Is Predictive Analytics Solving Challenges In Content Creation?

Big data has played a fundamental role in the evolution of content marketing. The Editorial Staff at Business.com states that big data has helped by: Providing deeper insights into customer mindsets by tapping data from social networks, shopping activities and other third-party data resources Analyzing the best times to distribute content for ROI Tracking various factors that influence marketing campaigns with data driven tracking tools Some of the most recent advances in big data have been especially significant.

UK Home Office was warned about its crappy data management – then Windrush happened

Watchdog's report damning amid calls for 'firewall' for immigration data sharing The Home Office is under pressure to scrap data-sharing deals set up as part of efforts to hit immigration targets as its governance of such transfers have been slammed by the UK’s spending watchdog.…

Want to boost customer engagement? Invest in data integration, metadata, data governance, says Informatica

What does a Data Hub Reference Architecture have to do with Customer Engagement? A lot, according to Informatica, who wants to complement Adobe, Microsoft, and SAP, in their Open Data Initiative. The big question, however, is whether this has legs.

Fivetran announces $15M Series A to build automated data pipelines

Fivetran, a startup that builds automated data pipelines between data repositories and cloud data warehouses and analytics tools, announced a $15 million Series A investment led by Matrix Partners. Fivetran helps move data from source repositories like Salesforce and NetSuite to data warehouses like Snowflake or analytics tools like Looker. Company CEO and co-founder George Frasier says that the automation is the key differentiator here between his company and competitors like Informatica and SnapLogic.

10 top analytics and business intelligence trends for 2019

New data quality management practices, data discovery techniques and predictive and prescriptive analytics tools will be among the top trends impacting analytics and business intelligence.

TIBCO to buy data management firm Orchestra Networks: sources

TIBCO Software Inc, a large privately-held business software provider, is acquiring French data management company Orchestra Networks in a move that will bolster its ability to help clients organize customer data, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Geospatial Data Brings Value Across Industries

Location, location, location – place is as significant when buying a house as it is when running a business, growing crops, or planning a military campaign. And no matter what activity you’re embarking on, it’s a uniquely good time to be manipulating geospatial data. Geospatial data sets are information rich and the overall available data has been growing by 20% per year over the estimate 1 petabyte recorded in 2009, and there are countless ways to leverage that information for financial gain.

Advances In Data Lakes Are Driving The Evolution Of Big Data

Big data has evolved, due to changes in data storage technology. New data centers, cloud servers, and other types of data storage technology are changing the field in spectacular ways. This is clear to anybody that monitors the Cloudwick system or watches for advances in data lakes. Cloudwick is one of the many solutions that has been impacted by the evolution of big data.

Big Data Is The Driving Force Behind New Colocation Services

Big data is playing a very important role in the future of cloud services. It ensures scalability, while also making it easier for providers to deliver superior services. The emergence of colocation services is a perfect example. How is Big Data Connected with Colocation Services? Mission Critical Magazine recently penned a great article on the intersection between colocation services and the growth of big data.

The attributes that define the increasingly critical Data-as-a-Service industry

Alex Rosen Contributor Alex Rosen is managing director at Ridge Ventures. More posts by this contributor An inside look into a venture negotiation Building a Series A SaaS valuation estimator (2017 edition) It’s now common in tech to describe data as “the new oil or electricity” — a fuel that will power innovation and company growth for the foreseeable future. However, data is far from a novel industry.