“A picture is worth a thousand words”. This is as true for data as it is for art. With the advent of big data, there is a tremendous need to manage, interpret and communicate it effectively – because ...

Discover what transaction costs are, their impact on investments, and learn strategies to minimize them. Explore definitions, ...

Building a distributed database is complicated and needs to consider many factors. Previously, I discussed two important techniques, sharding and partitioning, for gaining greater throughput and ...

Oracle Autonomous Database has been available since last March, letting early adopters get their hands on it. At a time when data is increasingly seen as a company’s most important asset, the ...

This article was originally published by International Business Times. Big data is big business. Take, for example, the type of data that credit card companies have at their disposal. Access to Visa's ...

The key challenge in credit card fraud detection lies in the imbalance between legitimate and fraudulent transactions. Fraud ...

Blockchain is revolutionary but extremely complex. We break down the tech, ecosystem, and lore around this innovative distributed data structure—from cryptocurrency and smart contracts to Satoshi ...