Like the feds, state and local agencies have improved how they share and use big data, but a new report shows areas that still need improvement. Like their federal counterparts, state and local agencies have made great strides in acquiring and using big data – but they still have a long way to go, according to a […]

The business software maker is placing bets on machine learning and exploring emerging technologies such as blockchain, Chief Executive Bill McDermott said in a wide-ranging interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt. Source: SAP Plunging Into Machine Learning: CEO Bill McDermott Emerging technologies such as machine learning and cognitive capabilities in the enterprise have the potential to […]

SAP has acquired a mobile business data visualization provider, added Apache Spark support to its SAP Predictive Analytics 2.5 software, and enhanced its SAP HANA Cloud predictive services. Here are the details. Source: SAP Integrates Apache Spark, Buys Into Mobile Analytics…