New InfoSphere Advanced Data Preparation is designed to automate data prep to help streamline data operations and accelerate AI adoption. IBM announced a new data preparation solution designed to help clients improve their dataops processes to get their data ready for AI quickly and efficiently. Data preparation is an integral step in building machine learning […]
Data gathered by SCORE, an American small business mentoring organisation, found that more than half (58 per cent) of consumers used voice search to find local business information last year. Nearly half (46 per cent) of users searched for a local business daily, while a further 28 per cent searched about once a week. Younger […]
CRM giant Salesforce announced on Monday, June 10, 2019, that it is buying big data company Tableau Software for USD 15.3 billion in an all-stock deal, marking the biggest acquisition in the company’s history. “We are bringing together the world’s #1 CRM with the #1 analytics platform,” said Marc Benioff, Chairman and co-CEO, Salesforce. Announcing […]
Google Inc. announced on June 6, 2019, that it was acquiring data analytics start-up Looker for USD 2.6 billion in cash. This is the fourth highest price paid by Google for an acquisition, its last big acquisition being Nest for USD 3.2 billion in 2014. This also marks as the first major acquisition for new […]
Ambitious government plans are ensuring that the region becomes one of the fastest-growing cloud-based markets. “We are betting on the cloud. We’re betting big on Amazon,” said Salman Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain. He was referring to cloud computing giant Amazon opening its first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Region in Bahrain. The Bahrain government is […]
