CEO Michael Young has called for post-graduation employment opportunities to be improved for international data science students at Scottish universities. The issue of retaining skilled international workers has hit the headlines a lot recently. Its not long since we saw business leaders back the UK parliamentary report which claimed the rules for students remaining in Scotland … [Read more...] about International Students Needed for Scottish Data Science
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Top Big Data Tech News You Need to Know: Halloween Edition
Happy Halloween, good people! If youve been super stoked all week long for all the scary and unnatural experiences this weekend promises, then it's likely youve missed out on some of the biggest Big Data tech news to hit the web. No worries, though, weve gathered them up for you. Here, the top three Big Data tech news stories you need to know. Twitter + IBM Partner Up IBM and … [Read more...] about Top Big Data Tech News You Need to Know: Halloween Edition
Top Tech News You Need to Know: Whisper, The F.B.I. and More
Happy Tuesday, everyone! Weve gathered up the top Big Data tech news stories to make sure youre caught up for the week. Last week, between Whisper apps big privacy blunder, the F.B.I. getting riled up over Apple and Googles new encryption policies and more, there was a lot of attention paid to data rights in general. We expect data rights to take off as full-blown policy and … [Read more...] about Top Tech News You Need to Know: Whisper, The F.B.I. and More
How The Insurance Industry Should Leverage Big Data – Video
The Insurance Industry generates vast amounts of data, from legacy systems, call centre dialogues to customer records and it is multiplying rapidly. It is time for the insurance companies to start getting access to all this available data and start analysing it. In this video, Laura Hay - National Leader Insurance KPMG, talks about the massive potential of Big Data, Mobile and … [Read more...] about How The Insurance Industry Should Leverage Big Data – Video
Big Data Could Have a Major Impact On Staff Of Investment Managers
This is a guest post by Alessandro Ferrari, who is head of global marketing outreach at RIMES Big Data management could potentially have a significant impact on the staff resources that are harnessed at investment managers and other financial services industry participants by making it easier for algorithms to perform the tasks that can traditionally be done by analysts. The … [Read more...] about Big Data Could Have a Major Impact On Staff Of Investment Managers