What exactly is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence is really starting to shape the world as we know it. The field of AI includes everything that has anything to do with the “intelligence” of a machine; and more specifically, that machine’s ability to imitate a human’s thought process and reasoning abilities. While artificial intelligence develops programs…

Security is an essential part of Hadoop infrastructure in any organization. Let’s look at some of the key or need-to-have components in ensuring that infrastructure is secured from external compromises. The key aspects of security are authentication, authorization and encryption. We will look at ways to implement all three in the content of Hadoop clusters…

Move to the Cloud - Benefits Of Cloud Computing NOTE: This is a guest post by Danish Wadhwa Cloud Computing has changed the way we use software – whether for personal or business use. The process of downloading, installing, configuring and maintaining different types of software, is eliminated with a move to the Cloud, saving…

During the summer of 2016, we had a high school student intern with us. He knew some Java from the Computer Science AP course but was very interested in using machine learning  to predict health outcomes. We were skeptical at first - the prospect of teaching a teenager (even a very smart one) the fundamentals…

The topic of data science has been on the rise within the tech industry. Often, we see techies conversing and sharing articles about data science on social media and we hear professionals discussing it as part of their business plan. By now, most of us are aware that it exists and have an inkling about…