Infoworld Contributor and Adobe Staffer Matt Asay reviews new tools that bridge the gap in providing analytics outside the realm of the traditional database. Read article…

In this episode of the O'Reilly Data Show Podcast, Ben Lorica interviews Jerry Overton to discuss organizing data teams, agile experimentation, and the importance of ethics in data science. Read article…

Tableau staffer Elissa Fink shares the major improvements with the 2018.1 release of Tableau. Major licensing changes come with this release. Read article…

Contributor Jordan French asserts that unlocking the potential of data science and analytics will enable you to gain greater insights into your customers, allowing you to spend your marketing budget more efficiently. Read article…

Editor Christina Cardoz shares some of the major changes in MySQL 8.0 including the MySQL document store, transactional data dictionary, SQL roles, default to UTF8MB4, common table experiences and window functions. Read article…

Infoworld Contributor Humberto Farias gives a great overview of all of the various database technologies available to an enterprise and what workloads they are best suited for. Read article…

Today’s cloud-based data analytics have the ability to do things in real time, databases can operate at the “speed of need,” and even small enterprises can bind data analytics processing with the latest “cool kids” technology such as machine learning and predictive algorithms. However, it turns out the path to cloud-based data analytics is a longer and harder road than many enterprises projected. Read article…

Josh Parenteau of Tableau suggested that IT should follow agile principles when deploying analytics throughout an organization. Read article…

Jesse Anderson of the Big Data Institute shares the difference between data engineers and data scientists and the role that each can play effectively in your organization. Read article…

Contributor Eric Matisoff asserts that data democratization will catapult companies to new heights of performance—if done right. Read article…

Jessica Davis gives us a look into how Southwest Airlines has invested in data analytics to drive business success. Read article…

Dr. Arnal Dayaratna asserts that the prioritization of accelerated time to insight in contemporary business intelligence platforms and the corresponding evacuation of statistical rigor have facilitated the proliferation of spurious correlative analytics that confuse the distinction between correlation and causation. Read article…

Infoworld Contributor and Tableau Staffer Andy Cotgreave asserts the importance of building a diverse data science team to achieve optimal results. Read article…

Contributor Yaron Haviv asserts that most modern businesses will survive only if they use data to acquire and retain customers, and if they use data to automate their supply chain or protect their valuable assets. Read article…

Pam Baker compares ten of the best data visualization tools available in 2018. Read article…

Jessica Davis suggested we have moved past the hype stage for big data but many organizations haven't moved past the challenges of implementation to get the most value out of their big data technologies. Read article…