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As we use the Internet for “free,” we have to remember that if we’re not paying for something, we’re
not the customer. We are in fact
the product being sold — or, more specifically, our data is. |
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Nesta Hot Topics: The power and possibilities of Big Data |
This report covers the key concepts discussed during Nesta's
day-long event which brought together entrepreneurs, academics,
business people, and investors in the Big Data space. |
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Nesta report: The power and possibilities of Big Data |
Who owns your "electronic soul"? As we share ever more personal data with
governments and private
companies such as Facebook,
it's a live issue -- and one which
Nesta will address in a document it is due to publish tomorrow. |
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Privacy Policies Are Dead, Privacy Watchdog Says |
It's time for the web to move into an era of "just in time" notifications
whenever new types of data are being collected or when our data is being used in
new ways. |
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Visualization deconstructed: New York Times "Mapping America" |
A look at what works in a census visualization. |
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Bridging the Gap Between Data and Insights |
This desperation for getting the right information to make
business decisions is placing more pressure on executives to consume
even more data; forming an addiction to data in absence of good
business information. |
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2011 Watchlist: 6 themes to track |
Data will be in the driver's seat, social tools will become ubiquitous, and the
meaning of privacy will be debated. |
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Strata gems: What your inbox knows |
Mining implicit data trails makes CRM more effective |
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Has the internet changed science? |
The ocean of information available on
the web is challenging the standard model
of hypothesis-driven science. Yet that model has always borne little
relation to the mucky reality of scientific research. |
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Sizing the big data problem: ‘big data’ is the problem |
How big is the big data market? How long is a piece of string? |
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Strata gems: What your inbox knows |
Mining implicit data trails makes CRM more effective |
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Lack of foreclosure data leaves big questions |
The worst foreclosure crisis in the nation's history might have been detected
earlier if the government had a better tracking system for mortgage data,
experts say. |
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Big Data: How are People Using it? |
At a recent conference on “Big Data” sponsored by
Aster Data, attendees were asked what type of “Big Data” plans
they were considering. |
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Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User Data |
Facebook today unveiled an incredibly simple new service that
will allow any website owner to hand over user registration for
their site to Facebook. |
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How Does Predictive Analytics Work? |
Understanding the basics of predictive analytics is as easy as saying your
ABC’s. |
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The Real Lessons of Gawker's Security Mess |
Gossip site Gawker has experienced a large data breach whose
scale fully came to light Sunday. |
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The top five predictive analytics strategy tips |
Enterprises with
a bias toward action are most likely to have success with
predictive analytics. |
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Sizing the big data problem: ‘big data’ is the problem |
If we are to understand the opportunity for storing and processing big data sets
then the industry needs to get much more specific about what it is that is being
stored and processed, and what we are using to store and process it. |
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What Will Your Customers Buy Next? |
Using sophisticated math and vast amounts of data, predictive analytics software
can help forecast and influence purchasing behavior. So why aren't more
companies using it? |
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Dipity taps data for infographics and revenue |
Easy-to-use timelines catch on with consumers and publishers. |
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Using predictive analytics tools and setting up an analytics program |
Predictive analytics tools turn the BI software selection
process on its head |
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Total data: ‘bigger’ than big data |
Total data is not simply another term for big data; it describes a broader
approach to data management, managing the storage and processing of big data to
deliver the necessary BI. |
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Big Data Flows vs. Wicked Leaks
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Most big data flows by design. But when big data leaks the consequences
can be wicked. That said … protecting big data from wicked leaks is not going to be easy.
