
22-24 January, 2015- IEEE/IEEMA Intelect, Mumbai
The beginning of interconnected co-creation. End of Silos. Breaking away from the silos of intelligent technologies and evolving a connected intelligence ecosystem Bringing together a $10B business opportunity across industry verticals: Home & Building Automation Security & Surveillance, Lighting and HVAC E Mobility, People Movers & Energy Storage Solution Renewable,

27 January, 2015- Big Data Everywhere, Atlanta
Big Data: It’s Everywhere. And So Are We. Big Data Everywhere is an all-day Hadoop event aimed at helping organizations understand the technical, business and practical aspects of Hadoop and related technologies. After extremely successful events in Israel and Chicago, we’re proud to announce our next event in Atlanta. View

Creating a Transparent Payment Marketplace with Big Data
Stevan is the Co-Founder and CTO of CurrencyTransfer.com – an international payments marketplace. Although many banks and currency brokers proudly boast “Zero fees!” on their advertising materials, hidden costs still proliferate. CurrencyTransfer.com have developed a marketplace, updated in real time, where you can compare fees and rates from a range of

Meet PEY- The 3D-Printed Bitcoin Payment Terminal
A Hanover-based tech startup has come up with a novel working bitcoin point-of-sale (POS) device dubbed PEY. The invention is made out of a 3D-printed casing,and is currently being offered free to local businesses to stimulate adoption of Bitcoin as a means of payment. The PEY team have also devloped a

Neo Technology Proves Demand and Mainstream Adoption of Neo4j with Latest $20M Funding
Graph database innovator Neo Technology has raised $20 million in Series C funding, it announced yesterday. The fresh funding will help the outfit to work on the further development of their graph database Neo4j, as well as fuel growth in the open source community all the while expand outreach globally

The Past, Present & Future of Advanced Analytics
Martin Hack co-founded Skytree in 2010 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2014 when he took on his current role as Chief Product Officer. He is responsible for all aspects of Skytree’s technology, product strategy and direct engagement with customers. Martin has 20+ years of experience creating game

IBM Puts Forth the Most Sophisticated Computer Systems Ever Built – Meet the z13 Mainframe
Tuesday saw the release of IBM’s latest mainframe offering – the z13 Mainframe – touted by the giant as the most powerful and secure system ever built. The system has the capacity to deliver scale and economics together with real-time encryption and analytics catering to the need for speed and

Kreditech Acquires Polish Financial Data Analytics Firm to Boost Revenue & Enhance Services
Kreditech, the consumer finance technology group, announced yesterday the 100% acquisition of Polish financial tech outfit Kontomierz for a seven digit amount and Kreditech shares. Founded in 2009, Kontomierz has net revenues of €1 million at positive EBIT, and three-digit annual growth. This is especially impressive considering Kontomierz’s staff is only 16-strong;

Fresh Round of $80m Funding Takes MongoDB’s Valuation to 1.6 Billion
Next-gen database innovator MongoDB revealed earlier this week that it had secured $80 million in fresh Series G funding. The round was led by an undisclosed sovereign wealth fund, with participation from Goldman Sachs and existing investors Altimeter Capital, NEA, Sequoia and funds managed by T. Rowe Price Associates. The round

WibiData Rolls Out Machine Learning-Based Experiment Framework for Personalization Models
WibiData, the Big Data outfit that uses Machine Learning to personalize customer experience for the enterprise, has announced its latest offering. “Experiments by Wibi” is the first commercial experiment framework to capitalize on the processing power enabled by machine learning in Hadoop. Experiments by Wibi offers retailers a fast way to test and