Tableau is looking to expand its reach into enterprises by automating more of data preparation and launching new flavors of the analytics software designed for various business roles.
Splunk and Ford collaborated on a project that melds big data and vehicle information. Expect enterprise applications to follow.
Data architects and marketers will take psychology patterns and unleash the algorithms to create influence engineering, a new sales generating discipline.
Twilio sees itself as a communications platform and is backing up its ambitions by collaborating with third parties including IBM's Watson unit.
Fitbit's grand plan to pivot to software, data and services in the healthcare industry makes total sense. The big question is whether it'll have the time to pull it off use its device business to fund a business model pivot.
The algorithm aims to hone in on a target answer by estimating values of each unknown parameter in a problem.
Steve Mills, IBM's senior vice president in charge of software and systems, said most companies are thinking vertical applications with their big data pilots.
Qlik said going private will give the company more flexibility to carry out its strategic plans.
Facebook is making the Like button more granular via a feature called Reactions. Perhaps the real win here is better targeting for the social networking giant.
Better ad measurement and heavy investment in video is what marketers can expect from Facebook. Ad loads on Instagram will increase over time.