There has been a lot of recent interest from scientific journals and from other folks in creating checklists for data science and data analysis. The idea is that the checklist will help prevent results that won’t reproduce or replicate from the literature. One analogy that I’m frequently hearing is […] .
Category: BigData
How Marketers Can Generate a Constant Stream of Leads from Big Data
Data is everywhere. The number of unique data sources out there is larger than any one organization can wrangle. And make no mistake – these big data sets are thesource of competitive advantage for companies across all industries. But finding the right information from today’s huge data ecosystem is […] .
Big Data and IT Automation – A Match Made in Heaven
Over the past several months there has been a lot of hype around ‘Big Data’, yet many IT professionals are not familiar with exactly what this term means, and particularly what it means for them. Let’s take a moment to examine just what Big Data is, and furthermore, how […] .
ZOOM in Turijn eerste dierentuin met iBeacon technologie
De Italiaanse dierentuin ZOOM in Turijn lanceert een mobiele app die gebruik maakt van de iBeacontechnologie. Hiermee willen ze de bezoekers een volledige ‘ edutainment ‘-ervaring bieden. Ook bevat de app een interactieve kaart en je kunt ook kortingsbonnen en rewards verdienen tijdens je bezoek. Vanaf deze maand kun […] .
Slicing and Dicing Big Data Science in the Academic Universe
Reflecting on the numerous applications and use cases of Big Data in the world, we see that there is essentially no domain of human endeavor that is untouched by the data analytics revolution. Consequently, no business function can be isolated from data-driven processes and decisions – including development, operations, […] .
5 Steps to True (Data) Love: From Big Data to Smart Data
Big Data has become one of the key buzzwords for businesses everywhere over the last few years. With data of all kinds being produced in record amounts every year, collating and analyzing this information will give businesses more insights than ever before into their customers, their industries as a […] .
Big Data-As-A-Service Is Next Big Thing
We’ve had software as a service, platform as a service and data as a service. Now, by mixing them all together and massively upscaling the amount of data involved, we’ve arrived at Big Data as a Service (or BDaaS, and it’s pronounced how you will). It might not be […] .
Network Archaeologists Discover Two Types of Social Network Growth in Historical Facebook Data
On February 4, 2004, an entirely new website opened its doors aimed at students at Harvard University. Thefacebook.com was an online social network designed to compete with the growing numbers of others that had recently emerged, such as Friendster.com, MySpace.com, LinkedIn.com and so on. Facebook’s popularity grew quickly but […] .
Is Smart Data Rendering Big Data Obsolete?
The problem with buzzwords is that they become too marketable, and are overused to the point of general annoyance. Count the term “Big Data” amongst these terms that have run the gamut, from symbolizing exciting possibilities to blanket term used to define anything and everything. But regardless of the […] .
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How Google Understands You [Infographic]
How Google Understands You [Infographic] You thought the human brain was complex? With its ability to retrieve stored memories from years past and forge connections from seemingly disparate topics, it truly seems like the brain is a miraculous organ that rules our everyday lives. But what about the Google […] .
The Silent Rockstar of BigData: Machine Learning
The Silent Rockstar of BigData: Machine Learning Sure, world is crying out loud that big-data’s biggest problem will be resources. Demand has skyrocketed and everyone in the world is going into tailspin in meeting that demands. Companies are going frantic and overspending to hire data scientists to secure themselves […] .
After Charlie Hebdo Shootings, Big Data Shows Hopeful Signs
In January 2015, terrorists shot and killed 17 people in and around Paris, in the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, at a kosher supermarket a few miles away, and in the southern suburb of Montrouge. These attacks, the deadliest in France in more than 50 years, prompted […] .
Big Harvest — How Big Data Improves Our Daily Lives
As the amount of digital information being produced expands exponentially, innovative Big Data analytical tools are finding new ways to put it to good use. We are producing data at an ever-increasing rate. But what good is all this information if we don’t know how to analyze it and […] .
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Things You Might Not Know About Big Data [INFOGRAPHIC]
We live in a data-centric world, and we speak casually about bytes, megabytes, and gigabytes. But now, the amount of data that’s out there has surpassed the terms we’ve previously used to describe it. Instead, Big Data is now the reality. Big Data comes from the 2.5 quintillion bytes […] .
How to Discover Analytics With the Google+ Dashboard
Tweet Do you know how your Google+ business page is performing? Are you using Google+ My Business analytics? The Google+ Dashboard has greatly improved the analytics it offers for its platform. In this article you’ll discover the Google+ Dashboard and the analytics included in each option . Discover how […] .
Beagli: Finding value in your personal data
By Raluca Crisan ( Beagli ). Enterprises value data highly; its benefits include improved marketing, smoother operations, and even selling this data to third parties. Data can also be a valuable asset to the consumer, but the barriers individuals face in extracting this value are high – data is […] .
Big Data, Privacy, and Security – which side are you on?
By Chris Pearson (BigCloud.io). January was a really bum start to 2015. The massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris last month was a stark reminder of how vulnerable we all are to acts of terrorism. Whoever and wherever you are in the world, you should never go […] .
Making Advanced Analytics Work for You
View more from the Artwork: Tamar Cohen, The Big Quick, 2010, silk screen collage on vintage book pages, 40″ x 50″ Big data and analytics have rocketed to the top of the corporate agenda. Executives look with admiration at how Google, Amazon, and others have eclipsed competitors with powerful […] .
New Beginnings in Facial Recognition
As humans, we navigate our lives largely by the recognition of patterns. These patterns include the sound of a mother’s voice, the appearance of a dangerous animal or poisonous food, the familiarity of kin, and the attraction to potential mates. Accurate pattern recognition is key to an animal’s survival and […] .
APIs: The Great Enabler of the Internet of Things
This guest post comes from Mark O’Neill. Mark is a frequent speaker and blogger on APIs and security. He is the co-founder and CTO at Vordel , now part of Axway. In his new role as VP Innovation, he manages Axway’s Identity and API Management strategy, including the API […] .