Defending against external cyber penetrations and insider threats are both hard
problems. |
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Is there a disconnect between Big Data and the Web of Data ? |
The Big Data space is seeing remarkable innovation, but there is
a long way to go in order to lift it out of the domain of the
technically proficient specialist and place it on desktops across
the organisation. |
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Data Analytics |
All Departments of Correction are using automated inmate
management and other systems to varying degrees, providing the
essential platform to move forward and turn data into actionable
intelligence. |
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New York Times Looks for Answers in Data |
What Mark Hansen, a UCLA statistics professor on sabbatical, and
Jer Thorp, a data artist in residence at the Times, have found is
that stories take on a life of their own, which can be mapped and
visualized in some startlingly beautiful ways. |
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From MIT/Sloan “Analytics: The New Path To Value” |
A new way of working means asking more and better questions of your
data is critical, then finding non-obvious relationships and ways of
making constant, iterative changes. |
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Overcoming Tradition with Analytics – Baseball’s Mindshift |
With the collection of statistics paralleling the emergence of
analytics in all forms in business and daily life, journalists have
shifted their mindset in determining what qualifies as “best”. |
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Data analytics software, data management transforms Kelley Blue Book |
For some companies,
business intelligence (BI) and
data analytics have improved the way they do business. For
Kelley Blue Book, data
analytics has fundamentally transformed the company. |
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Customer Data Drives Marketing Success |
Proper access to and analysis of customer data is critical to marketing success,
according to a new report from Aberdeen Group. |
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HP shows profit from data mining |
Computer giant
HP added $20 million (£12.5 million) to its bottom line through data mining
activities, demonstrating that businesses can see a huge return on their
analytics investment. |
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You want the data? You can't handle the data! |
Execs in government and industry are being overwhelmed by a sea of information,
a new survey finds |
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Unlocking The Power Of Big Data |
Start using data to predict the future, not just learn from the past. |
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A data management strategy without policies spells doom |
'Policies
first' is the best data management strategy. They will help to ensure that data is easily retrievable,
as well as classified and retained properly in the first place. |
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MBTA makes real-time data available |
Mass transit in Boston may not always be totally reliable -- but
it just got a whole lot more predictable. |
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What a Hundred Million Calls to 311 Reveal About New York |
How New York City's 311 service helps to isolate problems and
solve mysteries--all from analyzing the data. |
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Open question: How much location information are you willing to share? |
Location adds a new twist to privacy debates. |
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The Data Budget |
Data analysts need to set limitations. It may be helpful to
indicate this important requirement as the data budget:
"Given the quality and volume of our historical data, we only have
the data budget to answer questions about 3 segments, not 12." |
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What Rapleaf Knows About You--WSJ Reports |
You may not know them, but Rapleaf knows an awful lot about
"you"--like your name, email address, household income, and even
your politics. |
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The Ever-Expanding Important of Analytics -- True Intelligence for
Business |
A lot of data and content come with a short shelf life of
significance. Analytic solutions need to bring this information more
quickly into intelligence processes. |
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Deep Analytics: What is it, and How do I do it? |
Sophisticated tools and technologies support predicative
analytics and modeling. |
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A Web Pioneer Profiles Users by Name |
An online tracking company called RapLeaf Inc. may know more
about you than you think--your real name and email address. |
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'Scrapers' Dig Deep for Data on Web |
Many scrapers and data brokers argue that if information is
available online, it is fair game, no matter how personal. |
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10 Insights: A First Look at The New Intelligent Enterprise Survey |
How do you win with data? MIT Sloan Management Review surveyed
global executives about turning the data deluge and analytics into
competitive advantage. Here's an early snapshot of their responses. |
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A Taxonomy of Data Science |
Where can I find a good data scientist? What do I need to learn
to become a data scientist? What is data science? |
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Market Data Firm Spots the Tracks of Bizarre Robot Traders |
Mysterious and possibly nefarious trading algorithms are
operating every minute of every day in the nation's stock exchanges.
