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Big data analytics

• May 21, 2019 21 May'19

  MoneySupermarket.com orchestrates data pipeline with GKE

  The price comparison site has used container orchestration to split its machine learning data pipeline into parallel processes

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  Huawei debuts AI-powered database

  Huawei is using reinforcement learning to deliver self-tuning and self-healing capabilities for the latest iteration of its GaussDB database

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Sapphire 2019: Plattner vaunts public cloud as SAP future

  At SapphireNow 2019 in Orlando, Florida, SAP co-founder and chair Hasso Plattner said public cloud is the future as raft of Hana database and analytics enhancements announced

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Sapphire 2019: McDermott dubs Qualtrics ‘elixir for cultural change’

  At SapphireNow 2019 in Orlando, Florida, CEO Bill McDermott said the gap between what consumers expect and get makes up a $1.6tn economic problem addressed by SAP’s Qualtrics acquisition

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Nasuni aims at analytics and fast migration to the cloud

  Cloud NAS and object storage specialist says customers want “Lego blocks” that allow them to build for cloud workloads, and plans cloud migration tools for massive datasets

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  CIO interview: Mark Holt, CTO, Trainline

  A data-led strategy underpins the growth of the public transport app, which sells over 200 tickets a minute and logs more than 80 million customer visits a month

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Open data programme OpenActive ramps up efforts to get people off the sofa

  OpenActive, a programme run by the Open Data Institute and funded by Sport England, is intensifying efforts to get nearly 17 million Britons off their sofas and into sport and fitness

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  Malaysia to get its first AI park

  Malaysia’s first artificial intelligence park to be developed by a trio of local and Chinese firms is expected to raise the country’s standing in the global race for AI supremacy

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Facebook faces fresh privacy actions from regulators

  Facebook faces legal action from Canada after it dismissed regulators’ findings that it failed to protect customer privacy. The firm has set aside $5bn to settle a privacy action in the US and faces a new investigation in Ireland

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Dutch road management organisation encourages startups to innovate

  Dutch highway management agency RWS is sharing data with the private sector to stimulate innovation

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Laing O’Rourke Australia chooses private cloud route

  The Australian arm of global engineering firm Laing O’Rourke signs up for Nutanix to run its core applications on a private cloud

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Public becoming more aware of privacy abuses and unethical tech

  Widespread abuses of privacy, biometric information and artificial intelligence mean the internet is in poor health, but growing popular awareness of its problems gives some cause for hope, says the Mozilla Foundation

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Data firms join forces to help Path beat malaria

  Tableau, Mapbox, Exasol and Alteryx commit $4.3m to back anti-malaria scheme in sub-Saharan Africa run by health charity

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  Pure Storage buys Compuverde to put object storage on steroids

  Fast flash storage specialist Pure Storage adds object storage to FlashArray and aims to compete with NetApp on NAS while bringing flash performance to web applications

• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  Etihad Airways automates customer and luggage journey monitoring

  National airline of United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways, will improve passenger journeys through automated monitoring