TDWI Articles

Data Stories: NY, NY -- A Heck of a (Data-Filled) Town

With eight million people across five boroughs, New York City creates a lot of data to explore! Learn how people are using public data to examine police statistics, land use, and even the trees on the streets.

Data Digest: Big Data at Big Companies, AI in Security, Data Sets for Machine Learning

Today learn how American Express came to use big data in a big way, how AI applications can help with cybersecurity, and how to build new data sets for machine learning or other advanced analytics.

Q&A: Firm Uses Analytics to Review Contracts for Free

LawGeex combines text analytics, machine-learning algorithms, and crowdsourcing to review employment contracts free of charge.

Meet TPCx-BB -- A Benchmark for Assessing Big Data Performance

The Transaction Performance Processing Council has revised its official big data benchmark: the aptly titled TPCx-BB. Benchmarks matter -- but not for the reasons you might think.

Data-Driven Brexit: A Wakeup Call for Analysts

The field of analytics has failed to grasp the reality that data is not reality.

Why Do We Call Text "Unstructured"?

Text is commonly referred to as unstructured data, but it clearly has structure. What does "unstructured" mean in a data context?

Data Digest: Focus on IoT Security and Devices

Read advice from a maker of smart devices on securing IoT projects, perspectives from entrepreneurs on how IoT will change our relationship with technology, and tips for consumers to secure IoT devices in their homes.

Data Digest: Data Science Pitfalls, IoT Concerns, Convergence of Open Source and Commercial Software

Today’s articles explore major reasons why data science projects fail, 7 concerns with the spread of IoT, and why open source and commercial software options are very similar today.

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