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What makes a computer “super”?
When one talks about immense computing powers, the question ‘what is a supercomputer’ pops up in some people’s heads. So let’s explain: A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance compared to a general-purpose computer. Floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) are used to measure the performance of

Your choice of XaaS provider can make or break your business
Anything as a Service (XaaS) is a term that refers to a broad category of cloud computing and remote access services. Anything as a service is an all-encompassing phrase that refers to providing anything as a service. Businesses can pay a monthly subscription to a managed service provider to ensure

Three Trends in Data Science Jobs You Should Know
If you are a Data Scientist wondering what companies could have the most career opportunities or an employer looking to hire the best data science talent but aren’t sure what titles to use in your job listings — a recent report using Diffbot’s Knowledge Graph could hold some answers for

First Speakers Announced for Data Natives 2018, The Tech Conference of the Future
Preparations are well underway for the 2018 edition of Data Natives– the data driven conference of the future, hosted in Dataconomy’s hometown of Berlin. Data Natives brings together a global community of data-driven pioneers to explore the technologies that are shaping our world- from big data to blockchain, from AI

Becoming Highly Hirable in the IoT
Introduction It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of a network-connected device that fit in your pocket was novel and futuristic. Things change quickly, however, and today’s IT professional not only has to assume that every user is connected in real-time, but be prepared for every electronic device to

Meet Azure DocumentDB- Microsoft’s NoSQL Document Database Service
Azure DocumentDB, Microsoft’s fully managed NoSQL document database service that was first previewed mid last year, is now generally available, the software giant revealed Wednesday. The latest offering addresses the growing demands for mobile first, cloud first application development, wrote the Director of Program Management, DocumentDB, John Macintyre, in a

Don’t Believe the Anti-Hype- Big Data is Still on the Rise
Research and Markets recently published their report on the Global HDaaS (Hadoop-as-a-Service) Market 2015-2019. They market, they believe will continue to grow at a CAGR of 84.81 percent over the period 2015-2019. Although many have been quick to claim the death of “big data” and the demise of Hadoop, adoption continues to

Microsoft Readies for Internet of Things Initiatives with Azure IoT Suite
Microsoft has revealed the next step in its foray into the Internet of Things. The Microsoft Convergence 2015 in Atlanta was witness to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveil the Azure IoT Suite and an IoT integrated Windows 10 operating system. Azure is Microsoft’s open, enterprise-grade cloud computing platform.providing both IaaS

Microsoft Add Even More Features to Azure to Bring Big Data to the Mainstream
Microsoft is rolling out new Azure services as a part of the larger strategy to “help more people realize the possibilities of big data.” Last week, at the Strata + Hadoop World conference in San Jose, the tech giant claimed to make “big data simpler and more accessible” to the

Microsoft Researchers’ Latest Computer Vision Algorithm Can Outperform Humans
Researchers at Microsoft in Beijing may have developed the first computer vision system that has surpassed human capabilities in classifying objects defined in the ImageNet 2012 classification dataset, according to recently-published paper. “To our knowledge, our result is the first to surpass human-level performance…on this visual recognition challenge,” the paper says.