with Google and Microsoft agreements
In today’s multi-cloud world, there is a premium on making an already highly complex information technology infrastructure simpler. Developers want to move software applications across clouds without having to write or adapt new code. That’s why recent news involving a Kubernetes — an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications — ...
Will ThinkAgile help Lenovo redefine the software-defined space?
With the announcement of ThinkAgile, a new brand for software-defined products, Lenovo Group Ltd. is drawing a line in the sand between its offerings and those of legacy system vendors. Companies who have built their business on selling rich, customized products may now find themselves having to deal with a new competitive enterprise landscape. “There ...
Lenovo clarifies its enterprise strategy at Transform event
Lenovo Group Ltd.’s transition from a successful consumer products company to a major player in enterprise computing has been clouded in the past by more questions than answers. But the company made significant progress today in clarifying its enterprise strategy, while going to great lengths to emphasize where it expects to find competitive advantage. “We’re ...
AtScale’s work with GoDaddy yields interesting BI results
When AtScale Inc. released its “Hadoop Maturity Survey” in 2015, some industry observers were surprised that business intelligence had become the number one workload on the open source platform for big data management, Hadoop (in front of data science), given the problems of scaling information technology solutions. But a customer partnership between AtScale and GoDaddy ...
