General Motors has built a predictive analytics platform that generates insights into several core business strategies, including anticipating market demand for autonomous vehicles. Maxis — shorthand for maximizing insights — represents a multi-million-dollar investment in data-crunching technologies that coincides with the company's IT strategy overhaul. Read article…

Get an overview of Lindy Ryan's new book Visual Data Storytelling with Tableau. Read article…

David Linthicum from Deloitte Consulting shares four principles to use in developing a viable plan for leveraging big data in the cloud. Read article…

Contributor Ken Tacelli shares his insights into ensuring your analytics initiatives drive improved business performance and growth. Read article…

Gaurav Dhillon identifies three reasons companies struggle to leverage the value hidden in their data and offers three solutions. Read article…

Guy Harrison gives in depth coverage of MongoDB 4.0's signature feature—multi-document ACID transactions. Read article…

Martin Heller gives an overview of 10 of the most popular data visualization tools. Read article…