Big data is a big deal, make no mistake about it, but it’s probably not as big a deal as it’s going to be eventually when we really figure out how to make good use of it. For now, we …
Big Data Still Requires Humans To Make Meaningful Connections Read more »
What do you think of when you think of “big data”? For many, it’s a nebulous term that invokes images of huge server farms humming away. Or perhaps you think of receiving some kind of personalized advertisement from a retailer. …
Profile: Heather Savory, Director General for Data Capability at the Office for National Statistics Wherever you look, organisations are trying to get to grips with data. Be it big data, open data, metadata, data science, working out how to collect …
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Steve Katz of the FAO’s Statistics Division calls on institutions in the agriculture industry and beyond to make better use of company data by ensuring it is accessible, of a high quality and can be integrated across different processes By …
‘Free your locked-up data’: FAO statistician advises companies on being more efficient Read more »
A data scientist’s blog is revealing some statistics about New York City that are making people question how great “The City so Nice, They Named it Twice,” really is. There was a time when data creat…
programmableweb.com – There’s perhaps no hotter buzzword in our industry—and therefore no hotter hashtag—than big data. Not just big data, there’s open data versus proprietary data and then there’s Linked Data which mak… Tweeted by @BenHen75 https://twitter.com/BenHen75/status/656061804167188480
From new regulations governing data use for financial firms, to exploring the abilities and demographics of Superheroes – it has to be our weekly roundup of big data, analytics and IoT news (and views) from the big wide web. …
Business professional of all levels have asked me over the years what is it that I should know that my Data Science department may not be telling me. To be candid, many Data Scientist operate in fear wondering …
7 Questions Every Data Scientist Should Be Answering for Business Read more »
China’s Cabinet, the State Council publishes guidelines to promote the opening and sharing of government data to improve governance, boost innovation and promote economic restructuring, with the aim of forging a new model of social governance. A mechanism will be …
China announcement on big data promotion to transform social governance Read more »
5 September 2015 – UK start-up company, KnowNow Information Ltd, is revolutionising how UK emergency services can plan for, and respond to, extreme weather conditions, to help save lives and millions of pounds. Using Big Data and the UK’s most …
Big Data predicts extreme weather blackspots for UK emergency services Read more »