MEDIA ADVISORY: Skytree to Host Webinar on Managing Fraud and Utilizing Big Data in Financial Services with Forrester and Hortonworks

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 14, 2014 — Skytree®, the Machine Learning Company®, will host a webinar titled “The Next Frontier in Fraud Management: Getting the Most out of Big Data in Financial Services” tomorrow, April 15 at 8 a.m. PST, alongside representatives from research firm Forrester and enterprise Hadoop provider Hortonworks. To register for the event, please visit http://pages.skytree.net/webinar-forrester-hortonworks-financial-services.html.

For financial services organizations, detecting and preventing fraud is a high priority. In this webinar, Forrester Research, Hortonworks and Skytree will focus on challenges enterprise fraud management professionals face and how Big Data is helping financial institutions move beyond fraud analysis to fraud prevention with advanced analytic tools.

During the webinar, Andras Cser, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, will provide an overview of the broad challenges facing financial services. John Kreisa, vice president of strategic marketing at Hortonworks, will discuss how Hadoop can help in Big Data fraud detection, and Jin Kim, vice president of marketing at Skytree, will explain how institutions are strengthening fraud detection with machine learning.

• WHAT: “The Next Frontier in Fraud Management: Getting the Most out of Big Data in Financial Services” Webinar
• WHERE: Online at http://pages.skytree.net/webinar-forrester-hortonworks-financial-services.html
• WHEN: Tuesday, April 15, 8 a.m. PST
• WHO:
  • Andras Cser, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research
  • John Kreisa, vice president of strategic marketing at Hortonworks
  • Jin Kim, vice president of marketing at Skytree

To learn more about Skytree and machine learning for the financial services industry please visit http://www.skytree.net/.

About Skytree

Skytree® – The Machine Learning Company® is disrupting the Advanced Analytics market with a Machine Learning platform that gives organizations the power to discover deep analytic insights, predict future trends, make recommendations and reveal untapped markets and customers. Advanced Analytics is quickly becoming a strategic technology in the age of Big Data. Backed by Investments from US Venture Partners, Javelin Venture Partners, Samsung, UPS and In-Q-Tel, Skytree is at the forefront with enterprise-grade Machine Learning. Skytree’s flagship product – Skytree Server – is the only general purpose platform on the market, built for the highest accuracy, speed and scalability.

Media Contact
Diana Smith, TriplePoint PR for Skytree
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