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Giving The Data Back

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I am male. I live in Shoreditch. I have blue eyes. A cat called Sam. I like hot chocolate. And I am 28 years old. This is data.  Data is our lives, and forms our identities. These personal details are what we relinquish when we start using free services like Facebook, Google, Amazon and Twitter. This mix of trail, data and pictures that create a disembodied digital aura that is … [Read more...] about Giving The Data Back

How Tech Trends Are Going To Affect Big Data Significantly

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The amount of data that can be processed within a certain timeframe depends on the technology that is used. With the amount of data being created growing exponentially, the required technology is changing as well. This will have a significant effect on how Big Data will be processed, stored and analysed within your organisation. Robin Bloor, PhD, Chief Analyst and Co-founder … [Read more...] about How Tech Trends Are Going To Affect Big Data Significantly

How Investors See The Big Data Market And Its Investment Opportunities

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The Big Data market is booming as we showed earlier in the Big Data Investment Infographic and also in 2014 this will continue. Jake Flomenberg, a big data industry veteran turned Venture Capitalist, talks about how he views the growing big data market. Jake works with the Accels big data fund, which recently opened their second $ 100 million fund, so he knows what he is … [Read more...] about How Investors See The Big Data Market And Its Investment Opportunities

How Open Data Portals Will Stimulate Innovation and Economic Growth

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Not only organizations are sitting on huge piles of data, also governments are known for creating enormous amounts of data. In fact, they are one of the biggest data-creators in the world and all this (raw) data can be worth a lot of money. McKinsey estimated in 2011 that the potential value of Big Data for the European Sector would be up to 250 billion per year in 2020.  Most … [Read more...] about How Open Data Portals Will Stimulate Innovation and Economic Growth