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Data Digest: Election Predictions Fail, Securing Endpoints, Changing Approach to Big Data

How election predictions and polls failed, avoid common mistakes in securing network endpoints, and understand the future of big data and emerging technologies.

Machine Learning Is Bringing More Intelligent Things

According to Gartner, AI and new machine learning techniques will enable a new class of intelligent apps and intelligent things -- along with the emergence of so-called digital twins.

The Big Data Wave: 1980s Redux?

The RDBMS challenges of the 1980s are being replayed in the world of big data.

Data Engineers Suddenly Very Much In Demand

What does it take to be a data engineer? A background in software engineering doesn't hurt. Although the number of data engineers doubled from 2013 to 2015, that growth rate far outstripped that of data scientists.

Data Digest: Careers in Open Source, Analytics for Customer Service, Performance of Hadoop Analytics

Today read tips for landing a career in open source development, how to use analytics to improve customer interactions, and the highlights of a new benchmark study for analytics engines on Hadoop.

5 Minutes with an Analyst: Randy Law, Analytics and Insights

Great data scientists need to be open to a wide variety of perspectives.

Data Digest: Examining All Your Data, Types of Analytics, Predictions for Big Data

How to find value in data that hasn’t been used, what each type of analytics is good for, and making predictions about the future of big data and advanced analytics.

Data Digest: Up-to-the-Minute Poll Analysis, Sell Your Data, Improve Visualizations, Understand BI

See an updated consolidation of election polling predictions, plus learn how selling data can be a huge opportunity if approached correctly, how to improve the quality of data visualizations, and understand the basic history and current potential of BI.

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