Category Archives: Big Data
10 New Big Data Observations from Tom Davenport
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdHhD4n3iFE?rel=0] The term “big data” has become nearly ubiquitous. Indeed, it seems that every day we hear new reports of how some company is using big data and sophisticated analytics to become increasingly competitive. The topic first began to … Continue reading
Big Data, Small World: Kirk Borne at TEDxGeorgeMasonU (Video)
Kirk Borne is Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science in the George Mason University School of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences (SPACS). Turns out he is the father of the term “unknown unknowns” – things we do not know we … Continue reading
IIA, Forrester, IDC, and Gartner on the Future of Big Data Analytics and Cognitive Computing
Big data analytics is the next trillion-dollar market, says Michael Dell. IDC has a more modest and specific prediction, forecasting the market for big data technology and services to grow at a 23.1% compound annual growth rate, reaching $48.6 billion … Continue reading
Most companies analyze a mere 12% of their data (Infographic)
Source: Platfora
10 Most Successful Big Data Technologies
As the big data analytics market rapidly expands to include mainstream customers, which technologies are most in demand and promise the most growth potential? The answers can be found in TechRadar: Big Data, Q1 2016, a new Forrester Research report … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence is the New Big Data
Source: CB Insights Trends
China: Increasing Investments in AI, Big Data and Digital Health
Gartner: Despite the slowdown in GDP growth to 6.9 percent in 2015, China is still making aggressive investments to drive the adoption of high technology by local enterprises and organizations, according to Gartner, Inc… The massive consumer base and the … Continue reading
McKinsey Updates Estimates of Big Data Potential Value
Source: McKinsey, 2011 [In 2011], we estimated the potential for big data and analytics to create value in five specific domains. Revisiting them today shows uneven progress and a great deal of that value still on the table (exhibit). The … Continue reading
Pressed Data: Best of 2016
In Pressed Data, my Forbes.com column, I try to chronicle the evolution of digital technologies, their business impact, and the people behind the innovations, business models, and new ideas. In 2016, I covered artificial intelligence—the 60-year-old new new thing, … Continue reading
On Brontobyte Data and Other Big Words
Source: Datafloq Paul McFedries in IEEE Spectrum: When Gartner released its annual Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies for 2014, it was interesting to note that big data was now located on the downslope from the “Peak of Inflated Expectations,” while the … Continue reading