The Body as a Source of Big Data [INFOGRAPHIC]
The healthcare industry will generate vast amount of data and part of that is because treatments such as an MRI…
Big Data: The Retailer’s Tool for Keeping Consumers On-Side and Happy
The facilitator of modern retail, big data, is fast becoming the engine driving modern commerce; allowing organisations to help individuals…
How Big Data Can Help the Developing World Beat Poverty [VIDEO]
The United Nations also see the possibilities of big data and in 2009 the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the…
Metadata and the Baker/Baker Paradox
In his recent blog post What’s the Matter with ‘Meta’?, John Owens lamented the misuse of the term metadata — In his recent…
Big Data Confusion Looms in the Second Half of 2013
I look up, and suddenly it's August. I've been heads-down for the past three months, finishing my new book, which…
A Great Example of Simpson’s Paradox: US Median Wage Decline
Since 2000, the median US wage has risen about 1%, adjusted for inflation.But over the same period, the median wage for:…
An Extensive Glossary of Big Data Terminology
Big data comes with a lot of new terminology that is sometimes hard to understand. Therefore we have created an…
Is Your Data Secure? [INFOGRAPHIC]
A lot of consumers and organisations are using the cloud and all that data is stored in massive data centers…
A Technical Look at Big Data
Big data can mean a number of things—and guide business decisions in countless ways. It can involve analyzing sheer volumes…
The Center of Analytics Success Takes on Communication Skills
As technical skills such as programming, application development, and “Big Data” infrastructure management take on added importance, it is imperative…
