Big data has captured the headlines for a number of months now. Some estimates project that data will grow to the exabyte (1,000 gigabytes) level in the next few years and shortly after hit a zettabyte (1,000,000,000,000 gigabytes) level. That is a huge amount of data. Global data storage hardware
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Big Data and Cloud rise prompts change of tact from service providers
The widespread adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, shift from reactive to predictive analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT), and continuing virtualisation of network functions are compelling service providers to seek advanced testing solutions for Big Data and Cloud analytics. Testing methodologies that can check the conformance of higher level
How big data is changing the music game
When digital downloads became popular and listeners began buying (and sometimes pirating) MP3 files, CD sales plummeted. Eventually, digital downloads started declining as people discovered music-streaming platforms like Pandora, Spotify and, more recently, Apple Music. Now, with Pandora’s recent acquisition of Ticketfly, streaming is expected to evolve to include live
RapidMiner’s Big Data Predictive Analytics Goes Textual With AYLIEN
RapidMiner, an open source big data analytics platform that ranks as a leader in Gartner IT +0.00%’s Magic Quadrant, now offers text analysis by AYLIEN, a specialist in natural language processing and text analysis. With this extension, RapidMiner users will have the capabilities to leverage unstructured data sources like Tweets,
Stanford’s new Raw Data podcast analyzes consequences of big data, cyber-technologies
Raw Data is a new podcast from Stanford University that examines how big data and cyber technologies are changing the relationships between people, technology and social institutions. All podcasts are available on iTunes and Soundcloud, as well as associated blogs on the websites of Worldview Stanford and the Stanford Cyber
Genomics big data compels IT to rediscover efficiency techniques
In the sequencing centre at the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge sit seven capillary DNA sequencing machines. They were among those used in the late 1990s and early 2000s to create the first map of the human genome, a scientific milestone jointly announced by prime minister Tony Blair and
NYU Medical School adds big data to course requirements
For generations, physicians have been trained in basic science and human anatomy to diagnose and treat the individual patient. But now, massive stores of data about what works for which patients are literally changing the way medicine is practiced. “That’s how we make decisions; we make them based on the
