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by Angela Guess Tom Simonite of the MIT Technology Review recently discussed a new software that uses Big Data to predict tomorrow’s news. He writes, “Researchers have created software that predicts when and where disease outbreaks might occur based on two decades of New York Times articles and other online data. The research comes from Microsoft...
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by Angela Guess Andrew Leonard of Salon recently voiced his concerns regarding Netflix’s use of Big Data to track user data, viewing habits, and even figure out what new shows “should” be made. Leonard writes, “I hit the pause button roughly one-third of the way through the first episode of “House of Cards,” the...
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by Angela Guess According to IBM, the company has agreed to buy Star Analytics, a privately held business analytics company based in Redwood City, CA. The announcement states, “The combination of IBM and Star Analytics software will further advance IBM’s business analytics initiatives, allowing organizations to gain faster access and real-time insight into specialized...
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by Angela Guess Kate Kaye of AdAge.com reports, “Stealth mode firm DataGravity landed a $30 million series B round of funding that should help it on its quest to bring data-analysis services to the business masses. The firm won’t launch until 2014, but its mission is a lofty one: to ‘change the way people...
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by Angela Guess Steve Sarsfield of Smart Data Collective reports, “In working with clients in the financial services business, I’ve noticed that there is a common set of reasons why they adopt data governance. When it comes down to proving value of data management, it’s all about revenue, efficiency and compliance.” The number one reason...
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by Angela Guess IBM recently announced that the company has, “entered into a definitive agreement to acquire StoredIQ Inc., a privately held company based in Austin, Texas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. StoredIQ will advance IBM’s efforts to help clients derive value from big data and respond more efficiently to litigation and...
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This White Paper is Sponsored by: About the White Paper Lyndsay Wise, Gleanster The word agile is widely used today within the business intelligence industry to describe a key aspect of business intelligence (BI) and business analytics (BA) delivery and use. Infusing agility—commonly defined as the ability to be quick and nimble—into...
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by Angela Guess Sharing some holiday cheer and promoting their Big Data products at the same time, Attivio recently shared some “news” from the North Pole: “Frustrated by a lack of insight and integration from elves on the shelves worldwide, Santa has deployed the Active Intelligence Engine® from Attivio to better understand children’s behavior...
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by Rod MacPherson Sorry for the bad pun. I have been blogging recently about the incredible achievements of NASA- nailing the landing of the latest Mars Rover-Curiosity. After a journey of 350,000,000 miles, it landed within 1.5 miles of its target. The jubilation in mission control was unconfined, as the team of mission monitors...
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by Angela Guess A team from McKinsey & Company recently shared how companies are successfully leveraging Big Data and advanced analytics. Jonathan Gordon, Manish Goyal, and Tim McGuire wrote in Forbes, “$50 billion. That’s about how much marketers are spending on Big Data and advanced analytics (according to a BMO Capital Markets report) in the...
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