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…
Tag, Anyone?
The nature of data is changing. At the moment organizations gather data from many different sources including loyalty cards, machine…
Big Data Benefits versus Big Risks [VIDEO]
The recent revelations about the NSA’s secret program makes people aware of the world of big data and the thin…
How Big Data Analytics Reveal Your Most Intimate Secrets
Big Data Analytics allow us to automatically analyze digital records such as our updates, photos and ‘Likes’ on Facebook. But…
Big Data Ethics: Vendors Should Take A Stand
I have been working in analytics for over twenty years, and have witnessed first hand how these technologies have made…
Perils of Big Data: US Government Collecting Customer Data from Verizon
An article by the Guardian revealed that the US government is secretly collecting phone information from Verizon, storing what number…
Big Data Today: Living as Far from 1984 as Orwell
Over the last month I’ve been talking a lot about personally controlled records and the ownership of your own information.…
