Google's Machine Learning Buy, Alteryx Updates: Big Data Roundup - InformationWeek

Google acquires another machine learning startup, predictive analytics and wearables are driving the continued adoption of electronic health records (EHR), Millennials are believers in the value of data-driven projects, Alteryx has released a new set of capabilities for its analytics platform, and H2O.ai has released an updated API for Apache Spark. The self-service data analytics company has added a new set of enhancements to the Alteryx Analytics platform. Among them is the ability to create models that progress from descriptive to predictive to prescriptive analytics. Alteryx said that this lets users evaluate possible alternatives and predict outcomes through simulation analysis. Other new capabilities include predictive modeling support for users working inside Teradata data warehouses with in-database analytics.