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Image By Seanbatty (Pixabay) According to Encyclopedia Britannica , artificial intelligence (AI) can be defined as: "The ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings. The term is frequently applied to the project of developing systems endowed with the intellectual processes characteristic of humans, like the ability to reason, discover meaning, generalize, or learn from previous experiences." By now, we have all heard about how AI can make it possible for computers, machines and other electronic devices to perform increasingly complex and human-like tasks. As all this sounds almost like magic, with machines performing increasingly complex tasks —from new gaming computers to self-driving cars – in reality most of AI technologies rely on the blend of software methods and technologies that imply collecting, processing and recognizing patterns within large amounts of data. So, how does AI W...

As we get deeper into an era of new software platforms both, big players and newcomers are industriously working to reshape or launch their proposed new-generation analytics platforms, especially aiming to appeal to the growing community of new information workers or “data scientists” ㅡa community always eager to attain the best possible platform to “crunch the numbers”ㅡ, examples include those including Teradata with its new analytics platform or Cloudera with its Data Science Workbench . So now the turn is for IBM, which recently unveiled its Integrated Analytics System . IBM’s new offering represents the company’s unified data system aimed to provide organizations with easy, yet sophisticated platform for the development of data science within data from on-premises, private, public of hybrid cloud environments. The new offering coming from the “Big Blue” company is set to incorporate a myriad of data science tools and functionality features as well as the proper data managem...

Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software provider BOARD International recently released version 10.1 of its all-in-one BI and EPM solution. This release includes new user experience, collaboration, and cognitive capabilities, which will enable BOARD to enter into the cognitive computing field. By incorporating all these new capabilities into its single BI/EPM offering, BOARD continues to uphold its philosophy of offering powerful capabilities within a single platform. With version 10.1, BOARD aims to improve the way users interact with data significantly. The new version’s interface introduces new user interaction functionality in areas such as user experience and storytelling and is a major improvement on that of the previous version. BOARD gave me an exclusive overview of the main features of version 10.1 and the company's product roadmap. Read on for details. Getting On Board with Cognitive Technologies With version 10.1, BOAR...

  John Bensalhia talks to Yves Mulkers, freelance Data Architect and blogger at 7wData, about the benefits, developments and challenges linked with Big Data... “I'm an explorer on new technologies and Data Visualisation, and keep my finger on what's happening with Big Data from an architecture point of view.” So says Yves Mulkers, freelance Data Architect and social media influencer. Yves is speaking ahead of upcoming  Big Data World  event in London, where he will make an appearance. Listing the key benefits of what Big Data can offer, Yves says that these are: “Scalability, cost reduction, new products and revenue streams, tailored solutions and targeting, enterprise wide insights, and Smart cities.” Having worked as a software developer in various branches, Yves achieved great expertise and mindset in object oriented thinking and development. “Doing the full cycle of software development from analysis, implementation, support and project management in com...

Looking ahead to 2017's Big Data World event , Booz Allen Hamilton's Principal Data Scientist discusses the Big Data concept, benefits and developments in detail with John Bensalhia... 2017's Big Data World promises plenty in the way of insightful talks and discussions on the subject. One of the unmissable talks to watch out for in March will come from Kirk Borne, Booz Allen Hamilton's Principal Data Scientist, who will look at “ The Self-Driving Organisation and Edge Analytics in a Smart IoT World. ” “I will describe the concept of a self-driving organisation that learns, gains actionable insights, discovers next-best move, innovates, and creates value from streaming Big Data through the application of edge analytics on ubiquitous data sources in the IoT-enriched world.” As part of this discussion, Kirk will also present an Analytics Roadmap for the IoT-enabled Cognitive Organisation. “In this case, the “self-driving organisation” is modeled after th...