In the next three decades, over 3 billion people will move into the world's cities. In order to cater for all these people to have a pleasant life in these cities, we will need to turn to the Internet of Things to make the cities smart. The Internet of Things can be applied in every aspect of smart cities, including elevators. Thyssenkrup Elevators, the company that provides … [Read more...] about Harnessing The Internet of Things to Transport People Vertically
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What Makes a Good Chief Data Officer?
The board room seating arrangement is about to change in many organisations. With the vast amounts of data being created on a daily basis and the organisations acknowledging the value in data-driven decision making, there is room for the Chief Data Officer. Earlier I described what a job description of a Chief Data Officer should look like. He or she is someone who should … [Read more...] about What Makes a Good Chief Data Officer?
Why Data Visualizations Provides You a Competitive Edge
The era of simple bar graphs and pie charts is over. Big Data requires a different approach to visualizations; one that will significantly impact your organisations bottom-line if carried out correctly. Companies that have become data-driven and information-centric understand this. They have made visualizations of large data sets an integral part of their decision making. … [Read more...] about Why Data Visualizations Provides You a Competitive Edge
IKANOW Created an Open Source Software Analytics platform
Company IKANOW Address 137 National Harbor Plaza Suite 300 National Harbor, MD 20745 United States of America Founders Chris Morgan & Dave Camarata Founded 2010 Funding self-funded Employees 16 Website www.IKANOW.com/ Rating 5 bits IKANOW is a Big Data startup that has developed an Open Source Software Analytics platform, that allows users to perform … [Read more...] about IKANOW Created an Open Source Software Analytics platform
What E-Retailers Need to Know About Data Analytics
E-retail is without a doubt growing rapidly in the United States as well as on a global level. E-commerce sales in 2013 accounted for 5.8 percent of total sales in the US, according to the US Census Bureau. And worldwide business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce sales will increase by 20.1% in 2014 to reach $1.500 trillion.With this tremendous growth in online shopping across the … [Read more...] about What E-Retailers Need to Know About Data Analytics
