Snacking is officially a craze. More than nine out of 10 Americans snack daily — a quarter of them three to five times every day, according to a recent Nielsen survey. But it’s not just people in the U.S. who are sneaking a bite. Snacking is now a $374 billion global industry, and it’s growing 2 percent annually.Europeans spend nearly […]
Five years ago, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.That law, enacted in memory of two people brutally killed in hate crimes, has generated important police training and outreach to prevent crimes rooted in hate-filled discrimination and bigotry. It also has produced comprehensive statistics — in tandem with the Hate Crime Statistics Act […]
PhotoA graphic visualization of the mobile industry, ranging from hardware makers to media providers. Software, denoted in yellow, plays an increasingly large and interconnected role in the industry.Credit Rahul BasoleBig-data management promises a significant shift in the way decisions are made across the economy. Abundant new sources of data from the web, sensors and smartphones, mined for patterns and insights […]
The EQLIM startup, which means ‘region’ or ‘territory’ in Arabic, has launched, aiming to create a subscription service for real-time data about human activity in emerging economies. The Beirut, Lebanon-based startup wants to address the lack of data about the Middle East.It will look at big data covering geopolitics, infrastructure, and commerce, as well as data cross health, environment, agriculture, […]
Instant Big Data Stream Processing = Instant StormbyMaarten EctorsonSeptember 3rd, 2014| Filed in: Enterprise Java Tags: Apache Storm, Big Data Every 6 months at Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, I work on something technical to test our tools first hand and to show others new ideas. This time around I created an Instant Big Data solution, more concretely […]
Big Data focus for UniversityEdinburgh’s expertise in handling Big Data is to be strengthened with the appointment of medical informatics expert Professor Andrew Morris.His appointment as the University’s new Vice-Principal of Data Science will see him work closely with colleagues to create cross-disciplinary opportunities for education, research and innovation in the field.Professor Morris will advise the Principal and senior management […]
General Electric – a literal powerhouse of a corporation involved in virtually every area of industry, has been laying the foundations of what it grandly calls the Industrial Internet for some time now.But what exactly is it? In this post I will try and give a basic overview of the ideas which they are hoping will transform industry, and how […]
General Electric – a literal powerhouse of a corporation involved in virtually every area of industry, has been laying the foundations of what it grandly calls the Industrial Internet for some time now.But what exactly is it? In this post I will try and give a basic overview of the ideas which they are hoping will transform industry, and how […]
Posted: Sep 01, 2014
Nanotechnology and big data – the next industrial revolution?
(Nanowerk News) A report commissioned by the Lloyds Register Foundation, reviewing the potential implications of nanotechnology on the safety […]
Total revenue growth remained strong, at 51.9% year over year to $101.5 million, 9.7% ahead of our forecast. Splunk doubled the license capacity for entry-level customers and lowered the price of Splunk Cloud by 33% during the quarter, helping to drive sales growth and keep the company apace with new competitors. We view these pricing moves as responses to customer […]
