
Artha Solutions Announces Analytic Applications in the Cloud, Powered by TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS
TIBCO Software Inc today announced that TIBCO Jaspersoft®, the “Intelligence Inside” applications and business processes, and Artha Solutions, a leading provider of business, technology, strategy consulting and implementations, have launched joint analytic applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in investment management and retail industries can use

Fake Transactions Traced to Home Depot Breach Fall Heavy on Compromised Customers as Miscreants Drain Bank Accounts
Following the breach at Home Depot payment card systems brought to light earlier this month, there are reports of fraudulent transactions across various financial institutions, that are draining money from customer accounts. According to unidentified sources familiar with the situation, fraudulent transactions are surfacing across the U.S. as stolen card

Marketing Intelligence Startup Radius Picks Up $54.7M in a Bid to Change Conventional Marketing
It was announced earlier this week that Radius, a marketing intelligence platform, has secured $54.7 million in series C funding. The funding came from companies and individuals such as Founders Fund, Glynn Capital Management, John Mack formerly of Morgan Stanley, Charles Songhurst formerly of Microsoft, and actor and entrepreneur Jared

Western Europe Committed to Close Big Data Utilization Gap
The International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed in its 2014 Western Europe Enterprise Mobility Survey that Western Europe is relentlessly increasing its utilization of big data, despite the scarcity of an accomplished workforce and growing data security concerns. “Western European organisations are catching up rapidly with their north American peers in terms

Birst Analytics Now Available Out-of-the-Box for All NetSuite Customers
Birst, the global leader in Cloud BI, is officially announcing the availability of Birst Express for NetSuite, a free analytics module that NetSuite administrators can use to achieve greater operational efficiency across their organization. Birst Express for NetSuite is part of the Birst analytics family, which includes Birst Discovery and

Aylien’s New Google Chrome Add-on Makes Natural Language Processing Even More Convenient
Aylien is a natural-language processing startup that has rolled out its text and sentiment analysis add-on for Google Sheets, powered by the Aylien Text Analysis API. The company allows users to analyze their text from spreadsheets in Google Drive. “I tested out the add-on, and it’s both easy and useful,”

Under New Chief’s Reign, NICE Systems Aim to Reverse Recent Stock Market Rout and Capitalise on Growing Demand for Data Analytics
NICE Systems, the telephone voice recording, data security, and surveillance firm, has had a turbulent run at the Stock Market. The 21 percent rally, followed by the 17 percent dive since mid-April, after Barak Eilam took the helm as the chief executive officer in February had been proof enough of

Gartner Study Shows that Global Investment in Big Data Is Set to Increase Again
The investment in Big Data technologies is set to continue according to a recent survey by Gartner. The key findings of the survey point out that 73 percent of respondents have either already invested or plan to invest in big data within the next 24 months, compared to last year’s 64

Data Enrichment Startup CrowdFlower Secures $12.5m in Series C Funding
Crowdfunded data enrichment platform CrowdFlower, scooped up $12.5 million in Series C financing earlier this week. The round was led by Canvas Venture Fund and saw participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $28 million. Rebecca Lynn, the

IBM’s Watson Analytics in a Freemium Model, Fine Tuned to Make Cognitive Computing Accessible to the Masses
In a major announcement this week, IBM has released Watson Analytics, a service that will give businesses — both large and small — access to natural language tools and predictive algorithms on a freemium pricing model. It will be a cloud-based service designed to run on desktop and mobile devices. Calling it