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The Wimbledon tennis tournament is working on extending its digital reach into emerging markets to bring it into the 21st century.
Just like the first wave of BYOD Bring Your Own Device, BYOW Bring Your Own Wearables is coming into the enterprise.
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A decade ago, scientists took years of effort to amass raw data for the human genome. Today, BGI Shenzhen can do it in two hours or less.
Companies are rushing to derive meaning from all of the vast amounts of data collected every day to make better decision. But what exactly is big data?
As the use of big data, cloud computing and virtualization grows, so is the allocation of budgets to data centers.
Soon parents may encourage their children to pursue an increasingly popular career path: data scientist.
The arrival of big data has bought with it an era of monitoring based on information generated by mobile devices and social media usage.
Big data – where every aspect of your life is being quantified in every way imaginable – may be a term you are only just beginning to recognize.
About Big Data
- It’s a buzzword that’s been bandied about in recent years but what exactly is Big Data, and, how is it impacting businesses and consumers of information? We look at the opportunities – and controversies – in managing the explosive growth of data in this generation.