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by Angela Guess Adam Frank of NPR recently wrote an article boldly entitled, Big Data is the Steam Engine of Our Time. In it he writes, “We inhabit a world of blinding technological change. New devices, new programs and new infrastructure rise up, dominate discourse and pass away before we even have time to...
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by Angela Guess IBM reports, “Two years after Jeopardy!, IBM is putting Watson to work in ways that will forever change how business and healthcare leaders solve problems. While company researchers are hard at work developing new commercial applications for the cognitive computing innovation, IBM is also turning to brilliant young minds in academia for big ideas...
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by Angela Guess Frank Moss recently shared his insights on how small companies are innovating with Big Data. He begins, “Six months ago I stepped down as director of the MIT Media Lab, one of the coolest jobs around, to return to the world of startups. Why? There’s never been a more exciting time...
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by Angela Guess According to a new article, “Panellists at an Oracle roundtable on data management have concluded that newer companies find it easier to use their data to create opportunity than older, larger competitors. Oracle UK technology director David Rajan explained that many larger companies are hampered by diverse and fragmented legacy systems....
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by Angela Guess Mike Vizard recently discussed the challenges involved in making the greatest use of Big Data: “Now that it’s becoming more feasible for IT organizations to work with Big Data, the question that many people are starting to ask is what can be done with all the data. There’s obviously a potential...
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by Angela Guess Derrick Harris recently wrote an article about how privacy concerns could seriously hamper Big Data innovation: “The issue of data privacy on the web gets a lot of attention, thanks to the practices of sites such as Facebook and Google, but the positive aspects of those companies’ data practices tend to...
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by Angela Guess Several articles – including one on our site – have emerged in the last few days regarding the findings of a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, “Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity.” Currently, the full report is available for download from the McKinsey website. No registration or...
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by Angela Guess A recent article from the New York Times examines how new ways of mining raw data may lead to a surge in innovation and, as a result, new jobs: “Math majors, rejoice. Businesses are going to need tens of thousands of you in the coming years as companies grapple with a...
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by Angela Guess A new article takes a look at the current “tech bubble” and how Big Data fits in: “Bloomberg Businessweek worries that a new bubble is forming in Silicon Valley, and that this one will be different and worse than the ones that came before. The argument presented by author Ashlee Vance...
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