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Data Scientists or Data Artists?

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August 28, 2012
Data Scientists or Data Artists?

by Angela Guess John Koetsier of VentureBeat reports, “The appeal of big data has made data scientists a hot item, commanding respect and income worthy of supermodels or football stars. But perhaps a better term would be ‘data artists,’ befitting the artfulness that goes into interpreting and illustrating big datasets. Perhaps these scientists are not the Einsteins...
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HMEL Adopts IBM Data Analytics Solution

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August 13, 2012
HMEL Adopts IBM Data Analytics Solution

by Angela Guess IBM reports that “HMEL, a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investment Pte Ltd, Singapore, has adopted a new IBM analytics-based solution to transform how the company manages its financial and operations data to boost business performance. HMEL has built the 9 MMTPA (million metric tonne...
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Outsourcing Big Data Jobs?

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July 30, 2012
Outsourcing Big Data Jobs?

by Angela Guess Maria Deutscher of Services Angle writes, “Statistically foreign workers might prove to be one answer to the big data skill gap that is growing increasingly noticeable in the U.S today. The McKinsey Global Institute said that there’s a shortage of 200,000 data scientists in the current job market. That’s a lot...
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IBM Analytics Help Find Gold in Kazakhstan

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July 23, 2012
IBM Analytics Help Find Gold in Kazakhstan

by Angela Guess IBM is working with JSC Attyntau Resources in Kazakhstan to “provide a new business analytics system to help the company to improve gold yields and increase the profitability of its operations. The new system will enable the gold producer to centralize and quickly analyze data about its mining operations. It includes...
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Better Health Care Through Big Data

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July 17, 2012
Better Health Care Through Big Data

by Angela Guess Derrick Harris of GigaOM has written an article discussing the numerous applications of Big Data to health care. He writes, “Whether it’s Hadoop, machine learning, natural-language processing or some other technique, folks in the worlds of medicine and hospital administration understand that new types of data analysis are the key to...
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SHOP.CA Turns to IBM to Power Consumer Storefront

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July 12, 2012
SHOP.CA Turns to IBM to Power Consumer Storefront

by Angela Guess IBM reports, “SHOP.CA, Canada’s largest online eCommerce marketplace, is using analytics software from IBM’s Smarter Commerce Initiative to help engage increasingly empowered online consumers in a unique shopping experience, and build loyalty and a sense of community. SHOP.CA’s online marketplace features millions of products across 26 categories and billions in multi-merchant inventory. ...
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Building a Formal Data Management Profession

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July 3, 2012
Building a Formal Data Management Profession

by Michael Brackett Data management today is a collection of disciplines (plural) that include mathematics, philosophy, logics, sociology, and so on.  It has not yet become a formal profession, in spite of what many people declare.  Data management professionals cannot self-proclaim that a formal data management profession exists.  They must work hard at building...
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Versant Names Paul McCullugh EVP of Worldwide Sales & Marketing

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July 2, 2012
Versant Names Paul McCullugh EVP of Worldwide Sales & Marketing

by Angela Guess Versant has named Paul McCullugh the new Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. According to the announcement, “Mr. McCullugh brings 20 years of sales and marketing experience to Versant, including a diverse background in complex high performance database and middleware applications, open source products, and cloud services. He has...
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FTC Sues Wyndham Worldwide Over Data Security Breaches

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June 29, 2012
FTC Sues Wyndham Worldwide Over Data Security Breaches

by Angela Guess Warwick Ashford of Computer Weekly reports, “The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a complaint against hotel group Wyndham Worldwide and three subsidiaries for claims that it failed to secure customer data. The Wyndham Worldwide hotel group includes a range of brands such as Ramada, Days Inn and Travelodge. The...
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