In almost any organisation, IT forms the heart of the company. Without the necessary IT present in an organisation, it becomes increasingly difficult to operate on a competitive edge. Having the IT in place is one thing, ensuring that the IT remains operational, is stable and doing what it was designed for in constantly changing circumstances is a different ball-game. In a … [Read more...] about How Big Data Analytics Can Optimize your IT And Create Competitive Advantage
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The Gaming Industry Turns To Big Data To Improve The Gaming Experience
There are more than two billion video game players in the world, and Electronic Arts, who has 275 million active users, generates approximately 50 terabytes of data each day. The gaming industry does $ 20 billion in annual revenue in America alone of which 2 billion in sub-category social games. In the USA, the gaming industry is bigger than the movie industry (with an annual … [Read more...] about The Gaming Industry Turns To Big Data To Improve The Gaming Experience
In Order to Trust Big Data, Transparency Is Not Enough
Back in the old days of Web 1.0, there has been a short-lived debate on the trustworthiness of information found on websites. We were taught to check that certain information was referenced by other websites as well, that the sources were present and legitimate, and that comparable information could be found on other independent websites. Despite these precautions, a Dutch … [Read more...] about In Order to Trust Big Data, Transparency Is Not Enough
How The Next Generation Of Databases Could Solve Your Problems
The past decades organisations have been working with relational databases to store their structured data. In the big data era however, these types of databases are not sufficient anymore. Although they made a huge difference in the database world and unlocked data for many applications, relational databases miss some important characteristics for the big data era. However, the … [Read more...] about How The Next Generation Of Databases Could Solve Your Problems
The Problem With De-identification As A Privacy Control
De-Identification is a technique, often employed with large data sets, to remove identifying information with the goal of still being able to gain the benefits of correlative analysis while reducing the privacy risks associated with having so much data on individuals. Much of the privacy literature around Big Data privacy focuses on de-identification and the possibility of … [Read more...] about The Problem With De-identification As A Privacy Control
