In this continuing regular feature, we give all our valued readers a monthly heads-up for the top 10 most viewed articles appearing on insideAI News. Over the past several months, we’ve heard from many of our followers that this feature will enable them to catch up with important news and features flowing across our many channels.
insideAI News Latest News – 6/1/2021
In this regular column, we’ll bring you all the latest industry news centered around our main topics of focus: big data, data science, machine learning, AI, and deep learning. Our industry is constantly accelerating with new products and services being announced everyday. Fortunately, we’re in close touch with vendors from this vast ecosystem, so we’re in a unique position to inform you about all that’s new and exciting. Our massive industry database is growing all the time so stay tuned for the latest news items describing technology that may make you and your organization more competitive.
Non-negotiables for SaaS solutions
In this contributed article, Jon Siegler, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at LogicGate, discusses the future of the graph database, its impact on SaaS solutions, and his experience architecting products built on the flexible data model.
Despite Data’s Importance, More than a Third of Business Leaders Don’t Use It for Critical Decisions
Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a global leader in data integration and integrity, released the results of a survey1 that highlighted the challenges businesses face in becoming data-driven organizations and the solutions to these challenges. It’s clear that business leaders know how important data is — two-thirds report that they use data every day.
One Giant Leap Forward for Data Governance
In this contributed article, editorial consultant Jelani Harper discusses how the predominance of cloud computing, the advent of edge computing, the prevalence of the Internet of Things, and the pervasiveness of cognitive computing have had a profound impact on the data sphere—and on data governance.
The Future of Data Strategy In An Ultra-connected World
In this contributed article, Jieke Pan, CTO and VP Engineering at Mobiquity Europe, discusses how businesses need to rethink their data strategies exploring the value of the data being collected and how it is being collected to know their customers wants and needs. By implementing and optimizing the right technology, an insights-led data strategy will create targeted data collection methods and provision for the services more effectively.
Harness the Opportunities of Sharing Regulated Data
In this contributed article, Riddhiman Das, Co-founder and CEO of TripleBlind, discusses how insights-rich but regulated or sensitive data is sitting in private data stores unleveraged and unmonetized by enterprises. In 2018, Gartner reported that nearly 97 percent of data sits unused by organizations. The article presents a few scenarios in which effective data collaboration would be beneficial.
“Above the Trend Line” – Your Industry Rumor Central for 5/14/2021
Above the Trend Line: your industry rumor central is a recurring feature of insideAI News. In this column, we present a variety of short time-critical news items grouped by category such as M&A activity, people movements, funding news, financial results, industry alignments, customer wins, rumors and general scuttlebutt floating around the big data, data science and machine learning industries including behind-the-scenes anecdotes and curious buzz.
How Can Big Data and AI help to Tackle Fake News and Mis(Dis)information
In this contributed article, Dr. Anil Bandhakavi, Head of Data Science for Logically, discusses how humans and AI are both equally responsible for the problem of misinformation. To solve it, we need to change human behavior to suit our new roles as big-information consumers. We need to realize the importance of information authenticity along with our information needs. This is a gradual process but until then, AI can lessen the risks and act as a catalyst for change.
VAST Data: $83M in Series D Funding
New York – VAST Data, the storage software company, today announced $83 million in Series D funding, led by Tiger Global Management, at a post-money valuation of $3.7 billion – a tripling of the company’s valuation since April 2020. The round features strong participation from NVIDIA and several other existing investors, and is driven by […]












