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The World is Addicted to Data (and that's good for us)

December 21, 2009 by Steve Sarsfield
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In the famous book “The Transparent Society,” we are asked to consider some of the privacy ills we will be facing as technology improves and our society gains access to more data sets. The book was groundbreaking when it was written in 1999. It imagines the emergence of groups who are more powerful because they own the data. However... [read more]

Beyond ZIP +4 to Location Intelligence

November 2, 2009 by Paul Barsch
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In the United States, ZIP +4 assists marketers in targeting customers by city, neighborhood, or street, but geospatial location intelligence can help marketers perform much deeper analysis. And “analysis” is where the real value of geospatial lies. A ZIP + 4 code according to Wikipedia; “uses the basic five-digit code plus four... [read more]

Good-bye, Washington!

October 27, 2009 by Teradata EMEA
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The Teradata Partners Conference 2009 is over, and my impression is that I have met a lot of optimistic, and very determined, people. This is no time for enthusiasm, neither in the U.S. nor back home. But the people at this conference generally think they are seeing light at the end of tunnel and are preparing to be ready when more... [read more]

News from Washington: Teradata solutions for cloud computing and geospatial data

October 21, 2009 by Teradata EMEA
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So, these are the latest news from Washington! (I always wanted to announce this one day.) The most important news story in town, at least in my view, is this: Teradata now supports cloud computing concepts. With three new tools just introduced at the Partners Conference, you can build cloud environments on Teradata, both private and... [read more]