You know “big data” has gone mainstream when it shows up in Popular Science. Today’s PopSci post describes the realization that the ocean of data is really here, and we’re all going to have to figure out how to swim in it. An example of just how huge the data is comes from the callout
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The Columbia Spectator describes plans in a recent post about expansion of their engineering and data science schools. Columbia’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is making a big push to become a leader in the new data science field, planning for a huge expansion which include 1,000,000 square feet of additional space that would
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A post today on ITBusiness.ca talks about the need for handling big data, and describes some of the efforts by the big name “big data” players, such as SAS, EMC Greenplum, and Accenture. According to the post, 72 percent of companies polled by the Accenture SAS Analytics Group say they will be spending more on business
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It seems that data science is permeating every industry these days, and new industry reports by Forrester Research describe how data science will affect the insurance industry. Ellen Carney, senior analyst at Forrester, indicates that insurance companies need to build a solid technology foundation to compete in the rapidly moving industry. Here’s a bit from
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Dan Woods of Forbes is continuing to interview people in the field of data science to gain their understanding of this new discipline. This post has his interview with Daniel Tunkelang, a principal data scientist at LinkedIn. Prior to joining LinkedIn, Tunkelang led a local search quality team at Google, and was co-founder and Chief
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In the latest edition of Newsweek magazine, they have a cool set of the greatest robots of all time, in honor of Apple’s introduction of Siri, the technology that will let you use your new iPhone 4S by voice commands. Here’s a link to Newsweek’s robot montage – but I’ve listed their picks below (which
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GigaOM and the New York Times have reports on Apple’s plans to reinvent the way we watch TV. Two days ago, GigaOM reported on the iTunes boss at Apple moving over to head up Apple’s television plans. Today, they rebroadcast an article by NYT’s Nick Bilton that Apple is planning to launch a Siri-enabled television
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InformationWeek reports on IBM’s move into the communications and healthcare marketplaces by providing analytics software and services. IBM’s announcment came at the Las Vegas Information On Demand (IOD) conference held this week. IBM has spent $7.6 billion to purchase major providers Netezza and Cognos to bolster their software offerings. Additionally, according to the IW article,
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Forbes has an interview with Jack Domme, CEO of Hitachi Data Systems (“HDS”), where they explore the impact of the data explosion and business’ abilities to turn that data into actionable information. Here’s a snippet from the article on the two things that are needed: Turning Big Data into actionable data is made possible by
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