Category Archives: Big Data Analytics

Big Data Quotes of the Week

Posted on May 19, 2012 by GilPress

“Even as big data are helping banks, they are also throwing up new competitors from outside the industry”–“Big data: Crunching the numbers,” The Economist 

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Big Data Will Make IT the New Intel Inside

Posted on May 13, 2012 by GilPress

Tim O’Reilly famously declared in 2005: “Data is the next Intel Inside.” It well may be that big data—the organizational skill of using data as the key driver of performance—will make the IT function the new Intel Inside, the most … Continue reading →

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Big Data Quotes of the Week

Posted on May 4, 2012 by GilPress

“Data Science is just a buzzword that sort of appeared recently around the idea of people who build mathematical models of data and then explain them to human beings.”                   —Hilary Mason … Continue reading →

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Data Scientists–Dairy Scientists and the Ranking of Bulls

Posted on May 2, 2012 by GilPress

Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic: “Data-driven predictions are responsible for a massive transformation of America’s dairy cows. While other industries are just catching on to this whole ‘big data’ thing, the animal sciences — and dairy breeding in particular — … Continue reading →

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Big Data Quotes of the Week

Posted on April 28, 2012 by GilPress

“I asked Hammond to predict what percentage of news would be written by computers in 15 years. At first he tried to duck the question, but with some prodding he sighed and gave in: ‘More than 90 percent.’” Steven Levy … Continue reading →

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New Research Reports on Big Data

Posted on April 21, 2012 by GilPress

Two new research reports on big data flash out its early impact on enterprise IT.

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Mathematics, Statistics, and the Data Deluge

Posted on April 13, 2012 by GilPress

The American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics announce that the theme for Mathematics Awareness Month, April 2012, is Mathematics, Statistics, and the Data Deluge. Massive amounts … Continue reading →

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