Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you made it through the last week without too much trouble, given last weeks holiday. Of course, Apples presentation certainly helped us all through Tuesday and Sept. 11 on Thursday gave us all a reason to look outside work and at our families and friends for inspiration and gratitude. In case you missed it, here are the top Big Data tech news … [Read more...] about Top Big Data Tech News You Need to Know: Apple Pay, The Right to be Forgotten and More
Big Data
Does Big Data Really Matter to Your Organization?
More end-users are acquiring more devices. Industry analysts focused on tracking enterprise software application development and data management have predicted there will be somewhere between 26 and 30 billion devices by the year 2020. Although more device usage may mean more data passing through organizations, it does not necessarily mean there is more useful data that can be … [Read more...] about Does Big Data Really Matter to Your Organization?
Think Like a Data Scientist, or How to Democratize Data for Your Company Right Now
The stunning achievements and advancements made on behalf of humanity within mathematics are paramount. After all, it is thanks to engineers, mathematicians and statisticians that we ever put a man on the moon, that we've ever mapped the floor of the ocean, that human eyes have ever been able to see out-of-this-world phenomena the likes of colliding galaxies or the rings of … [Read more...] about Think Like a Data Scientist, or How to Democratize Data for Your Company Right Now
YPlan, SXSW and COTA: 3 Big Data Use Cases Across Industries
For most companies, it is no longer the collection of Big Data that is halting data-driven initiatives, nor is it data's inactionability. Since 2010, when Big Data first started finding its way into the daily lives of the c-suite, data collection apps have multiplied, and interactive data visualization platforms are plentiful. In 2014, the logistics of Big Data have, for the … [Read more...] about YPlan, SXSW and COTA: 3 Big Data Use Cases Across Industries
Mixed Data: The Simplest Explanation of Big Data
Big Data is here to stay and it is having a profound effect on businesses and societies. That having said; there are still so many organisations that have no clue about what Big Data is. Big Data means different things for different people, organisations and industries. While it is true that Big Data has different advantages and possibilities for different organisations and … [Read more...] about Mixed Data: The Simplest Explanation of Big Data
