A Big Data study from 2013 by Tata Consulting Services showed that 47% of the 1217 firms surveyed had not yet undertaken a Big Data initiative. A similar research project by the SAS Institute in 2013 revealed that 21% of the 339 companies questioned did not know enough about Big Data and 15%of the organisations did not understand the benefits of Big Data. Several other surveys … [Read more...] about How To Develop A Big Data Strategy To Outperform Your Competitors
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Mining the Field of Big Data Strategies
More and more organisations understand by now the need for a big data platform, but they have difficulties actually developing and implementing a big data strategy. John Akred, CTO of Silicon Valley Data Science, discusses how companies can become more data-driven companies and how they should develop a big data strategy. Nowadays, the problem is not so much anymore the … [Read more...] about Mining the Field of Big Data Strategies
Hacking Happiness: How To Give Big Data A Direction
We live in a world where we think that the more data we create, the more happier we are. During TEDx Indianapolis, John, who is Founder of The H(app)athon Project, a contributing writer for Mashable, The Guardian, and the Huffington Post and author of Hacking Happiness talks about the H(app)athon Project. The H(app)athon Project, an initiative to create digital tools to drive … [Read more...] about Hacking Happiness: How To Give Big Data A Direction
Swan Insights is a Big Data Service Consultancy
 Company Swan Insights Address Robert Schuman Square, 6/5 B-1040 Brussels Belgium Founders Laurent Kinet, Roald Sieberath, Xavier Rouby and Pierre Deville Founded October 2013 Funding 850.000 euro Employees 5 Website www.swaninsights.com/ Rating 3 bits Swan Insights is a service consultancy big data startup that focuses on helping organisations … [Read more...] about Swan Insights is a Big Data Service Consultancy
Cloudera CEO Mike Olson Discusses the Big Changes of Big Data
Cloudera CEO Mike Olson discusses the trend for more analytics and deeper insight based on big data, which is more available now than ever before. How is it going to affect society and organisations and how should big data be applied to take care of feeding another 2 billion people on the planet in the coming decades. … [Read more...] about Cloudera CEO Mike Olson Discusses the Big Changes of Big Data
