The semantic web, or web 3.0, is often quoted as the next phase of the Internet. Led by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the objective is to convert the current web of unstructured and semi-structured data into a web of data. According to W3C, with the semantic web it will be possible to easily share and re-use data across application, community and enterprise … [Read more...] about Could Big Data Spur The Development Of The Semantic Web?
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Also SMEs Can Achieve Remarkable Results With Big Data
Research by SAS Institute shows that still 71% of organisations do not yet have a big data strategy. They have not yet started testing or even planning for a big data strategy. The global survey by SAS was performed among SourceMedias Information Management audience; corporate executives and IT managers. It shows that many organisations have not yet thought about a big data … [Read more...] about Also SMEs Can Achieve Remarkable Results With Big Data
The Great Sensor-Era: Brontobytes Will Change Society
Some time ago we wrote about how the Internet of Things with trillions of sensors changing our future. Today, I would like to go one step further and have a look how a sensor-society generating brontobytes of information will look-like. Although it is difficult to have a look into the future and understand what the implication of trillions of sensors will be for organisations … [Read more...] about The Great Sensor-Era: Brontobytes Will Change Society
The Internet of Things Will Drastically Change Our Future
It is projected that within a few years we will have to talk in Brontobytes when we discuss data coming from sensors. The Internet of Things, or Machine to Machine (M2M) communication, connects billions of devices with each other and thereby generates an unfathomable amount of data. In 2020, 40% of all data in the world will be M2M data. This data of course has to be processed, … [Read more...] about The Internet of Things Will Drastically Change Our Future