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AFRAID OF A.I. TAKING YOUR JOB? YEP, YOU LIKELY ARE

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Despite the promise that robots and artificial intelligence could help many people do their jobs better, most simply aren't buying it. And a lot of people are still afraid that emerging technology will steal their jobs. Only 4% of 2,000 people surveyed said they thought emerging technologies would make their jobs easier, while 48% of those familiar with the idea of disruptive technologies fear it will cause layoffs in their industry and more than 38% said it might cost them their jobs personally. Computers powered by artificial intelligence are smart enough to threaten a range of jobs, whether computers developing treatment plans for cancer patients or Amazon.com opening a grocery store without checkout lines. That impact is already being felt. The World Economic Forum expects automation, including AI, to result in the loss of at least 5 million jobs globally by 2020. Who's the most anxious about being replaced by a robot or another smart system? Those working in pub
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A Simple Explanation Of The Internet Of Things

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The “Internet of things” (IoT) is becoming an increasingly growing topic of conversation both in the workplace and outside of it. It’s a concept that not only has the potential to impact how we live but also how we work. But what exactly is the “Internet of things” and what impact is it going to have on you, if any? There are a lot of complexities around the “Internet of things” but I want to stick to the basics. Lots of technical and policy-related conversations are being had but many people are still just trying to grasp the foundation of what the heck these conversations are about.
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Row Store Vs Column Store

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A column-oriented DBMS (or columnar database) is a database management system (DBMS) that stores data tables as columns rather than as rows. Both columnar and row databases use traditional database languages like SQL to load data and perform queries. Both row and columnar databases can become the backbone in a system to serve data for common ETL and data visualization tools. However, by storing data in columns rather than rows, the database can more precisely access the data it needs to answer a query rather than scanning and discarding unwanted data in rows. Query performance is often increased as a result, particularly in very large data sets.
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SAP Cloud for Analytics

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SAP SE   today unveils the SAP Cloud for Analytics solution, a planned software as a service (SaaS) offering that aims to bring all analytics capabilities into one solution for an unparalleled user experience (UX). Built natively on SAP HANA Cloud Platform, this high-performing, real-time solution plans to be embedded with existing SAP solutions and intends to connect to cloud and on-premise data to deliver planning, predictive and business intelligence (BI) capabilities in one analytics experience. The intent is for organizations to use this one solution to enable their employees to track performance, analyze trends, predict and collaborate to make informed decisions and improve business outcomes.
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SAP Lumira

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Last year SAP enhanced their tool called Visual Intelligence at and made it much more user friendly. In general, the graphs became more advanced, while the self-service data visualization development effort was simplified. They also renamed the tool Lumira. This blog is about a brief introduction to SAP Lumira. SAP Lumira is a self-service data visualisation tool, enables business users to access, transform, and visualize data of any size in a repeatable and self-service manner. The tool emphasizes a simple user-friendly interface and creates very captivating visualizations which allow users to swiftly analyse data without the need for scripting.
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SAP HANA - Detailed customer figures

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Enterprise software giant SAP released a new-and-improved version of its 4.5-year old database, HANA. SAP has bet the entire company's future on this product. It's SAP's attempt to clobber its arch enemy, Oracle (who pretty much owns the database market, even for SAP customers).
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Apple laid off dozens of employees working on its self-driving car

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Apple has laid off dozens of employees working on its self-driving car efforts, Daisuke Wakabayashi and Brian Chen report for The New York Times. The company is apparently rethinking the strategy of its  so-called Project Titan  car initiative, with employees being told the layoff was part of a "reboot," according to the Times' sources.
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