Nanex, a data services firm has dragged some of the odder algorithm
specimens into the light. |
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Sensor Networks Top Social Networks for Big Data |
The growth of sensors has opened up a larger storehouse of
information that will not only help businesses profit, but will also
boost safety and environmental benefits. |
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Widgets maps, and an API make World Bank data sing |
The new data.worldbank.org website looks to make the vast wealth
of open data easier to use. |
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Stopping crime before it starts |
Sophisticated analysis of data can sometimes tell police where
criminals are headed. It's academic now, but the LAPD plans to get
involved. |
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Strata Week: Money, mayhem, and media |
LAPD goes precog, Mint shares its data, and journalists get a
new data visualization tool. |
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Sensor networks and the future of forecasting |
How data, combined with low-cost sensor networks, can spot
extreme weather before it hits. |
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Redesigning the New York City Subway Map |
A great example of data visualization and the reinvention of the
iconic New York City Subway Map -- an excerpt from Beautiful
Visualization. |
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Earthquakes are HUGE on Data.gov |
The raw data on the Data.gov catalog now has 2,326 entries and
has been collectively downloaded almost three-quarters of a million
times. The biggest winner? The earthquake data set. |
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The Cut Free Autopsy |
How data and digital imaging are shaping virtual autopsies -- an
excerpt from "Beautiful Visualization." |
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Goodbye petabytes, hello zettabytes |
The digital universe grew by 62% last year to 800,000 petabytes. |
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What is Data Science? |
The future belongs to companies that figure out how to turn data
into products. |
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Big data faster: A conversation with Bradford Stephens |
The founder of Drawn to Scale explains how his database platform does simple
things quickly. |
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Strata Week: Shop 'til you drop |
Stack Exchange goes in-house, Netflix pays for platforms, survey data gets
visualized, and Infochimps acquires Data Marketplace |
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3 "Big-Data" Predictions for 2011 |
How will compliance-driven structured data retention affect your enterprise?
Will expensive data management software fall and sustainable IT rise as a
result? |
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Business Analysts Meet Hadoop |
One of the supposed benefits of data frameworks such as
Hadoop is that they provide a cost-effective way to manipulate
so-called “Big Data."...The challenge with Hadoop, however, is that its
native interface is
MapReduce. In the corporate world, SQL is king. |
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Predictive Analytics Make Their Way to Enterprise Networks |
"Predictive
analytics for IT is about understanding vast amounts of real-time data to
forecast performance issues before they affect users," said Daniel Heimlich,
vice president at Netuitive. |
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Big Data for the year ahead: 10 predictions |
2011 will be the year of ‘Big Data’ — and big challenges for those maintaining
IT infrastructures. |
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The Algorithm + the Crowd are Not Enough |
The weaknesses of this crowdsourced + algorithmic
system are showing, and the next revolution feels inevitable. |
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The next decade: Solving the big 3 IT problems |
The next decade will bring challenges in
many areas of information technology. Although new ideas and
technologies are constantly emerging, only those that can deliver
real value to businesses and consumers will be successful. |
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Does 'big data' equal big opportunity for storage vendors? |
There is no question in my mind about whether traditional data warehousing will
be transformed into "big data" analysis applications. This need is being
seen across industry segments, but is currently most prominent in health care,
government, and retail. What storage professionals need to understand now is how
the big-data wave will affect data storage. |
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Data that is derived, augmented, enhanced, adjusted, or cooked
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Namely, one of the first questions one should ask in considering an analytic
data management strategy is: Do we have to plan for data other than what we will be storing in raw form? |
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Data analytics requirements push database tech to limits |
Complex, real-time analyses fuel demand for specialized analytics platforms,
report says. |
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Toward an Open Data Maturity Model |
The open data community continues to ruminate on some
fundamentals. For instance, what is “high value data?” Also, what
does “open data” really mean? |
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$2.25b buys ‘big data’ firm |
EMC Corp. made a big bet on “big data’’ yesterday,
agreeing to pay $2.25 billion for Isilon Systems Inc. , a Seattle
company that builds relatively low-cost systems for storing immense
amounts of information.
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The upcoming revolution in business intelligence systems |
CIOs forging their BI strategies soon will have to grapple with
business intelligence systems that are little more than buzzwords
today: social network analysis, organizational network analysis,
context-aware computing, even sentiment analysis. |
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The 100-year Leap |
Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine was a century before its
time. So why not build it now? |
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The SMAQ stack for big data |
Storage, MapReduce and Query are ushering in data-driven
products and services. |
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Big Business for Big Data |
What IBM's acquisition of Netezza means for the enterprise in
terms of technology and appliances. |