The Internet of Things (IoT) has moved rapidly from intriguing concept to key strategy objective that companies know they must pursue to transform their business and customer experience. In fact, a Forrester survey commissioned by Arm earlier this year found more than 60 percent of respondents believe their IoT investments have or will fundamentally change […]
Archives for December 2018
Parallels: Cross Industry Context for the Blockchain Industry
Parallels to the Blockchain Industry While none of these industries are directly comparable, if the development of these industries serves as any indication of the way in which the blockchain industry will develop, the industry will fragment into use case specific blockchains. As explained in greater detail below, meaningful value will accrue to the companies […]
Facebook Begins Hiring For Blockchain Positions, Continues Its Secret Date With Cryptocurrencies
Facebook has had a very interesting relationship with blockchain and cryptocurrencies. While the social media tech giant has been stringent with its advertising policies against cryptocurrencies and ICO’s, it seems to have been slowly building its blockchain and cryptocurrency war chest. According to the recent job openings put up on Facebook Careers website, the tech […]
Introduction to Principal Component Analysis: Dimensionality Reduction Made Easy
BigML’s upcoming release on Thursday, December 20, 2018, will be presenting our latest resource to the platform: Principal Component Analysis (PCA). In this post, we’ll do a quick introduction to PCA before we move on to the remainder of our series of 6 blog posts (including this one) to give you a detailed perspective of what’s behind the new capabilities. Today’s […]
Zhang Shoucheng, Founder of Blockchain VC Firm Danhua Capital Died at 55
Reports reveal that in fight of depression, professor Zhang Shoucheng who was the founder of blockchain VC firm Danhua Capital died at 55. Besides, an award-winning professor of physics at Standford University, Zhang was also a founding chairman of Danhua Capital. <![CDATA[ ]]> As per the Chinese report, Zhang had attended the meeting a day […]
Saudi Arabia’s ICD Bank Announces Blockchain Powered Islamic Banking Solutions
The Saudi media reported that the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) is planning to develop sharia-compliant blockchain product. ICD’s plan of rolling financial products powered by blockchain is to enable Islamic banks to manage their liquidity needs. <![CDATA[ ]]> With the proposed plan for developing blockchain solutions for an Islamic […]
Stablecoins The Way Ahead on “Blockchain Island” says Malta’s Prime Minister
Malta has come up as a new crypto hub by providing much-required banking support to cryptocurrency businesses. As bringing changes to the banking regulations were not possible due to the risk associated with cryptocurrencies, the Maltese Prime Minister mentioned stable coins as a way for crypto businesses on the island to move ahead. <![CDATA[ ]]> […]
Top 5 Challenges of Monitoring Multi-cloud Environments
Today’s enterprises use many different clouds, which makes monitoring and management more difficult than ever. For most enterprises, multi-cloud has become the new normal. RightScale’s 2018 State of the Cloud Report found that 81 percent of enterprises are using multiple public or private clouds. In fact, on average, they are using 4.8 different clouds. In […]