National Consortium for Data Science "DataBytes" Webinars

Check out the National Consortium for Data Science "DataBytes" Webinars, available at:

http://data2discovery.org/databytes-webinars/

The webinars are held on the first Wednesday of every month, excluding July.

According to the NCDS site,  DataBytes is "an NCDS-sponsored lunchtime webinar series that gives our members and the larger data community the chance to discuss the most pressing and interesting issues in data science. "

About APIs

A recent article in JavaWorld talks about the wide variety of APIs now available for use.  While the concept of APIs is not new, recent "advances in infrastructure, type and variety of programming languages, and abundant computing resources have created new opportunities. "

The post links out to several other interesting article about the challenges and opportunities of API development.

View the article here:  http://www.javaworld.com/article/2899704/enterprise-application-integration/all-eyes-on-the-api.html