The Department of Commerce Should Establish an Office of Data Innovation
The importance of data to the U.S. economy continues to grow. The importance of data to the U.S. economy continues…
Using Data for K-12 Education
When 44 Atlanta schools were implicated in a standardized test cheating scandal in 2011, “data” quickly became the vocabulary word…
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…
Encrypting Backup Data for HIPAA and PCI Compliance
Stored data is a top target by hackers, especially the type of data that can be used for fraud and…
4 Benefits for the Public Sector when Governments Start Using Big Data
Government services, or the public sector, are known for creating large volumes of data. Big data thus provides plenty opportunities…
The NSA, Link Analysis and Fraud Detection
The recent leaks about the NSA’s use data mining and predictive analytics has certainly raised awareness of our field and…
What Data Do the Five Largest Tech Companies Collect? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Big Data brings big privacy issues, and it is wise to understand what data is collected from you when you…
Testing the San Francisco Open Data Initiative [VIDEO]
San Francisco’s Open Data Initiative allows the government of San Francisco to share open data with its citizens, who can…
Four Ways to Make Enterprise Social Work
Research shows that enterprise social software hasn't really worked – because it hasn’t been enough about work. Research shows that…
Tag, Anyone?
The nature of data is changing. At the moment organizations gather data from many different sources including loyalty cards, machine…
