Wikibon Research

Brought back to my attention and of interest. 

Wikibon 2021 Research Focus

The Wikibon 2021 research focus is based on a community-based approach to deliver in-depth research and analysis across a broad range of enterprise technology topics. Our community has been built from the ground up using collaborative methods powered by Wikibon’s ethos of open content and theCUBE.

Wikibon was founded on the premise that practitioners collectively possess more knowledge than any one person or research entity. We have developed methods to package and curate that knowledge for our community. theCUBE is a digital offering that for more than ten years has operated TV productions at tech events. In addition, theCUBE operates digital studios on-premises and remotely from its offices in northern California and Massachusetts.

We also partner with several expert data providers, including Enterprise Technology Research (ETR), which publishes quarterly spending intentions data based on surveys of CIOs and enterprise technology buyers. Under our agreement, we can curate this survey data and selectively present data to support our research initiatives.

Our community comprises more than 50,000 individuals, many of whom have contributed their knowledge directly through interviews on theCUBE or in collaborative sessions with Wikibon Analysts.

Broadly, Wikibon’s topical coverage spans the following seven primary areas that have overlapping content vectors:

Cloud,  Infrastructure,  Data,   Security,  Enterprise Software,  Edge computing,  Emerging technologies

We provide selective market data, industry trends, customer spending patterns, key customer challenges, technology provider solutions, economic analysis, and analysis of relevant news within these sectors. ... ' 

Wikibon Research

Again brought my attention, have used a few times.

Wikibon is a community of business technology practitioners founded to deliver the most actionable and real-time information available in the marketplace. Since 2007, Wikibon's research has been viewed and trusted by millions.

A Community Approach to Research
Wikibon was founded on a community approach to developing and publishing research. The original site, Wikibon.org, was designed as a wiki, allowing community members to edit and add to the published research. That community participates in Wikibon surveys.  ... 

Their Blog.
Research Agenda for Wikibon in 2018

Deeper Learning

Nicely put piece that addresses where AI is going.  Quotes from James Kobielus:

Deeper deep learning shifts AI from sci-fi to software   by R. Danes in SiliconAngle

 The basic framework for artificial intelligence has existed since the 1940s, and organizations have been innovating atop AI advancements ever since. In recent years, big data and advanced deep learning models have pushed AI into the spotlight like never before. Will these new technological ingredients finally produce the intelligent machines envisaged in science fiction, or are current AI trends just the same wine in a fancier bottle?

“It’s actually new wine, but there’s various bottles and you have different vintages,” said James Kobielus (@jameskobielus, below, left), Wikibon.com’s lead analyst for data science, deep learning and application development.  .... " 

Visualizing Big Data

The Wikibon Blog, fifteen examples of visualizing big data. Some interesting examples here that are worth looking at. Some beautiful graphics. Yet here I protest again, shouldn't visualization simplify the understanding of data and the patterns within it? That is not always done here. Infographics is often done more to impress rather than to inform. I want to be able to say aha, not wow.