How Big Data is Transforming The Landscape of The Financial Industry
The days of the picturesque accountant hovering over an adding machine are long gone. And, by the looks of it, the duties of the modern day accountant may soon be taken over as well. With advanced technology comes more conventional ...
How Blackjack Helped Jeff Ma Understand Big Data
Jeff Ma was the inspiration behind the movie, 21. The MIT graduate won millions of dollars as part of a gambling team with immense maths skills, which gave them an edge over the house. Before 21, the story was chronicled ...
What You Need to Know When It Comes to Cryptocurrencies and Cybersecurity
The main allure of bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies is a decentralized system, where no single entity or party has control over the currency and related interactions. This means that unlike fiat currencies, when you have cryptocurrencies stored away in what’s ...
Big Data Crime Stoppers: Catching Credit Card Fraud Before It Happens
Millions of people enjoy the convenience of having a credit card. But with a credit card comes a massive trail of data, and obtaining this data to use for their gain has become a way for fraudsters to turn your ...
How Fintech is Changing the Way We Do Things?
What is it about Fintech that has 84% of insurers looking to partner with Fintech companies in the next three to five years? Or that has 91.3% already collaborating with Fintechs?
Put quite simply, Fintech has completely changed the game for ...
The Significance of Blockchain in Big Data
The World Economic Forum (WEF) defines blockchain as a technology that allows people to transfer assets to one another in a secure way without any intermediaries. It enables transparency, immutability, and autonomous execution of business rules. What this essentially means ...
Will Cryptocurrency Transform Your Future?
There is no doubt that cryptocurrencies are here to stay. It doesn’t matter what anyone tries to do to stop them they will at some point in time have a much more significant role to play than merely being an ...
3 Real Time Big Data Applications
Big Data has taken the technology world by storm! In Layman’s terms, big data can be defined as any set of structured or unstructured data that is too big for regular database tools to handle and process. With huge chunks ...
5 Ways to Protect Your Business from Being Hacked
The past couple of months have been a huge wake-up call for businesses in terms of their cyber security. With large enterprises such as Equifax being successfully attacked, costing the company billions, as well as their reputation as a reliable ...
Good Data is the Foundation for AI Innovation
AI and Machine Learning were two of 2017's hottest technological buzzwords. It's not difficult to understand why: the potential benefits of these technologies are exciting and profound. But artificial intelligence and machine learning both rely on other foundational technologies in ...