
Big data: enabling new approaches to IT infrastructure security
Big data technologies and advanced analytics, including AI, are promising a way to get ahead of cyber threats

Practical AI: or why everything that says it is, isn’t
Complex algorithms do not an intelligent program make, yet, true AI can be a very involved undertaking fraught with high overheads, a substantial investment in IT support, and an ongoing need to monitor and manage the training that an...

Tales of eTail West, big data, and e-commerce success—or failure
The Retail Death Star (a euphemism for whoever you think it is) has such a glowing reputation for its acumen with data that other companies clamor to know how the Death Star does it. Personal experience suggests myth does not match...

The next IT: What it is and what you need to know to be successful
Mastering a distributed and highly virtualized computing environment is key to job security in IT’s next wave

The wonders of AI—or the shortcomings of search?
Thus far, the case for AI seems to mainly center on how it is taking search to the next level

Data preparation is the key to big data success
Common barriers to big data adoption, and how to adapt and overcome those challenges
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