Editor Christina Cardoza reports that IBM’s data science and machine learning platform is now generally available. IBM Cloud Private for Data is an integrated data science, data engineering and app building platform. Read article…

Writer Jessica Davis shares insights from some of the key Hadoop vendors that are now focusing on machine learning and advanced analytics. Read article…

Contributor Michael Hiskey shares his insights into the importance of data democracy in an organization and making sure the information is presented in a usable manner to maximum results. Read article…

Contributor George Corugedo shares his insights into the importance of having a complete view of the customer and the challenges in achieving this. Read article…

Senior Writer Sarah White reviews the role of a data scientist in an organization. Read article…

In a sponsored post, Tableau Project Manager Josh Parenteau explains that rather than allowing analytics to be a siloed project that future success is dependent on a data-driven culture for decision making. Read article…

Matt Kapko reviews six free business intelligence tools to get you started in finding insights in your corporate data. Read article…

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire DataScience.com, whose platform centralizes data science tools, projects and infrastructure in a fully-governed workspace. Read article…

Contributor Bobby Beckmann shares some pitfalls to avoid in order to maximize success with an Enterprise Data Warehouse project. Read article…

John Edwards asserts that predictive analytics can help your organization forecast future outcomes based on historical data and analytics techniques such as machine learning. Read article…

David Linthicum from Deloitte Consulting reviews three strategies for dealing with bad data when migrating to the cloud. Read article…

Contributor Doug Bordonaro discusses some of the pitfalls and promises of applying AI to Big Data. Read article…

Contributor Matt Asay asserts that the corporate database has been the last holdout of migration to the cloud. Cloud-native databases can outperform their legacy brethren in global scale and performance. Ryanair's experience is shared. Read article…

As demand for AI exceeds supply, Carnegie Mellon creates a new AI specialty as part of their Computer Science undergraduate program. Reid Simmons, the new AI program director, explained that the degree will focus "on how complex inputs — such as vision, language and huge databases — are used to make decisions or enhance human capabilities." Read article…

Mary Branscombe asserts that well-managed analytics initiatives can reap organizational gold if implemented correctly. However, she warns of 12 common mistakes that can derail these initiatives. Read article…

IDG Contributor Isaac Scolick shares his insights from a recent O'Reilly AI Conference where more enterprises are going to be able take advantage of deep learning because of AI-enabled solutions coming from providers. Read article…

Contributors Vivan Zhang and Chris Neimeth share how AI is opening up new data roles in organizations to take advantage of the value that can be gained by applying AI to exist data practices. Read article…

Matt Kapko reviews 7 powerful and free data analytics tools to aid in discovering insights in your data. Read article…

Jessica Davis gives an overview of Charles Schwab's experience with Tableau's new data prep tools and the potential this has for other organizations. Read article…

Ben Lorica asserts that privacy-preserving analytics is not only possible, but with GDPR about to come online, it will become necessary to incorporate privacy in your data products. Read article…

Michael Biltz, Managing Director, Accenture Technology Vision, explains that being able to trust an autonomous system goes beyond ensuring that data is accurate; it also calls for understanding the origins of that data. Read article…