The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Game-Changing Power of Visualization Data visualization may be hitting at just the right time. Data Floq shared an article highlighting the latest, Data Visualisation Can Change How We Think About The World. As the article mentions, we are primed for it biologically: the human eye and brain processes 10 to 12 separate images per …
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The Disconnect: Big Data and Business Strategy Imagine that: Big Data may not have a direct impact on business strategy. I read “Why Big Data and Algorithms Won’t Improve Business Strategy.” I learned that Big Data learns by playing algorithmic chess. The “moves” can be converted to patterns. The problem is that no one knows …
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Emphasize Data Suitability over Data Quantity It seems obvious to us, but apparently, some folks need a reminder. Harvard Business Review proclaims, “You Don’t Need Big Data, You Need the Right Data.” Perhaps that distinction has gotten lost in the Big Data hype.
Predicting Terrorism From Big Data Challenges U.S. Intelligence Connecting the dots from GPS, social media and other databases Privacy concerns may foil such moves: Ask Admiral Poindexter
Big Consulting Firm Smashes the Big Data Conundrum …lots of consultant fluff skewered…. Arnold sez: The trip will be a hike through the Ural mountains in winter. Phi Beta Iota: The master at his best. See Also: Big Data @ Phi Beta Iota
Now Big Data Has to Be Fast I read “Big Data Is No Longer Enough: It’s Now All about Fast Data.” The write up is interesting because it shifts the focus from having lots of information to infrastructure which can process the data in a timely manner. Note that “timely” means different things in different …
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Why open source is the ‘new normal’ for big data Openness is driving the Hadoop ecosystem, Talend’s CEO says It’s no secret that Hadoop and Apache Spark are the hottest technologies in big data, but what’s less often remarked upon is that they’re both open-source.
