Big data education has become big business. With projected massive talent gaps in the field of analytics, many professionals with and without quantitative backgrounds are choosing to complete graduate-level training. In response to this demand, universities worldwide are opening the ...
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Amazon Redshift COPY command cheatsheet
John HamminkAlthough it’s getting easier, ramping up on the COPY command to import tables into Redshift can become very tricky and error-prone. Following the accordion-like hyperlinked Redshift documentation to get a complete command isn’t always straighforward, either. Treasure Data got in ...
10 US Graduate Education Opportunities for Aspiring Analytics Professionals
Jasmine W. GordonBig data education has become big business. With projected massive talent gaps in the field of analytics, many professionals with and without quantitative backgrounds are choosing to complete graduate-level training. In response to this demand, universities worldwide are opening the ...
Redshift Data Loading Simplified
John HamminkAs the Big Data scene emerges, one of the most common problems experienced by data engineers and data scientists alike involves getting data from one system to import nicely into (and export from) another. Often times, these are NoSQL systems ...
Telangana government to set up India’s first data analytics park
AnalyticsWeek PickMinister for IT, Government of Telangana, K.T. Rama Rao has announced a proposal to build a data analytics park in Hyderabad. Speaking at the inauguration of Techwave Consulting’s office there, he also stressed on the importance of SMEs. The government ...
How do I attract capital for a product that only exists digitally?
AnalyticsWeek PickWhen Prophis Technologies goes looking to raise a round of capital later this year, the sales pitch will focus not only on its product, but also the people behind it. Prophis founder Charles Pardue, who has bootstrapped the business to ...
IT jobs to shift to new tech, data analytics, cloud services
AnalyticsWeek PickBENGALURU, MAY 25: The $70-billion Indian IT export services industry, which recorded a 12.6 per cent year-on-year growth in FY 2015 and employs 1.2 million people, is all set to witness shrinkage in jobs over the next three years. Shift ...
IBM Watson Dives Further Into Cloud, Healthcare Analytics
anum basirIBM is looking to expand its Watson cognitive computing platform into many more fields, including cloud and healthcare. This includes bringing in more partners and developers. Moving aggressively on several fronts, IBM announced Tuesday that it is expanding the offerings ...
Intel bets on real-time analytics with high-end processor refresh
anum basirThe chip company launches its new generation of its Xeon E7 processor that it hopes will spur companies to crunch data as it is collected. Intel today refreshed its Xeon E7 family of processors with a line-up aimed at helping ...
Big data analytics are the future of cyber security
anum basirLAS VEGAS: Developments in hacking culture and enterprise technology mean that big data-led intelligence defences are the future of the security industry, according to EMC. David Goulden, CEO of information infrastructure at EMC, made the claim during a press session ...