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How Data Visualization Drives Better Business Decisions and Outcomes
I’ve run software development teams (some with more than 1,000 members) over the past 25 years. The software development discipline has exploded in growth due to the need for technology support across all aspects of bu Read more…
Meet Datanami 2021 Person to Watch Mike Bostock
If you've ever wondered how best to present a particular piece of data using a visualization, then you've entered Mike Bostock's world. From the New York Times to his latest startup, Observable, Bostock has been pushing Read more…
Johns Hopkins Launches COVID-19 Mortality Calculator, Aims to Inform Vaccine Prioritization
The first COVID-19 vaccine doses are going out in the United States, predominantly to frontline healthcare workers. Unfortunately, the vaccines are currently extremely limited, meaning that state governments are having t Read more…
Observable Seeks Democratization of Data Visualization
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then how much is a rich, interactive data visualization worth? If you’re Observable, the San Francisco startup founded by the creator of D3.js and a VP of engineering at Google, then Read more…
COVID-19 Roundup: Dashboards, Therapeutics, Data Lakes & More
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, big data and AI have emerged as crucial tools for everything from diagnosis and epidemiology to therapeutic and vaccine development. Here, we collect the latest news in how big Read more…
News In Brief
AtScale Launches SML to Standardize Semantic Modeling and Foster Collaboration
AtScale, a leader in data analytics acceleration, has announced the open-source release of its Semantic Modeling Language (SML). This move aims to enhance semantic model portability and foster a vibrant community of mode Read more…
Grafana Labs Raises $270M, Boosting Valuation to Over $6B
Grafana Labs, one of the leading providers of open-source and enterprise software for monitoring, observability, and data visualization, has announced the successful completion of a primary and secondary transaction tota Read more…
Elastic Looks to Simplify Queries with New Piped Language
Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL), Elastic’s latest offering that introduces a piped query syntax and supports concurrent processing, is being touted by the company as a major leap forward in data querying technolog Read more…
IBM’s New Geospatial AI Model on Hugging Face Harnesses NASA Data for Climate Science
IBM recently announced its watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model for Earth observation is now available on Hugging Face, the popular open source machine learning platform and community. The HLS Geospatial Foundation Read more…
This Just In
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 26, 2024 — Datanami (soon to be BigDATAwire), the leading publication covering big data, analytics, and AI news, today announced the winners of its eighth annual Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards. Read more…
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Jan. 25, 2024 — GridGain, provider of the leading unified real-time data platform, has announced strong momentum across all areas of the business during 2023. Read more…
REDLANDS, Calif., Jan. 25, 2024 — This week marks the launch of Maps.com, a groundbreaking platform dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the world’s most beautiful and remarkable maps. Read more…
REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 22, 2023 — The United States Census Bureau recently released its annual update to its American Community Survey (ACS) data. Many federal agencies are required to use this ACS data, and many non-profits rely on it when applying for grants for their operations and decision-making. Read more…
REDLANDS, Calif., Nov. 9, 2023 — Organizations in national, state, and local governments; architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors; and more are implementing 3D workflows for everything from asset monitoring to risk analysis. Read more…