Category Archives: Big Data Analytics
Antifragile: The New Steady State for IT?
In his new book, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan, calls “antifragile” things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. Taleb, criticizing … Continue reading
Big Data Quotes of the Week
“These new technologies and approaches have done much more than just solve the problems around petabytes of data and thousands of events per second. They are the right way to do data. That’s why I’m not convinced the term ‘big … Continue reading
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Big Data and the Democratization of Decisions
Big Data and the Democratization of Decisions, a new research report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Alteryx:
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Big Data Quotes of the Week
“We are seeing dramatically different models of people attacking the [big data] marketplace and I think it’s healthy… we are also seeing a lot of food-fights going on…that says to me, we’re starting to make money at this, there are … Continue reading
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Big Data Quotes of the Week
“Predictive analytics can figure out how to land on Mars, but not who will buy a Mars bar…. You should expect big data to have big impact. And you can bet that it will help machines interact more usefully with … Continue reading
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A Big Data Roadmap for Government and Business
TechAmerica Foundation’s Big Data Commission recently released its long-awaited report, “Demystifying Big Data: A Practical Guide to Transforming the Business of Government.” It offers a comprehensive roadmap for the use of Big Data by the Federal government and a set of policy recommendations … Continue reading
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LucidWorks: Bringing Search to Big Data
“Search is the UI for data today,” Grant Ingersoll, Chief Scientist for LucidWorks, told the audience at the recent IE big data conference in Boston. Anyone on the Internet is familiar with the search box and can find the data they are looking … Continue reading
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Big Data Quotes of the Week, September 21, 2012
“When the term data scientist was first discussed 18 months ago, Frankenstein’s laboratory came to mind. As we continue to research the job descriptions of data scientists, we now realise it’s a legitimate role that is useful in a lot … Continue reading
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The Trouble with Big Data
Douglas Merrill, former CIO/VP of Engineering at Google, has issued an important warning about big data: “With too little data, you won’t be able to make any conclusions that you trust. With loads of data you will find relationships that … Continue reading
Big Data and Data Science Events September-December 2012
Big Data and Data Science Events September – December 2012 Last updated September 16, 2012 TDWI World Conference Sep 16–21, Boston Predictive Analytics World–Government September 17-18, Washington DC *** To get a 15% off of the 2 Day and Combo passes, … Continue reading
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