To a data company, ‘esports’ is about as useful a category as ‘European’ or ‘African’ is a nationality. Esports titles share some likenesses — they are all digital, chiefly — but they differ enormously, especially from a data analyst’s perspective. It’s like saying tennis is similar to football because both use a round ball; true […]
Microsoft adds enterprise data from Salesforce, others to Windows search bar
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Microsoft has announced new data sources are coming to the Windows search bar, giving business users personalized results from Microsoft and third-party enterprise tools. The Windows search bar, located at the bottom left-hand side of a Windows’ screen, is typically used to search for apps, […]
Auto data startup Wejo explores SPAC merger with Virtuoso
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. (Reuters) — Wejo is in talks to go public through a reverse merger with blank-check company Virtuoso Acquisition in a deal that would value the British connected car data start-up at more than $1 billion, two people familiar with the matter said. The deal has […]
Cogniflare unveils data management and catalog platform for Google Cloud
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Cogniflare last week launched an integrated data management and catalog platform that promises to simplify the management of massive amounts of data residing in various Google Cloud services. The Kyrah for Google Cloud data management platform provides IT teams with a […]
Gartner says composable data and analytics key to digital transformation
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Gartner wrapped up the Data & Analytics Summit Americas 2021 virtual event this week with a lively overview of top trends for enterprises to watch in 2021. Overall, Gartner analysts saw pressing uber trends around accelerating change, operationalizing business value, and […]
Privitar’s data management platform will tackle regulatory compliance
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Privitar this week revealed it plans to make available a platform that enables IT teams to provision data end users can access via a self-service portal in a way that complies with privacy regulations. The Privitar Data Provisioning Platform, available in […]
Proper data hygiene critical as enterprises focus on AI governance
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Today’s artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms run on hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of data sets. The high demand for data has spawned services that collect, prepare, and sell them. But data’s rise as a valuable currency also subjects it to […]
Data backup company Acronis secures $250M to expand datacenter footprint
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Data recovery startup Acronis today announced that it raised $250 million at a valuation of over $2.5 billion post-money. The funds bring Singapore- and Switzerland-based Acronis’ total raised to over $408 million, following angel, debt, and later-stage raises from March 2014 […]
Data science in a post-COVID world
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. I am often asked about the state of data science and where we sit now from a maturity perspective. The answer is pretty interesting, especially now that it’s been more than a year since COVID-19 rendered most data science models useless […]
LetsPlay.Live taps GRID data solution in exclusive partnership – Esports Insider
Oceanic tournament organiser and broadcasting company LetsPlay.Live (LPL) has entered an exclusive partnership with esports data provider GRID. RELATED: Funspark announces data and integrity partnership with GRID Beginning in April, LPL will utilise GRID’s data solutions across its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2 tournaments and broadcasts. The company is the first Oceanic-based brand to […]