IDG (International Data Group) predicts the use of unstructured Big Data will steadily grow at a rate of 62 percent annually. They also predict by the year 2022, 93 percent of all data being processed will be unstructured. The issue of processing unstructured Big Data is currently one of the most challenging problems facing Data Scientists, and Spare5 has met the problem head on it with their Intelligent Crowdsourcing solution.

At Twitter Inc., Hugo Larochelle's job is to develop an understanding of how users of the social network are connected to each other and what interests them in order to categorize and promote content that includes tweets, images and videos. To help accomplish that, he and his fellow data analysts use an emerging technology: deep learning tools.

 Data preparation software vendor Trifacta has launched its first formal channel partner program and is setting goals to double the number of reseller, consulting and technology partners it works with in the next year.

 Trifacta, founded in 2012, is also looking to grow the percentage of its sales in which the partner makes the sale and supports the product to more than 50 percent.

New research from International Data Corp. (IDC) forecasts global revenues in the Big Data and business analytics market to grow from $122 billion in 2015 to $187 billion by 2019, a greater than fifty percent increase over the five-year forecast period.

The Global Business Analytics market is accounted for $42.55 billion in 2014 and is poised to reach $70.11 billion by 2022 growing at a CAGR of 6.44% during the forecast period 2014 to 2022. The factors that are influencing the market growth include rise in demand for the analytics by the organizations due to the growing big data trend, quickly changing business environment and customer choices.

When people think of leaders in business intelligence, the National Football League probably isn’t the first to come to mind. After all, the league just hired its first chief information officer three years ago, and it’s more well-known for bone-crunching hits than for information technology.

Toyota Financial Services' Collection Treatment Optimization (CTO) program helps its collections agents optimize which borrowers to call to help reduce delinquencies and keep customers in their vehicles.

In a bid for the hearts and minds of businesses in regulated industries, Teradata Corp. is introducing a packaged compliance solution that combs through digital communications to detect evidence of regulatory violations.