A short video that shows the possibilities of a truly connected world, where sophisticated, predictive analytics will harness the power of data to drive revolutionary new services. Scary? Maybe, Interesting? Definitely! … [Read more...] about A Glimpse into the Data-Centered Future – video
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How To Evaluate The ROI On Big Data Projects – Video
Defining the ROI on Big Data projects is not very easy, especially because you are dealing with new techniques and technologies that requires a different way of working. In this video from Pythian they discuss two methods of evaluating the ROI of your big data projects. … [Read more...] about How To Evaluate The ROI On Big Data Projects – Video
Cloudant Offers a Distributed Database-as-a-Service Solution
Company Cloudant Address 129 South Street Boston, MA, 02111 USA Founders Adam Kocoloski, Michael Miller & Alan Hoffman Founded May 2008 Funding $ 16.25 million Employees 70 Website www.Cloudant.com/ Rating 8 bits  Cloudant is a data store that offers a distributed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution to organisations that do require NoSQL databases but … [Read more...] about Cloudant Offers a Distributed Database-as-a-Service Solution
How The Education Industry Should Start Using Big Data
Richard Culatta, Director, Office of Educational Technology for the U.S. Department of Education, and Elliott Masie discuss the lack of data in the learning field and implications of big data for the Education Industry and how big data can improve the learning experience. How to personalize learning using big data while at the same time respecting ones privacy. … [Read more...] about How The Education Industry Should Start Using Big Data
How To Develop A Big Data Strategy To Outperform Your Competitors
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
