An interesting talk by Byron Reese about how the world of tomorrow will be full of cheap sensors of all kinds that will create a massive collective memory for the planet. The Internet of Things will optimize our daily lives, thanks to smart algorithms that will analyse all that data. Byron Reese claims that all those sensors will help us live better lives and become smarter … [Read more...] about How Big Data Enables The Golden Age Of Humanity – Video
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How Small Data Can Also Be Big Data
Gartners definition of big data dates back from 2001, when Doug Laney the 7 Vs) that are important for organizations to take into account when developing a big data strategy. However, the original definition of big data suggests that organisations can only develop a big data strategy if they have vast volumes, terabytes or more, of data. IDC even defines big data projects as … [Read more...] about How Small Data Can Also Be Big Data
How Big Data Enabled Spotify To Change The Music Industry
The commercial music streaming service Spotify was launched in 2008 and since then is has registered over 24 million active users of which 6 million are paying users. The have 3.7 million Facebook fans. It has over 20 million songs online and every day 20.000 new songs are added to the database. Users created over 1 billion playlists and over $ 500 million has been paid out to … [Read more...] about How Big Data Enabled Spotify To Change The Music Industry
Big Data Improves Education – Infographic
How would the education system look like if each student received the same personalized experience as they do when buying something on Amazon? Education is an industry that can benefit a lot from big data, as I showed in an previous blog post. With more online learning taking place at websites such as Coursera, Udacity or edX and also universities providing more and more … [Read more...] about Big Data Improves Education – Infographic
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
