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E-commerce ‘destroying the retail orthodoxies’; B2B selling must follow B2C trends
As the digital transformation through e-commerce continues to revolutionize the business-to-customer, or B2C, transactional relationship — with one of the biggest players being Amazon.com Inc., who continues to bring waves of innovation — many traditional retail businesses are still figuring ways to catch up and compete. Toys “R” Us is just one example of a ...
Cloud Foundry creates complementary ecosystem for diverse usage
For many, the concept of digital transformation is considered a buzzword, but it’s quickly becoming apparent that there’s more to the trend. Across industries, from longstanding insurance companies to government institutions to hipster startups, the evolution is happening for modernizing applications and embracing developer-driven operations is through open-source. One popular platform, Cloud Foundry, is solidifying its ecosystem to enable the digital ...
Open-source tech brings cultural change for US government, big enterprises
Open-source technology is paving the way for U.S. government entities and big enterprises alike to change the way they operate their companies through cloud-native innovations. The United States Air Force, The Boeing Co. and T-Mobile US Inc., to name a few, are all incorporating open-source tech to support the modernizing efforts underlying digital transformation. But it isn’t ...
Uber building real-time platforms using stream processing
As the ride-sharing economy evolves to encompass food delivery and courrier services, Uber Technologies Inc. leverages real-time data analysis to support the broadening ecosystem of restaurants and businesses tapping into Uber’s network of drivers. The effort requires a blend of open source tools, including Apache Flink and Apache Calcite to enable Structured Query Language API and Table ...
Stream processing turning the database inside out
When stream processors began, they were considered by the computing industry as a mere addition to the batch data stack or other stacks being utilized by information technology administrators. But stream processing has come a long way, and it is beginning to shift the way people collect data and upgrade applications. This evolution is shifting the ...
Enterprises like Netflix, ING embrace stream processing, real time
Large enterprises like Netflix Inc. and ING Inc. are just a couple use cases of businesses embracing a stream processing method that is both event driven, and in real time. This is the way modern companies, even those not traditionally labeled tech organization, will operate from now on as progressive, data-led technologies continue to scale. “We see it in ...
IoT implementation excels with education, risk adversity
Big enterprises are hungry to incorporate the “internet of things” into their companies. However, there’s a lot of education that needs to be done in order for enterprises to understand how to best leverage these new technologies, and it takes a risk-adverse mindset in order to take IoT to the next level. “The first barrier ...
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Big data had its glory days, but it needs deep learning to produce value
Big data was all the rage a few years ago, but data in and of itself is actually not that helpful without applied analytics. Because of this, companies today need to focus on the modern technologies that have emerged in recent months, including deep learning and other artificial intelligence methods trained to extract value from vast amounts ...
Creating a holistic Big Data team: Mixing scientists and engineers | #BigDataNYC
Claiming one of the largest data science teams in America, Pivotal Software Inc., shares its strategies for the company and its customers when it comes to Big Data. Jacque Istok, America’s Field CTO of Pivotal, spoke with Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and Peter Burris (@plburris), cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during BigDataNYC 2016 to discuss the ...
Evolving Big Data tools lead to innovation: Enter Control-M | #BigDataNYC
Managing technology assets for the enterprise, BMC Software finds itself ushering clients into the digital era. The company is now focusing on a number of Digital Enterprise Management (DEM) initiatives, including a Big Data initiative called Control-M. Joe Goldberg, innovation evangelist at BMC Software Inc., spoke with Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and Peter Burris (@plburris), cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE ...