Big data analytics

18 June, 2018

The arrival of 5G — do you have a fast data strategy?

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5G isn’t just an incremental increase in speed and bandwidth, it’s the new face of the network and a key driver of the digital revolution. Until now, the technology was regarded as a buzzword, or something “just around the corner.” But with a number of public demonstrations, including at the recent 2018 Olympics, by industry leaders including Vodafone, Intel, Huawei, Verizon, and more, it’s safe to say that we have reached the era of 5G.

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14 June, 2018

Artificial intelligence-based platform’s enhancements connect front-end experiences to back-end operations

Genpact, a global professional services firm focused on delivering digital transformation, announced new customer experience enhancements to Genpact Cora, its modular, artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform that helps enterprises accelerate digital transformation at scale. (more…)

12 June, 2018

Operators can avoid repeating past mistakes to participate in an open IoT ecosystem

The history of the telecoms industry is littered with failed attempts to own new market opportunities. However, in the Internet of Things (IoT) operators can be enablers of an open ecosystem that extends beyond the provision of connectivity and receive fair recompense for doing so, Alon Segal, the chief technology officer of Telit, tells George Malim

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11 June, 2018

Is the end of Hadoop near?

A significant stock price correction took place in April for two of the three major Hadoop distributions (Cloudera and Hortonworks – the third one, MapR, not being a publicly traded company). (more…)

06 June, 2018

Syncsort joins Microsoft’s one commercial partner program to help companies move data to the cloud

Syncsort, the global provider in Big Iron to Big Data software, announced it has been named to Microsoft’s One Commercial Partner program to support customers’ Microsoft Azure Cloud initiatives. (more…)

05 June, 2018

SoftBank uses Ribbon Protect platform for business-critical network visibility and monitoring

Ribbon Communications Inc., a global provider of secure and intelligent cloud communications, announced that SoftBank, one of Japan’s largest tier one carriers, has selected the recently launched Ribbon Protect platform for its advanced ability to provide real-time communications network traffic monitoring and analytics. (more…)

30 May, 2018

Make sense of your marketing signals with artificial intelligence

It doesn’t feel like too long since IT and telecoms were very separate entities, writes Carl-Erik Kjaersgaard, the chief executive and co-founder of artificial intelligence and media analytics company, Blackwood Seven.

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22 May, 2018

Why mobile network operator CFOs are rethinking their business models to cash in on public cloud – Part 2

Future revenue opportunities seem very bright indeed for Internet of Things but to enable the business model and ensure workable profit margins, MNOs will need to look carefully at how they can save costs, writes Carsten Brinkschulte, the chief executive of Core Network Dynamics, in the second instalment of a two part article.

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22 May, 2018

Talend opens nomination period for Data Masters Awards

Talend, a global provider  in cloud and big data integration solutions, officially opened the submission period for its fourth annual Data Masters Awards. This program celebrates companies using Talend solutions in innovative, forward-thinking ways to put more data to work and enable more informed and impactful business decisions. (more…)

21 May, 2018

How can the telecoms industry successfully adopt digital twins?

In space exploration, NASA needed a way to monitor and control each of its spacecraft, space stations and satellites that were sent from Earth, writes Ganesan Arulanandham, a consulting partner at Wipro.

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