In the era of big data, the battle for privacy has already been fought and lost – personal data is routinely collected and traded in the new economy and there are few effective controls over how it is used or secured. Data researchers and analysts now say that it’s time for legislation to reclaim some of that privacy and […]
There are as many ways to make money in the stock market as there are fleas on a dog.In my investment service Technology and Opportunity, we believe the best way to make money is to get in front of the herd on the next moneymaking trend and sell when the news spreads to the great unwashed.Holding too long is death […]
Gartner’s Svetlana Sicular posted her thoughts on 5+ Big Data Companies to Watch on June 17, 2014. In it, Pivotal is listed as one of those Big Data companies to watch. With an important caveat.We feel this falls in line with our vision that there is a much bigger picture than just big data, and big data’s future depends on ingraining it […]
A few years ago, a new concept emerged in the business world: that of the so-called “data steward.” These data stewards would make it their sole focus to organize, vet, manage, and update all the digital information that a company needs for its strategic planning and competition initiatives.Fast-forward to the present: data stewards now have become an integral feature of […]
Big data has become the buzzword within the digital marketing community—and rightfully so. The way we approach the abundance of data an organization has at their fingertips about their customers is the fundamental challenge that marketers face today. Marketers need to understand what questions can be asked and answered with big data or else big data is just another buzzword. […]
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]]>Rhiza, founded by Josh Knauer, just closed a $3 million funding round. The startup makes marketing analytic tools that helps bridge the gap between big data and companies, marketers and salespeople, the products are extremely user friendly and 100 percent intuitive.Notably behind the latest funding round is Draper Triangle Ventures, also out of Pittsburgh, along with Camp One Ventures and […]
It was just in April that Clari — a mobile-first sales tool that uses data science and predictive analytics to help sales people do their jobs — emerged from stealth with $6 million in backing from Sequoia. Today the company is announcing another funding milestone: a Series B round of $20 million.Andy Byrne, the company’s founder and CEO, says Clari plans to […]
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Cambridge-based predictive analytics company RapidMiner announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Radoop, an analytics company that optimizes the big data platform known as Hadoop.
Prior to today’s move, RapidMiner already had an existing partnership with the company, incorporating Radoop’s enterprise-geared big data analytics products into RapidMiner’s suite of predictive analytics offerings. With the acquisition, more of Radoop’s Hadoop tools can […]
This video was recorded at the Insight Innovation eXchange North America 2014 Hear Ryan Backer of General Mills discuss how the cereal giant ascribes to the “fail fast” philosophy, incorporates mobile in their research, and the need for future researchers to be adept at handling big data. Click here for the full list of Studio…This video was recorded at the […]
Dropbox has been acquiring companies to help it expand the services that it can offer to consumers and enterprises beyond cloud storage. But the company — which has raised $1.1 billion and is among the larger tech startups tipped for an IPO – is also making strategic acquisitions to help keep its own house in order.We have found out that Dropbox has quietly acquired a company called Parastructure, a startup still in stealth that builds data-analysis […]
