Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy says it bought another $15 million worth of bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to more than $5 billion

MicroStrategy CEO, Michaely Saylor. MicroStrategy/YouTube MicroStrategy picked up another $15 million worth of bitcoin on Friday. The move brought the company's total holdings to roughly $5.26 billion. MicroStrategy's bitcoin was purchased at an average price of roughly $24,214 per coin. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell. Michael Saylor's business intelligence firm MicroStrategy bought another $15 million worth of bitcoin on Friday, bringing the company's total holdings to 91,326 units.The firm's bitcoin holdings were worth roughly $5.26 billion as of March 11's price per coin.

Okta invests in, partners with Immuta to secure cloud analytics

Okta, well known for identity management, has partnered with Immuta, focused on protecting sensitive data in cloud data lakes and data warehouses.

Our Top 20 Most-Read Data & Analytics Research Last Week (to Mar 7)

Click here for an interactive PDF to connect to the notes directly. Mark Beyer scored his first "number 1 hit" this year with his December publication of: What Is ‘Graph?’ — An Elementary Version for the Uninitiated. "Data and analytics leaders are faced with the sudden interest in graph theory, graph analytics and graph data management. After languishing for decades, analysts, data scientists and data management professionals are leveraging new approaches.

Zego, the tech-enabled commercial motor insurer, raises $150M at $1.1B valuation

Zego, the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded with a range of tech-enabled commercial motor insurance products, has raised $150 million. Leading the London-based company’s C round — giving it a $1.1 billion valuation and a unicorn status — is DST Global. Other new backers include General Catalyst, whose founder and MD, Joel Cutler, joins Zego’s board.

Securitas Direct’s data orientation has allowed the firm to be “much more proactive” during the pandemic, according to its head of IT in Spain

This is an automated machine translation of an article published by Business Insider in a different language. Machine translations can generate errors or inaccuracies; we will continue the work to improve these translations. You can find the original version here.Digitalization is changing the security industry, even though the firms that make up the sector are for the most part highly digitized.This is the case of Securitas Direct.

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The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. It’s responsible for creating the energy your cells power your body with. Or something. Biology was a long time ago. Mito is the powerhouse of your data analytics workflow. We built Mito to be the first analytics tool that’s easy to use, super powerful, and designed to keep your workflow yours forever. Easy Smeasy When it comes to data analytics, not much is easier to use than a spreadsheet.

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Fleet Management and Big Data: Points to Consider

According to a forecast by IDC and Seagate Technology, the global data sphere will grow more than fivefold in the next seven years. The total amount of new data will increase to 175 zettabytes by 2025, up from 33 zettabytes in 2018. This ever-growing volume of information has given rise to the concept of big data. And I do not mean large amounts of information per se, but rather data that is processed at high speed and has a strong variability.

How AI-Driven Cybersecurity Drastically Impacts Our Lives

Artificial intelligence is a form of technology that is drastically changing our lives. We have talked extensively about the benefits of using AI for marketing, gaming, financial analysis and many other applications. One of the most impactful ways that AI impacts our lives is by improving our cybersecurity technology. Sridhar Muppidi, CTO of IBM Security, created a very insightful video about the benefits of AI in the field of cybersecurity.

Bioinformatics: The Fascinating Marriage of Data Science and Biology

Data science is changing the future of the field of biology. Last year, the data visualization market for biology was estimated to be worth $808 million One of the newest applications of data science in biology is in the arena of bioinformatics. Data Science is the Future of Biology “Simple” may be a bit of a stretch when explaining anything that revolves around biological data and genetic codes, but the big-picture view of bioinformatics can, at least, help depict the importance of them regarding issues that the world faces, including the ongoing battle against COVID-19.  Data science has been integral to the field of biology for years.