How big data is revolutionizing corporate training by @jenmcknzie via Big Data Made Simple

The days of basing huge business decisions on the “gut feeling” of the CEO are quickly disappearing. Instead, many businesses are turning to big data to help them make better decisions.

I like this and think it's a well thought out article. I think big data is going to revolutionise a lot of areas not just corporate training.

Database skills fetching top pay, study says by David Weldon via @infomgmt

Professionals with the right skillsets are earning the highest pay premiums according to new research from Foote Associates.

Worth reading this so you know the kinds of skills to develop going forward.

SLIDESHOW: 7 ways AI and machine learning will remake finance by Thomas Zipperle via @infomgmt

Accounting will be one of the first areas to see the impact of these technologies on day-to-day activities—from automating payments to calculating risk and maintaining records.

I could definitely see 2,3 and 6 being implemented fairly easily and that it could give some major cost savings.

Facebook enlists AI, human experts in new push against terrorism by Jeremy Kahn via @infomgmt

The firm has hired more than 150 counterterrorism experts and is using artificial intelligence that can understand language and analyze images to try to keep terrorists off the site.

Sounds like a great thing to aim for - no idea how successful they will be to sort this out.

WEBINAR: Maximize Value of Your IoT Data - 29 June 2017

Overview

Title: Maximize Value of Your IoT Data

Date: Thursday, June 29, 2017

Time: 09:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Duration: 1 hour

Summary

Maximize Value of Your IoT Data

The digital universe is expanding. Not just the data collected, but also the devices that generate that data. It is estimated there will be over 20x connected devices per person on the planet by 2020, and anything from 50-200 billion IoT devices. That’s a lot of data being generated from IoT ecosystems. The challenge will be making all that data accessible and understandable to start extracting value from it all. In this Data Science Central webinar learn how you can discover more value in your IoT data.

Speaker: Adam Mayer, Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager -- Qlik 

Hosted by: Bill Vorhies, Editorial Director -- Data Science Central

Register here

Data Modelling and E-R Diagrams by Nagesh Kumar G via @DataScienceCtrl

We can subdivide the process of designing a database into three separate phases: Data Analysis, System Design, and Technical Design.

I would also draw you attention to normalisation.

And slowly changing dimensions.

Why has Keras been so successful lately at Kaggle competitions? by François Chollet via @Quora

François Chollet, creator of Keras, answered the Quora question "Why has Keras been so successful lately at Kaggle competitions?" It's not the smartest people or the best ideas that win competitions, he says. It's just iteration. Lots and lots of iteration.

I found this interesting.  If you wish to join Kaggle please note there is an examination to gain access.