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How to do time series prediction using RNNs, TensorFlow and Cloud ML Engine
The Estimators API in tf.contrib.learn (See tutorial here) is a very convenient way to get started using TensorFlow. The really cool thing from my perspective about the Estimators API is that using it is a very easy way to create distributed TensorFlow models. Many of the TensorFlow samples that you

How-To: Migrate A Database from On-Premise to the Cloud
Migrating from an on-premise server to a cloud server will offer you a wide range of benefits. They range from a reduction to your involvement in database management to getting more advanced features from a third party whose main job is to offer the best database services. All in all,

Ensuring Data Security in a Cloud Based Knowledge Base
Cloud computing is quickly becoming popular and the number of cloud based applications is increasing with the passage of each day. One of these is the cloud based knowledge base. A knowledge base is a digital resource that contains data as well as the rules for sharing and updating information

3 Key Factors to Migrate Your Database to the Cloud
At a blistering pace and for a variety of reasons, companies are migrating their on-premise database infrastructures to cloud-based solutions—to save costs on hardware, tame the impact of disaster recovery or even to improve security. As the missing pieces of the Cloud continue to be identified and put into place,

A True Cloud Native – An Interview with Marc Jones of Softlayer
How did you end up working with Cloud technology, and what excites you about the future for it? I started my career in hosting technology back in the mid 90s, right when the first dot-com boom began. As hosting technology matured and naturally evolved into cloud, so did my career.

Client-Side Encryption: The Latest Trend in Cloud Storage
Once upon a time, the United States government was a strong advocate for phone encryption. They encouraged iPhone users, for example, to take advantage of the four-digit passcode option to keep their phones more secure. Apple’s recent iOS 8 Update even took encryption to the next level: all important data,

BI in the Cloud is Making it Rain, With Extra $65m for Birst
Cloud BI and Analytics outfit, Birst has announced garnering $65 million in a Series F funding round. The new capital will fuel further growth, international outreach, sales and marketing as well as development of product capabilities. This round, pointed out by the CEO to be the last before it goes

Reltio Grabs $10m to Fuel Data-Driven Decision Making
Provider of data-driven applications and modern data management solutions for the enterprise, Reltio, has secured $10 million in a Series A funding. The capital came from Crosslink Capital and .406 Ventures. The venture funding is intended to fuel product development, and overall expansion of sales and marketing initiatives. Reltio also

Google Now Offers a Dashboard to Show You the Status of Your Cloud Infrastructure
Google has launched a Status Dashboard for its very own Google Cloud Platform to assist users get more insight while managing disruptions and largely, the services on the platform. Available since last year, albeit in experimental mode, as Venturebeat points out, the tool is now in beta and integrates with

Mode Presents a Slicker Home for Your Collaborative Code in the Cloud
Mode, the startup that styles itself as the collaborative analytics platform for data analysts, has released updates that assist with data exploring and sharing while also providing the grounding for features that will be made available in the the future. Essentially, in order to streamline the workflow, it has been