Big data analytics meets big business Big business: Data analytics is a finely tuned engine these days Big data streams and the analytics systems that can make sense of them are becoming easier to deploy due to the advent of cloud services, better tools and more data scientists, but new challenges are emerging such as increasing data privacy regulation. One constant with big data is...

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IoT Coupled with Big Data can make Manufacturing ‘Smarter’ By using a combination IoT and Big Data technologies, players in the manufacturing sector can create better efficiencies and better products while improving speed-to-market and customer satisfaction By Kamal Brar, Vice President and General Manager of APAC, Hortonworks Towards the end of 2017, we at Hortonworks had predicted that Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)...

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Machine minds: can AI play a role in mental health therapy? Therapy chatbots can help people to take control of their wellbeing, experts say There is evidence to show therapy chatbots can be an effective way of calming people, according to Prof Paul Walsh from Cork Institute of Technology. Photograph: Getty Images/iStock A welcome conversation surrounding mental health has arisen but as more...

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How can startups harness the power of IoT As more and more companies begin to effectively adopt IoT technology, young startups and SMEs cannot risk overlooking the benefits on offer. Doing so will put them a step behind their competitors. The Internet of Things is drastically transforming the way society functions, offering exciting new ways for consumers and businesses to interact and perform...

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Artificial Intelligence Can Help Leaders Make Better Decisions Faster Listening to your gut will be much safer if you also listen to the machine crunching the data.  Decision-making remains one of the ultimate tests for leadership in new entrepreneurs. Even experienced leaders who have a track record of sound decision-making have, at some point, made a drastically poor decision that shook their reputation....

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What’s the Purpose of Companies in the Age of AI? TINTAN/GETTY IMAGES Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer technology are causing us to think again about some really basic questions: what is a firm?  What can firms do better than markets?  And what are the distinctive qualities of firms in a world of smart contracts and AI? While there has been...

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