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Size doesn’t matter in Big Data, it’s what you ask of it that counts

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 09:27:03 +0000

Big Data is changing the way we do science today. Traditionally, data were collected manually by scientists making measurements, using microscopes or surveys. These data could be analysed by hand or using simple statistical software on a PC.

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Crowdfunding in Cloud Based Startups: A Reason to Cherish

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 08:43:28 +0000

What is rather essential as far as crowdfunding is concerned; it is all about building members of the family with folks around you. The current economic climate has encouraged many individual to come up with their own startups. Technological know-how has grown to the point that many people can start firms, and earn cash, with the aid of the Internet. For those working from home might require little money in the beginning, but they need money as they grow, but on the other hand, if you are planning a small trade in another location you want the money immediately.

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3 Ways Big Data Can Change Student Lives

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 08:40:09 +0000

Big data servicesApproximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is created every day with a staggering 90 percent of the world’s total data having been created in the last two years, according to IBM. Simply put, data is just information. However, take large amounts of data derived from all kinds of computer devices, store, collate and combine them with today’s sophisticated analytics and you get one of the century’s most buzz-worthiest concepts: Big Data.

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Does Big Data Need Citizen Data Scientists?

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 08:23:10 +0000

As big data rounds the corner of relevance, CIOs are seeing the value of “citizen developers” since recruiting large numbers of data scientists is proving difficult. Self-service becomes an interesting response, but how can CIOs deliver this?

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Big Data for Complex Disorders: A Case in Point for Schizophrenia

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 08:26:51 +0000

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 schizophrenia provides a solid clue toward solving the long-standing problem of defining causality in complex and multi-factorial human diseases. What is so unique about schizophrenia and what exactly do the recent results teach us about the role of genetics in complex human disorders? Let’s examine them one by one.

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Fundamentals of Big Data Log Analytics

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 08:09:25 +0000

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 of distributed log events. This topic is getting much more traction these days with the emerging architecture concept of Microservices.

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CognitiveLogic Raises $3M To Help Enterprises Pool Big Data While Keeping Privacy Intact

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:58:00 +0000

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 Nick Halstead, the person who founded and led DataSift but left the role in October 2015, has started a new company that wants to provide big data insight directly to the enterprises themselves — based on their own data.

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Big data’s big role in humanitarian aid

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:10:18 +0000

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 to find food, shelter and other necessities for the migrants.

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Just Using Big Data Isn’t Enough Anymore

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:39:00 +0000

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 data officers, and senior business and technology leaders of Fortune 1000 firms. Key industry segments are heavily represented — financial services, where data is plentiful and data investments are substantial, and life sciences, where data usage is rapidly emerging.

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The Big Data Transition

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:39:39 +0000

Predictions for 2016 are flowing in and Big Data is being talked about from all corners of the industry, “with each passing year, as the world transitions to digital era technologies, the consumption of data is increasing exponentially.

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