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Does anyone really understand the blockchain’s distributed ledger system or the digital mechanisms of cryptocurrency? Even entrepreneurs knee-deep in technology’s latest emerging markets will confess they are still learning. Perhaps the potential for modern cryptography is best shown and not told. The pros and cons of crypto are beginning …
Data demolition derby: Incumbents could ram startups off the road
Speed, agility, cloud-native origins — on the surface, everything about technology startups makes them better equipped for today’s data-driven race. But older enterprises have troves of big data hidden under their tortoise shells that may land them a late-stage upset victory. “Phase one …
IBM taste test tries to beat DX competition to the punch
What do companies banging around the digital-transformation obstacle course need to soothe the contusions? Probably not a technology trial sign-up that asks their mothers’ maiden name. “When users come, you have to give them the best experience possible, because you never get …
Applied IoT with AI thinks through dizzying data streams
So a manufacturer connects a gadget to a wireless communications network and, suddenly, it’s an “internet of things” device. So what? The power of applied IoT is realized only when data from devices is gathered, juiced and nutrient-fortified for business insights. “It wasn’t long …
ING feels data governance squeeze — and hugs back
Companies of all stripes can learn from those laboring under strict data-privacy regulations, like financial institutions. For them, the discipline necessary to govern data can pay dividends — ironically — in the realm of innovation. Well-governed data to loosely governed data is …
Good infra, service fences make good neighbors in cloud data warehouse
Why cloud-native data warehousing instead of the traditional on-premises breed? Because the later fits like a square peg in the cloud’s round hole of unlimited scalability and elasticity, according to Michael Nixon (pictured, left), senior director of product marketing at Snowflake Computing Inc. …
Is software-defined storage the diving board to digital transformation?
Whoever said you can’t teach an old hound new tricks failed to get the message out to NetApp Inc. The legacy storage provider is pivoting to software-defined storage and data management, and it wants to run with Silicon Valley’s freshly founded bulls. It …
Fail fast on the trip to AI true north, says Googler
Businesses are aiming to digitally transform themselves in hopes of staying abreast of disruptive competition; the bullseye is applied artificial intelligence across a range of business processes. The tyranny of choice visited on them by vendors selling products for AI’s purpose leaves many …
Hot data cataloging collapses the thousand steps to value
Data cataloging is emerging as one of the surest routes through the big data muddle in enterprises. Its powers lay in combining and collapsing steps that would otherwise run end-users ragged. “There are a lot of data catalog products out there, but …
People-powered data catalog is phonics for data literacy
Big data analytics projects are flailing like asphyxiating tuna; some analysts claim the failure rate has soared to 85 percent. Could it be that the pile of software tools and formulas aren’t letting human ingenuity breathe? “I think that they’ve got to …