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Microsoft today launched two new courses in its online education program for developers: an entry-level software development class and an AI course for more advanced developers who want to expand their knowledge of machine learning. It’s no secret that there aren’t enough data scientist… 
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We review machine learning (ML) basics and explore some of the areas you might be unaware of where ML is having significant impact in this blog.
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This is a nice little article on how millions of people are already using ML and don't even know it.
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If you ask Morgan Stanley how Microsoft is performing, they would say the company is doing nearly everything right, as they have just predicted the company will hit a trillion dollar valuation within the next 12 months, a year earlier than the rather optimistic 2017 prediction by Evercore ISI, which said the company will hit the …
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Hey, some people ARE paying attention!
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Machine learning and AI are changing the game, and your mission-critical applications need to be able to keep up. Check out how you can scale them using Kafka.
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Was glad to see this, was starting to wonder of DZone ever had any decent content on it...
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An integration expert and DZone Zone Leader reflects on the recent acquisition of MuleSoft by Salesforce, what it means for MuleSoft and integration as a whole.
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Look, Mulesoft is a dead company walking at this point. Any opinion to the contrary is naïve.
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Data scientists at any company are highly skilled and cost a lot -- so you don't want them slogging through swamps of information that machine learning can take care of with data catalogues.
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Have always thought Azure Data Catalog was cool but getting people to be serious about implementing it is another matter entirely...
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Surprise, surprise, it's not the technology. BTW, it's never the technology that is the barrier.
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Microsoft's cloud DBaaS has had a whirlwind month with the introduction of managed instances, database migration tools and more. Here's what each feature does and when to use it.
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Lots of exciting new features!
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Learn about different types of capability, management, training, and technology that are driving big data changes in the digital age.
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Ever since reading Stephen Few's Big Data, Big Dupe, I read these kinds of articles and laugh and laugh and laugh.
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While IoT, big data, AI and machine learning technologies are increasingly applied to improve production process and management, predictive and advance warning mechanisms can be integrated with AI algorithms to help manufacturers better upgrade their automation capabilities and overall operating efficiencies, according to Allen Chen, deputy general manager of SAS Taiwan.
Greg Deckler's insight:
Not sure this is worth even the short read. I'll save you clicking on the link. Can analytics and machine learning technologies improve manufacturing efficiency? Yes.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes the opportunity around Office 365 could be bigger than anything the company has done before.
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Wow, $500M, that's closing in on Tableau's $877M for 2017. Have to believe that Power BI is growing faster than Tableau's 6% YoY.
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Get started with Hadoop using this whitepaper, "The Business Analyst's Guide to Hadoop".
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OK, if you are going to take me to a page to read a whitepaper and then I click "Read Whitepaper" and you take me to yet another page to enter all of my personal information just so I can have the whitepaper emailed to me later...I'm not reading the whitepaper.
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Top 10 IoT predictions for the year 2018 - by the analyst team at IoT Analytics. 1. Horizontal vs. Vertical IoT platform war; 2. IT organizations refine their IoT cloud and data lake creation strategy 3. Chin
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Wow, these guys are actually measured and responsible in their hype over IoT. That's refereshing. 9 and 10 are BS though. 10 is absolutely hysterical! NICE JOB @KnudLueth, you are my hero for telling it like it is!
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Microsoft has so far released its artificial intelligence technologies largely through its well-known software platforms, such as the Cortana voice…
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Great article if you want some insider information on the inner workings of Microsoft.
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Technical topics like mathematics, physics, and even computer science are taught using a bottom-up approach. This approach involves laying out the topics in an area of study in a logical way with a natural progression in complexity and capability. The problem is, humans are not robots executing a learning program. We require motivation, excitement, and …
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This is a long article but invaluable. This is exactly how I learned ML initially.
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New capability reduces the time, complexity and cost of extracting intelligence from disparate data sources.
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This is BIG news. Unlike Salesforce's purchase of Mulesoft, Microsoft is making the smarter investment in a real Customer Data Platform.
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Microsoft has announced that Azure Databricks is now available to the general public. With Azure Databricks, Microsoft has laid emphasis on productivity, scalability, and security.
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Azure Databricks are cool.
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Honestly, I think this is a big mistake by Salesforce to not invest in a true Customer Data Platform (CDP). $6.5B pays for a lot of reengineering.
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A discussion of how big data and data analytics can help organizations better understand their audience, and find better insights into how their users act.
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Luckily, the mildly interesting bits are at the top...
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Amazon.com Inc. has looked at the possibility of expanding its retail footprint by acquiring some locations from bankrupt Toys “R” Us Inc., according to people with knowledge of the situation.
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Wow, talk about adding insult to injury, Amazon violates an exclusive agreement and helps destroy an iconic retailer and now feasts on the scraps. As I've warned, if you are a business, any business, Amazon is coming for you.
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Google is prepared to make a big purchase to catch market leaders Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. -- if the deal fits.
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The question though is who are they going to acquire that would allow them to gain market share? They are barely not in the "also ran" category with only AWS, MS and IBM ahead of them...
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Learn about profiling APIs in machine learning models and the importance of tags in OpenAPI definitions for machine learning APIs.
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This is a bit of an obscure topic...
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Can a computer model correctly predict the results of the first round in this year's tournament? These mathematicians think so.
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Great little article, even if the outcome wasn't much better than a human's! O H!
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We’re excited to introduce Data Warehouse, the option to have the full firehose of data that Bizible can collect about how your prospects interact with you. Here's what that means for you.
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OK, pure marketing but absolutely hysterical. Something about the way they refer to themselves in the third person. "Data Warehouse says that Data Warehouse is awesome!" "I pity the fool that doesn't use Data Warehouse." Too much!
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We reveal the 10 social media trends every digital leader needs to know in 2018 based on conversations with experts from around the world.
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As an exact contract to the Top 10 IoT Predictions of 2018, we have this mess of an article...
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