Home>Authors>Richard McDougall> We need your input: Big Data SurveyWe need your input: Big Data SurveyDecember 9, 2013By @richardmcdougllOur Big Data team is running a survey to gather information on the key facets of your Big Data and Hadoop environments. Please grab some time to provide us your inputs.More details are available here…Richard McDougallCloud Apps, Big Data, Storage ServicesRichard McDougall is […]
I tweeted this link, and it’s getting far, far more retweets than I would have expected, so I thought I’d note it here:
Econometrics and “Big Data”, by Dave Giles: In this age of “big data” there’s a whole new language that econometricians need to learn. … What do you know about such things as:
Decision trees
Support vector machines
Neural nets
Deep learning
Classification […]
During the past several years, Big Data has made headlines, entered boardrooms, and been prioritized by companies of all sizes in the hopes that their processes will present new opportunities for long-term success. In many cases, the programs will enable organizations to experience financial, operational, and managerial benefits much as squeezing juice from a handful of data-filled oranges will provide […]
There has been a lot of talk lately that ‘Big Data’ is just BS. Peter Houston looks beyond the hype to reveal what companies should be focusing on.Peter Houston Do you remember the first time you heard the phrase ‘Big Data’? Chances are, unless data’s what you do, it was last year. Big Data became big when the World Economic […]
Print PDFEarlier we shared with you the required skill set of a big data scientist, and recently EMC published an infographic about this illustrious job. Despite the growing opportunity, demand for big data scientists is outpacing the supply of talent and will do so for the next five years. EMC did a survey to understand who these big data science […]
If you’re attending the Digital Media Summit (DMS), “The CEO Conference” today in NYC, and you’re interested in learning more about “Big Data”, you won’t want to miss the “Big Data: Solutions Beyond the Hype” panel that Andy Monfried is moderating.Starting at 11:15am, Andy (Lotame’s Founder & CEO), will be joined by a panel of experts including:Dana Hayes, Acxiom
Tad Martin, […]
Acquisition activity to Big Data also increasing with 2012 seeing 20 exits including 3 IPOs. Big Data investment has been gaining momentum seeing nearly $5 billion of funding over the last five years. 2012 was the biggest year of deals and saw YoY growth of 19.5% over 2011. The graph below highlights the five-year financing trend to Big Data companies.To receive […]
