Who’s Afraid Of The Big, Bad Data?
Why are so many organisations so terrified of data and refuse to see the benefits it can bring? ‘Big data’ is now a common term, but traditionally, the treatment of the flow of information within an organisation has been comparable to that of a piece of radioactive material. Not only has it been quarantined and isolated in the IT department, but access to it has typically been limited to only one individual - the data scientist – who is deemed to be the only person qualified enough to handle it.
Five Steps To Handling Big Data
Need to know how to bring together and drive revenue from all the data at your organisation's disposal? Matt Hollingsworth, managing account director at Acxiom, outlines a five-step process for dealing with big data
Share your Data Visualisations on Visualizing.org during Big Data Week
We are happy and excited to support Big Data Week at its 200+ meetups across the world. Use Visualizing.org as a resource when creating visualizations during the event. Explore visualizations by topic, form, or tool. Discover tips and techniques from workshops given at our previous Marathons. On Visualizing.org, we?ll have a Big Data Week gallery to share and promote visualizations created at BDW events. We invite all attendees to participate. Please provide the following information to those who would like to include their work.
The next stage of Big Data – Personalisation
Ian McCaig, Marketing and Strategy Director for Qubit, discusses big data, good data, and personalised data.
Improving Public Health Depends on Connectivity
In this article Infosys' Ashish Goel looks at the growing trend of 'coopetition' in the life sciences industry, and the implications this will have in terms of both managing and protecting the vast amount of data being shared by pharmaceutical companies
The Big Question About Big Data
“Big data” was the buzzword of 2012 – the year was awash with information, comment and discussion about the topic. As we enter 2013, it’s time for the talking to make way for action. Despite the hype and column inches, however, many businesses do not know what first steps they should take so that they can manage and use big data efficiently to gain an information advantage.
Big Data Week Atlanta – Growing a community around innovation
Born out of a desire to build community around the diverse challenges of Big Data, Atlanta’s tech community already excels at exploring, sharing, and learning with one another. And now, with the advent of Big Data Week, the city will have the opportunity to prove it’s as serious a Silicon Valley in terms of technology.
Visualizing.org partner with Big Data Week
We’re thrilled to partner again for this year’s Big Data Week. From April 22-28, data designers, data scientists, data technologists and others invested in data will come together for this global festival of 200+ meetups in 18+ cities around the world.
Big Data in Kuala Lumpur: deep-dive into stakeholder impacts
Big Data has the potential to have an enduring impact on every part of society, but the devil is in the details. How will various groups be affected? Will some benefit more than others? These questions brought together professionals from diverse sectors, including technology, business, government and education during an interactive workshop in Kuala Lumpur. Here we summarise the findings of the delegates, as an Asian perspective on the broader impacts of Big Data.