The healthcare industry will generate vast amount of data and part of that is because treatments such as an MRI scan or a mammogram require large data files. This infographic provides an interesting perspective on big data in the healthcare industry. Infographic courtesy of NetApp … [Read more...] about The Body As A Source Of Big Data – Infographic
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How Big Data Can Help The Developing World Beat Poverty
The amount of data created is not only growing in the developed world, also the developing world is experiencing rapid growth in data creation. However, a large part of the data created in the developing world has a different origin than in the rest of the world: the developing world is progressing rapidly to the mobile era and is largely skipping the desktop and wired era. … [Read more...] about How Big Data Can Help The Developing World Beat Poverty
The Privacy Concerns Of Predictive Analytics – Video
Predictive analytics offers a lot of advantages for organisations to predict behaviour and drive decision-making. Predictive analytics can create a lot of value for organisations and consumers. However, there are also privacy concerns, especially when sensitive information is used. For example, predicting which employees are likely to quit their job and deliver that information … [Read more...] about The Privacy Concerns Of Predictive Analytics – Video
Loqate, a Geocoding Engine, Parses and Verifies Addresses
Company Loqate Address 1111 Bayhill Drive Suite 290 San Bruno, CA, 94066-3053 USA Founders Martin Turvey & Paul Flew Founded 2009 Funding Unkown Employees 15 Website www.Loqate.com Rating 6 bits In todays world almost all data comes with location information. Smartphones add a GPS location, computers add IP addresses and other processes also come with … [Read more...] about Loqate, a Geocoding Engine, Parses and Verifies Addresses
The Arms Race For Big Data Continues – Video
The arms race for data continues with the NSA building the largest data centre in the world. Experts say that the data centre is capable of holding up to a yottabyte of data. That is 1 trillion terabyte of data or compared to a 16 gigabyte iPhone, the facility can store the data of 64 trillion iPhones. Laid end-to-end, that amount of iPhones could stretch to the moon and back … [Read more...] about The Arms Race For Big Data Continues – Video
