If you wanted to program a computer in the early 1980s, you didnt have the option of coding using a keyboard. You had to create a series of cards, each punched with a pattern of holes. The holes had to be entirely accurate, in both pattern and placement. A typical card contained hundreds of potential positions. Just one error in your card deck would cause the entire card to be … [Read more...] about Is Data Quality Essential for Modern Business?
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To Fear or Not to Fear Robots, That’s the Question
For all of us who follow with interest the progress of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robots, the recent news about the victory of Googles AlphaGo against grandmaster Lee Se-Dol has made us think if we face the evolutionary moment in which technology finally triumphed humanity and it was Google who just proved how unpredictable artificial intelligence can be. To Fear or Not … [Read more...] about To Fear or Not to Fear Robots, That’s the Question
Big Data Ethics: How Does It Affect Your Privacy?
Big data enables to check, control and know everything. But to know everything entails an obligation to act on behalf of and to protect the customer. Such an obligation is that organization should do everything possible to protect (sensitive) data sets and to be open and clear what is done with that data. Big data ethics is also related to that although anything is possible to … [Read more...] about Big Data Ethics: How Does It Affect Your Privacy?
How Will The Future Of Big Data Impact The Way We Work And Live?
The semantic web, or web 3.0, is often quoted as the next phase of the Internet. In a previous post, I discussed the impact of big data on the semantic web, and I mentioned that the semantic web would enable all humans as well as all internet connected devices to communicate with each other as well as share and re-use data in different forms across different applications and … [Read more...] about How Will The Future Of Big Data Impact The Way We Work And Live?
How Coca-Cola Takes A Refreshing Approach On Big Data
As the worlds largest non-alcoholic beverage company, Coca-Cola generates Petabytes of data from various sources. Multi-channel retail data, customer profile data from loyalty programs, social media data, supply chain data, competitor data, sales and shipment data from bottling partners as well as transaction and merchandising data. Coca-cola collects vast amounts of data and … [Read more...] about How Coca-Cola Takes A Refreshing Approach On Big Data