For thousands of years, people are trying to predict the weather. Back in the Babylonian times, the weather was forecasted based on cloud patterns and astrology. In the past years, weather forecasting has become significantly more accurate, thanks to the advance of super computers and massive amounts of data. But in the near future it is going to be even more accurate. … [Read more...] about How Big Data Enables Hyper-Local Real-Time Weather Forecasting
Archives for 2014
InsightXM Developed an Events Insight-as-a-Service Solution
 Company InsightXM Address 2 Over Rock Lane Westport, CT 06880 United States of America Founders Leonora Valvo, Chett Rubenstein & Tim Cummins Founded March 2014 Funding Boostrapped Employees 4 Website www.insightxm.com/ Rating 3 bits InsightXM is a new Big Data Startup that launched in March 2014 with an Insight-as-a-Service solution. They combine … [Read more...] about InsightXM Developed an Events Insight-as-a-Service Solution
Five Levels of Big Data Maturity in an Organisation
Developing and implementing a Big Data strategy is not an easy task for organisations, especially if they do not have a a data-driven culture. Such a culture is a pre-requisite for a successful implementation of a Big Data strategy and earlier I have shared a Big Data roadmap to get to such a culture. According to this roadmap, the right way to start with Big Data is to have a … [Read more...] about Five Levels of Big Data Maturity in an Organisation
Enigma Helps Businesses to Use Public Data
 Company Enigma Address 520 Broadway, 11th Floor New York, New York 10012 United States of America Founders Hicham Oudghiri, Marc DaCosta & Jeremy Bronfman Founded January 2013 Funding $ 5.6 million Employees 18 Website www.Enigma.io/ Rating 7 bits Enigma is a Big Data startup that helps businesses to use Public Data. They are creating a large … [Read more...] about Enigma Helps Businesses to Use Public Data
Sqrrl is a scalable NoSQL Database Solution Using Accumulo
 Company Sqrrl Address 130 Prospect Street Suite 100 Cambridge, MA 02139 United States of America Founders Adam Fuchs, Ely Kahn, Luke Brassard, Phil Eberhardt, Chris McCubbin & John Vines Founded August 2012 Funding $ 7.2 million Employees 28 Website www.Sqrrl.com/ Rating 7 bits Sqrrl is a Boston-based Big Data startup that has built an enterprise … [Read more...] about Sqrrl is a scalable NoSQL Database Solution Using Accumulo
