The number of citizens that are active on a social network continues to grow rapidly. At the moment there are more than 1 billion Facebook users, of which around 850 million are active on a monthly basis. There are more than 100 billion connections and each day gives us 2.7 billion new likes. Twitter has 500 million users and 180 million tweets are sent every day. Approximately … [Read more...] about Why Sentiment Analytics Should Be A No-Brainer For Organisations
Big Data
Union Pacific Railroad Turned To The Industrial Internet To Stay On Track
Union Pacific Railroad, the largest railroad company in the USA, has adopted big data in many aspects of its operations. For over 150 years the companies hauls coal, grain and manufactured goods in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans. It has over 44.000 employees, more than 8.000 locomotives and in total runs 31.900 route miles. It turned to big data to improve their … [Read more...] about Union Pacific Railroad Turned To The Industrial Internet To Stay On Track
The Wide Range Of Different Big Data Technologies
Many of the latest big data technologies are developed by big data startups from around the world that have found a way to deal with the vast amounts of data. They have developed disruptive big data technology that can be used by organisations to obtain valuable insights and turn data into information and wisdom. Of course, also the large existing IT players have developed … [Read more...] about The Wide Range Of Different Big Data Technologies
Will Sensor Data Drive The Big Data Development?
Its hard to start any presentation on Big Data without some mentioning of at least the Volume V out of the 3Vs (or how many Vs you have thought up yourself additionally). Or to treat Big Data without indulging in the Petabyte Exabyte Zettabyte - Yottabyte mantra . But where do all those bytes come from? Of course a company embarking on the Big Data train will start with what it … [Read more...] about Will Sensor Data Drive The Big Data Development?
Big data Offer Retailers The Chance To Stay Ahead Of Their Competitors
Retailers that implement a big data strategy can achieve a 60% increase in their margin as well as boost employee productivity by 1%, meaning there should be no reason not to move forward with big data. The retail industry is known for collecting vast amounts of data, as any product sold in a retail store or online generates a lot of data that can be analyzed for insights. The … [Read more...] about Big data Offer Retailers The Chance To Stay Ahead Of Their Competitors
