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by Angela Guess According to a recent article, “Big data is, yes, about more data — the rising flood from corporate databases, Web browsing trails, sensors and social network communications. But it is just as much about speed. If ‘big data’ is more than a marketing term, it has to be the raw material...
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by Angela Guess A new article reports, “By this time next week, the world will have 7 billion people in it, according to the United Nations, and by 2050, there are supposed to be 9 billion people in the world. This rapid population growth will fundamentally change the way populations use resources like energy,...
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by Angela Guess IBM has joined forces with the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab to create “a new social media analysis project focused on Major League Baseball during the World Series. The USC Annenberg Social Sentiment Index is being compiled by students and relies on IBM Social Analytics technology to analyze millions of tweets in...
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by Angela Guess This profile of Christian Gheorghe explores how Gheorghe’s youth behind the iron curtain has spurred his drive to democratize data. It begins, “Christian Gheorghe grew up in Romania, behind the Iron Curtain. In the 80s, he would bootleg vinyl LPs smuggled from the west, and when he first heard Pink Floyd’s...
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by Angela Guess A new type of data management company, Personal, is betting that if consumers have more control over their own information, they’ll be more willing to share that information with companies that they believe can deliver value to them. The article states, “Every marketer knows that consumer data can fetch a good...
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by Angela Guess A number of North American cities are looking to improve the transparency of their data management systems. The article states, “According to Gartner analyst Andrea Di Maio, many cities want to introduce the concepts of open data and open governance, but the major challenge is how to combine these principles with...
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by Angela Guess Alistair Croll recently addressed the problem of companies “cooking their data.” He writes, “Data transparency holds promise. It should, in theory, weed out corruption and level the playing field. Rather than regulating what a company can do, for example, we can regulate what it must share with the world — and...
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by Angela Guess Boris Renski recently explained why cloud-based data is accelerating open-source adoption. He writes, “Historically, commercial software provided enterprises with reliability and scalability, especially for mission-critical tasks. No one wanted to risk failure in finance, operations, or any essential or enterprise-wide areas. So, enterprises considered open-source technology only for less important, more...
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by Angela Guess The UK government has started to use Big Data to measure national happiness and well-being. A recent article reports, the UK Office of National Statistics “has already surveyed 20,000 people on four different emotional and existential questions, such as ‘to what extent do you feel the things you do in your...
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by Angela Guess A recent article states, “Europe is ‘entering the era of big data’, and as such important regulatory issues demand attention. But in a fast-moving technological environment, action is needed fast, with regulators and politicians being able to anticipate new trends and react accordingly. The Centre for Social Responsibility in the Digital...
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