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How GDPR is Affecting Marketing Data
It’s been one month since GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, a policy set in place to address the digital age’s ever increasing flow of personal data, went into effect for European industries. GDPR is meant to give consumers more control over their personal data usage by companies, and this shift

The Rise of 5G: A Culture Shift in Data Analytics
Over the last several years, the global database market has made significant strides toward leveraging real-time information. As telcos and other industries prepare for the transition to 5G, it’s apparent that real-time data analytics are key for organizations looking to capitalize on the promise of 5G. Although the current

Blockchain Alone Can’t Solve the Facebook Data Privacy Problem
Tech giants are in the dock, politicians are calling for Mark Zuckerberg’s head, and many Facebook users are so incensed about the misuse of their data that they’re thinking about deleting their accounts – perhaps, some time in the future, for at least a day or two. Meanwhile, blockchain is

How Big Data Can Transform B2B Sales and Marketing
Managing your relationships with customers, suppliers, and partners and constantly improving their experience is a proven way to build a sustainable and profitable business, and contrary to popular assumption, this doesn’t apply to B2C businesses only. With 89% of B2B research studies using the internet during the internet research process,

6 Ways Business Intelligence is Going to Change in 2017
Data-driven businesses are five times more likely to make faster decisions than their market peers, and twice as likely to land in the top quartile of financial performance within their industries. Business Intelligence, previously known as data mining combined with analytical processing and reporting, is changing how organizations move forward.

Women in Tech Speak Up at Data Natives Tel Aviv
Let’s face it: Women in tech are few and far between. According to a recent ‘Women in Tech’ report, women held 57% of all professional occupations in 2015, yet they held only 25% of all computing occupations. There are, however, those women in tech “unicorns” that magically appear every so

Better Allies than Enemies: Why Spark Won’t Kill Hadoop
Fans and supporters of Hadoop have no reason to fear; Hadoop isn’t going away anytime soon. There’s been a great deal of consternation about the future of Hadoop, most of it stemming from the growing popularity of Apache Spark. Some big data experts have even gone so far as to

Database Giants MarkLogic Secure $102M in Funding
San Carlos, Calif. – May 12, 2015 (12:01 am PT) – MarkLogic Corporation today announced it has closed a $102M round of funding to fuel growth to satisfy global market demand for the MarkLogic® Enterprise NoSQL database platform. The funds will be used to accelerate the company’s global market

Meet ‘The FinTech 50’ – Tink
What is Tink’s mission statement? Personal finance is generally something that people find boring, time consuming and stressful. We remove the hassle from managing your personal finances and makes it smart, fun and actionable to keep track of your money. We want to make it easier for people to spend

How Zalando Used Bayesian Statistics to Save Loads of Money
Everyone likes to save money–and when you’re running a huge business like Zalando, saving money by making your systems more efficient can mean saving millions of Euros. That’s why I’m excited to tell you that the Zalando Data Intelligence team recently found a way to save us piles of money.