"data mining" news, interviews, and features

News about data mining

• DataTorrent tackles complexity of Hadoop data ingestion

  It designed dtIngest to streamline the collection, aggregation and transfer of data to and from a Hadoop cluster

• Workday bets on machine learning with new venture fund

  It has already invested in four data-science startups

• Nvidia attempts to ease the path to deep learning

  Nvidia's newly updated Digits software now has a graphical user interface and can build models using up to 4 GPUs at a time

• Scott McNealy sees gold in the hills of social data

  Now head of Wayin, the former Sun CEO aims to wrest enterprise value from all the chatter

• Blazent brings big data to IT operations management

  Blazent enterprise customers can now get immediate glimpses into the health and performance of their IT systems

• Salesforce's new analytics apps will be tailored for specific roles

  The first to arrive is Sales Wave Analytics, targeting salespeople

Features about data mining

• IoT analytics brings new levels of innovation to new product development

  Development teams are translating streams of real time machine data into actionable information to improve the product development process

• Big data companies argue their case at Demo Traction

  The recent event gave up and coming companies four minutes to explain why they matter, followed by Q&A with judges.

• How financial service firms use big data to meet business goals

  The pressing challenge is to drive more continuous value and unearth opportunities more rapidly.

• Why businesses should focus on wide data, not Big Data

  Data doesn't have to be big to provide your organisation with insight. True insight lies at the intersection of different data sets.

• Finding critical business data -- fast

  These CIOs are jumping on a fast-moving trend -- mining small data sets to deliver valuable insights quickly to the right people at the right ...

• Government open data proves a treasure trove for savvy businesses

  Hoping to capitalize on free government information, IT leaders are discovering the value -- and vexation -- of converting terabytes of data into new revenue ...