The Ethics of Data, Visualized [INFOGRAPHIC]
Big data sparked public interest in the U.S. beginning with the NSA scandal. Suddenly, it was mass knowledge that not…
Big Data Jargon We All Need to Reign In, Right Now
A few days ago, something of a modern day conundrum suddenly came to my attention and I fell into a…
Verizon Flirts with Thin Data Rights Line
The data brokerage game is beefing up, and Verizon just made a massive push to secure its top dog status…
WOW! Big Data at Google
Big data and big business go hand in hand – this is the first in a series where I will…
When Ideology Reigns Over Data
Increasingly, the mantra of “let the data speak for themselves” is falling by the wayside and ideology promotion is zooming…
2020: US Banks Are Betting Big on Analytics
A recent study by Accenture talks about the future state of banking in US by 2020. Thankfully, the study reports,…
State Secrets Laws Inhibit Open Data
In the United States and much of Western Europe, government data, such as economic indicators, government budgets, and agricultural information,…
Is Big Data Under Threat by New Internet Magna Carta?
This year we have seen the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web (WWW) and next year we will see…
The Use and Abuse of Big Data and Hadoop
Big data analytics is having a huge impact on us all. The ability to collect, store and analyze massive amounts…
The Coming Wave of Innovation from Open Geographic Information
Many government agencies use geographic information systems (GIS), software which allows them to collect, store, analyze and visualize geographic information.…
