If they want it, telecom organizations know everything about their customers; where they were when, with whom they connect frequently, what their daily habits are etc, all thanks to the growing amount of call detail records, location data, social media data and network traffic data. The global telecom industry experiences a massive growth in data, thanks to the rise of the … [Read more...] about How Telecom Companies Can Improve Their Results With Big Data
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Three Innovative Ways How Big Data Will Improve the Healthcare Industry
The healthcare is rapidly becoming another digitized industry that will generate vast amounts of data that can be analysed. Taking into account that a fully sequenced human genome accounts for 100 gigabyte of raw data, it may be clear that the healthcare industry will generate vast amounts of data in the coming years. All that data can be analysed to create tailored medicines, … [Read more...] about Three Innovative Ways How Big Data Will Improve the Healthcare Industry
4 Benefits For The Public Sector When Governments Start Using Big Data
Government services, or the public sector, are known for creating large volumes of data. Big data thus provides plenty opportunities for governments to save a lot of public money. According to the UK free market think thank Policy Exchange, the UK government could save up to 33 billion a year by using public Big Data more effectively. McKinsey has investigated that the … [Read more...] about 4 Benefits For The Public Sector When Governments Start Using Big Data
Improving Organisational and National Security With Big Data
In the book SuperFreakanomics by Steven Levitts/Stephen Dubners they state that suicide bombers should buy life insurance. They guide readers through terrorism profiling, and report that lack of life insurance is a predictor of terrorism. Smart terrorists will therefore buy a policy to help avoid detection. The British Intelligence Agency uses such criteria, some known others … [Read more...] about Improving Organisational and National Security With Big Data
Synerscope Helps to Detect Fraud Using Unique Visualizations
 Company Synerscope Address Innovation Lab, Horsten 1 5612 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands Founders Jan-Kees Buenen & Danny Holten Founded March 2011 Funding 1 million Employees 11 Website www.Synerscope.com Rating 6 bits Synerscope is a Dutch big data startup that focuses on making big data visible for everyone. It is based on academic research done by … [Read more...] about Synerscope Helps to Detect Fraud Using Unique Visualizations
