The scientists concluded that patients with schizophrenia were more likely to have one particular form of a gene, and the risk of schizophrenia goes higher with the inheritance of the same form of that gene. Big Data has done it once again (after doing it here). A recent study on

In February 2016, Kai Wähner presented a brand new talk at OOP in Munich: “Comparison of Frameworks and Tools for Big Data Log Analytics and IT Operations Analytics”. The focus of the talk is to discuss different open source frameworks, SaaS cloud offerings and enterprise products for analyzing big masses

DataSift made a name for itself as a company that took large unstructured datasets — such as anonymised firehoses from social media services like Facebook (and previously, Twitter) and ordered them in a way for enterprises and brands to get a better idea of consumer preferences and other insights. Now

Hundreds of thousands of refugees streamed into Europe in 2015 from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. Some estimates put the number at nearly a million. The sheer volume of people overwhelmed European officials, who not only had to handle the volatile politics stemming from the crisis, but also had

Big Data has quickly become an established fact for Fortune 1000 firms — such is the conclusion of a Big Data executive survey that my firm has conducted for the past four years. The survey gathers perspectives from a small but influential group of executives — chief information officers, chief