The European Commission is working hard on developing a competitive European Big Data market. Today, as a result of this, the European Digital Forum convened the High-Level Roundtable on Europes Digital Future. Neelie Kroes, former vice-president of the European Commission and commissioner for the digital agenda (2009-2014), delivered a keynote and launched Digital Minds for a … [Read more...] about Three Challenges Europe Faces In Becoming A Competitive Big Data Market
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How Will The Future Of Big Data Impact The Way We Work And Live?
The semantic web, or web 3.0, is often quoted as the next phase of the Internet. In a previous post, I discussed the impact of big data on the semantic web, and I mentioned that the semantic web would enable all humans as well as all internet connected devices to communicate with each other as well as share and re-use data in different forms across different applications and … [Read more...] about How Will The Future Of Big Data Impact The Way We Work And Live?
An Extensive Glossary Of Big Data Terminology
Big data comes with a lot of new terminology that is sometimes hard to understand. Therefore we have created an extensive Big Data glossary that should give some insights. Some of the definitions refer to a corresponding blog post. Of course this big data glossary is not 100% complete, so please let us know if there are missing terminology that you would like to see … [Read more...] about An Extensive Glossary Of Big Data Terminology
Big Data Scientist Profile
Are you looking for Big Data Jobs or Candidates? Please go to our WORK section The big data scientist is said to be the sexiest job in the 21st century. Successful big data scientists will be in high demand and will be able earn very nice salaries. But to be successful, big data scientists need to have a wide range of skills that until now did not even fit into one … [Read more...] about Big Data Scientist Profile
The Rise Of The Quantified-Self; And What It Means For Your Organisation
The quantified-self is a movement that has been around since the 1970s but only recently it took off due to the internet of things and the availability of monitoring devices that connect to smartphones. Todays smartphones carry a vast amount of all sorts of sensors that can track almost anything. The quantified-self is Big Data for consumers and consumers are collecting massive … [Read more...] about The Rise Of The Quantified-Self; And What It Means For Your Organisation