All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number w...Jun. 25, 2017 01:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,450Cloud Expo Silicon Valley Tracks AnnouncedBy Liz McMillanWith major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend 21st Cloud Expo October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, and June 12-14, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation.Jun. 25, 2017 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,409Cloud Expo Sponsorship Opportunities AnnouncedBy Elizabeth White21st International Cloud Expo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy. Meanwhile, 94% of enterprises are using some form of XaaS – software, platform, and infrastructure as ...Jun. 25, 2017 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 841Analytic Profiles: Key to Data MonetizationBy William SchmarzoMany organizations are associating data monetization with selling their data. But selling data is not a trivial task, especially for organizations whose primary business relies on its data. Organizations new to selling data need to be concerned with privacy and Personally Identifiable Information (PII), data quality and accuracy, data transmission reliability, pricing, packaging, marketing, sales, support, etc. Companies such as Nielsen, Experian and Acxiom are experts at selling data because that’s their business; they have built a business around gathering, aggregating, cleansing, aligning, ...Jun. 25, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 851AI Is About Machine ReasoningBy Rene BuestMachine Learning needs tons of data. But what are you going to do when the data only exist in the heads of your employees?