Data Science & Technology Monthly: Feb 2016

In the last post, we talked about how the open sourcing of machine learning algorithms and hardware architecture gives rise to the latest phenomenon of "Data is king". As companies compete to get developers to use their libraries, we continue to see this ongoing arms race like trend in open sourcing. In addition, we are also seeing how complicated the big data landscape is becoming. This is the link to the most recent 2016 Big Data Landscape compiled by Matt Turck. There are several new entrants into niche areas in the landscape.