The US Xpress has installed almost 1.000 sensors in each truck to monitor where the trucks drive, how fast it drives, how often it breaks, when maintenance is required and even the capabilities of the driver. But there are many more opportunities for a smarter transportation industry instead of just saving on fuel. To optimize freight movements and routing Consolidating … [Read more...] about How Big Data Can Create A Smarter Transportation Industry
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Why Good Governance Is Essential In Today’s Big Data World – Video
In a world where massive amounts of data are being created in real-time and where that data is used to make important decisions within organisations, good data governance has become essential for companies. If you have rubbish data coming into your organisations, the information derived from it will also be rubbish. Or if your algorithms that you use are incorrect, you will … [Read more...] about Why Good Governance Is Essential In Today’s Big Data World – Video
Big Data Startup Flutura Derives Insights from M2M Data
Company Flutura Address 15th Cross, J.P Nagar 2nd Phase, Bangalore 560078 India Founders Krishnan Raman, Srikanth Muralidhara and Derick Jose Founded February 2012 Funding $ 1.5 - $ 2 million Employees 60 Website www.FluturaSolutions.com/ Rating 7 bits  Flutura is a big data startup that focuses on deriving insights from M2M (Machine 2 Machine) data. They are … [Read more...] about Big Data Startup Flutura Derives Insights from M2M Data
How P&G Uses Big Data To Turn Diapers Into Insights
Procter & Gamble, or P&G, is a large multinational consumer goods company that was founded in 1837 and has its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Currently it is operational in over 70 countries, its products are sold in over 180 countries and they serve almost 5 billion customers with their brands. Annual net sales is currently around $ 84 billion. The conglomerate has … [Read more...] about How P&G Uses Big Data To Turn Diapers Into Insights
Seven Big Data Trends for 2014
As the year 2013 is almost over, it is good to have a look back at the investments made in Big Data startups from around the world, to the growing list of Big Data best practices that appeared. But what happened to the trends that I foresaw in 2013 and what will be the most important Big Data trends for 2014? A reflection on the 2013 Big Data trends Last year I noted that on … [Read more...] about Seven Big Data Trends for 2014
