by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Deals
Oncology Analytics uses an evidence-based, data-supported system in order to deliver treatment options that are specifically tailored to the patient. Optimal treatments such as these that are aimed at the patient’s specific genetic profile are the future of cancer...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Tools
If your company wants to dive into artificial intelligence (AI) but finds it difficult to attract capable machine learning (ML) engineers, then you may want to try out Google’s free Kubeflow Pipelines software that allows the development of machine learning models in...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Deals
Data mining specialist Palantir Technologies Inc. is looking forward to a 2020 IPO that could value the company in excess of $40 billion. The firm had already rounded up $2 billion in investments during its last funding round in 2015, valuing the company at $20...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Deals
Qualtrics, a US-based company that specializes in collecting and analyzing data for market research and customer loyalty, has been sold to software giant SAP for $8 billion. Qualtrics had been valued at around $4.5 billion and it was just about to go public. SAP CEO...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Deals
As worldwide smartphone sales start to plateau, tech giant Samsung is taking the plunge into artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G telephony. Samsung covets Zhilab’s strengths in network data analysis and it has acquired the Barcelona-based Zhilabs for an undisclosed...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | People
Bret Leece, formerly President of Dentsu Aegis and chief product officer at Initiative, has been appointed global chief data and innovation officer at Havas Group Media. More on Leece in this report from The Drum: The New York posting will see Leece tasked with...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | People
Sony Music Entertainment has tapped Sol Rashidi to be its new Executive Vice President and Chief Data Officer. Rashid was formerly a CDO for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. She has also previously worked at Ernst & Young LLP and IBM. Rashidi will report to Dennis...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | People
Maddie Armitage has been appointed as Chief Data Officer of Dentsu Aegis Network. She is to lead the firm’s data and analytics group which has been tasked with developing and improving products and services for clients. More information on Armitage can be found in...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Chief Data Officer, Issues & Insights
Senator Ron Wyden (D) of Oregon has filed a bill that specifies steep fines and even 20-year prison terms for company officers whose firms violate the privacy of American citizens. The bill is unlikely to make it out of the Senate. John Brodkin reported on the...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Tools
As data science projects come under greater scrutiny from privacy advocates, the need for an easily accessible ethics checklist becomes apparent. DrivenData has launched Deon, a tool that provides actionable ethics reminders for data scientists. The default checklist...
