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(Internet of) Things as a Service (TaaS) – Hype vs. Reality

With all of the excitement around Internet of Things (IoT), it can be difficult to separate hype from reality. IoT is more about disruptive new business models than technology.

19 Sep 2014 4 mins

Big Data Foundry Events Predictive Analytics

MapR Aims to Take SQL-on-Hadoop to Next Level

Seeking to eliminate the need to manage schemas and perform time-consuming ETL tasks on incoming data before exploring it, MapR is adding the Apache Drill distributed ANSI SQL query engine to its Hadoop distribution.

16 Sep 2014 3 mins

Analytics Big Data Hadoop

How Big Data Is Helping to Save the Planet

With the help of HP's Vertica Analytics Platform, Conservation International is crunching data from images to monitor the biodiversity of tropical forests around the world.

15 Sep 2014 5 mins

Analytics Big Data Data Mining

C-Level Executives Seeing Big Results From Big Data

A study by Accenture finds that many organizations are putting big data initiatives into production and the vast majority of those that do are pleased with the results.

11 Sep 2014 7 mins

Big Data CIO CMO

What’s Hot, Not in Healthcare IT Startups

Healthcare startups pop up just about everywhere these days. Experts from Health 2.0, Rock Health and StartUp Health weigh in on what types of tech get the most (and least) attention from health entrepreneurs.

10 Sep 2014 10 mins

Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry Wearables

Mayo Clinic Turns to IBM’s Watson to Fill Clinical Trials

Mayo clinicians will leverage Watson's natural language processing and data analytics capabilities to quickly sift through millions of pages of clinical trial and patient data to match patients with appropriate clinical trials.

8 Sep 2014 4 mins

Big Data Business Intelligence Healthcare Industry

How IBM Serves Up Data to Tennis Fans at U.S. Open

IBM is using a combination of mobile, cloud and data analytics technologies to help the United States Tennis Association transform the U.S. Open fan experience.

28 Aug 2014 6 mins

Analytics Big Data Mobile Apps

Does Microsoft Really Love Open Source?

Microsoft is involved in many major open source projects, including Hadoop and Docker. What's motivating the company to abandon its 'proprietary-only' roots?

21 Aug 2014 7 mins

Hadoop Java Web Development

Pioneering Companies Enter a New Data Analytics Phase

Companies such as Ford, General Electric are entering the next phase of data analytics. Analytics 3.0 will go beyond internal use and become a driver of external products and services.

19 Aug 2014 3 mins

Analytics Big Data CIO 100

3 Mistaken Assumptions About What Big Data Can Do For You

Many executives and organizations see big data as a panacea, but data and analytics can't address every problem you face. These three scenarios in particular illustrate common misconceptions about what big data can do.

19 Aug 2014 7 mins

Big Data Data Mining Data and Information Security

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