Why director of marketing data will be the hottest new role of 2019
With AI spreading into marketing, a new breed of marketing professionals is rising in the enterprise, according to an IBM Watson Marketing report.
Tableau Software Releases New Wave of Integrations
Tableau Software is releasing new product integrations with industry leading technology providers, from mapping to data cataloging, that extend Tableau’s powerful analytics capabilities to better fit customers’ needs.
SAP S/4HANA real-time analytics best for tactical decisions
Experts say the built-in tool is fine for operational decisions when running S/4HANA business processes, but not for sophisticated strategic planning and predictive analytics.
Europe is drawing fresh battle lines around the ethics of big data
First GDPR fines coming this year is just the start, says data protection supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli
You might believe that little of substance has changed for big tech’s data-hungry smooth operators since then — beyond firing out a wave of privacy policy update spam, and putting up a fresh cluster of consent pop-ups that are just as aggressively keen for your data.
Cisco, SAP team up to ease cloud, container integration, management
Cisco’s Container Platform will work with SAP’s Data Hub to integrate large data sets that may be in public clouds such as Amazon Web Services, Hadoop, Microsoft or Google.
Microsoft releases preview of Power BI for Mixed Reality
Microsoft is lighting up new features in its Power BI app for use with the HoloLens, in another example of the company reemphasizing business-use cases for the devices.
Microsoft promises real-time, self-service BI
Can you watch your business as it works without slowing it down? The right collaboration and reporting tools can give you a real-time picture of what’s happening inside your business, without all the manual reporting.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a recent Future Decoded conference.
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IBM opens its Watson Analytics platform to the public
IBM opened its Watson Analytics platform to everyone late last week. Big Blue launched the cloud-based predictive and analytics tools into public beta following a successful private beta period which began in September, reports ZDNet.
The cognitive analytics service is a platform which is best known for its Jeopardy quiz winnings. The natural-language-based number-crunching supercomputer