Big Data Insights January 14, 2019

Why data scientist is the most promising job of 2019 Data scientists saw a 56% increase in job openings in the US over the past year, according to LinkedIn. Resource of the day Low Power Wide Area Networks: Making IoT Connectivity Ubiquitous and Affordable - Indu stry Brief New LPWA connectivity strategies will afford a diverse range of business sectors to seek out operational efficiencies and competitive advantages through collecting, storing, and analysing business-critical data at levels of granularity previously unseen. Expanding coverage globally, while keeping costs down, is a primary function of these competing technologies. Read about these new technologies, their benefits and drawbacks, to see if LPWA can be a competitive differentiator for your business. Additional TechRepublic resources CES 2019: How IBM Watson uses AI to uncover hidden bias CES 2019: How business professionals can benefit from AI in the enterprise CES 2019: How broad AI and quantum computing will bring more value to business 40% of companies are adding jobs after deploying AI, not killing them Redis and Intel partner for Optane in-memory database solutions to increase performance Baidu's open-source edge computing platform will add more AI capabilities to self-driving cars ​How natural language generation unlocks meaning behind dashboards Featured Webcast Live Webcast - Migrating Your Database Platform: Common Challenges According to Gartner, by the end of 2018, over 70% of new, in-house applications will be developed on open-source databases, and 50% of existing commercial database instances will have been converted or in the process of converting. Open-source... Featured multimedia 13 things that can screw up your database design (free PDF) Design flaws can derail your database applications, driving away users and clients. Fortunately, many mistakes are easy to avoid. This ebook covers common design pitfalls and explains the best practices that can prevent them. Today's recommended downloads Special report: Tech budgets 2019: A CXO's guide (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Google Cloud Platform: An insider’s guide (free PDF) (TechRepublic) How to manage job stress: An IT leader's guide (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Special report: How to implement AI and machine learning (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Special report: Sensor'd enterprise: IoT, ML, and big data (free PDF) (TechRepublic)

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CES 2019: The big trends for business

It's no wonder that IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is the opening keynote for CES 2019--the conference is about business as much as consumer electronics--as IoT, smart IT, AI and 5G take center stage as the bridge to everything connected.