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10 Big Data Use Cases Everyone Must Read

Posted on December 3, 2015 by

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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.…

The woman helping Britain to make better decisions with data

Posted on November 16, 2015 by

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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…

‘Free your locked-up data’: FAO statistician advises companies on being more efficient

Posted on November 16, 2015 by

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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…

Open Data is Transforming How We Think of the Big Apple

Posted on October 26, 2015 by

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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…

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How to Take Advantage of Existing Linked Data Networks

Posted on October 19, 2015 by

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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

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The Internet of data, analytics and Things

Posted on October 9, 2015 by

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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. …

7 Questions Every Data Scientist Should Be Answering for Business

Posted on September 15, 2015 by

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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…

China announcement on big data promotion to transform social governance

Posted on September 9, 2015 by

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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…

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Big Data Still Requires Humans To Make Meaningful Connections