Printer-friendly versionGuest blog post by Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator From the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), part of the Department of Commerce, works to keep citizens informed about the changing environment around them. Our vast network […]
President Obama’s highly anticipated speech on government surveillance practices also took aim at commercial data practices, putting the data-driven marketing industry on notice.
“Corporations of all shapes and sizes track what you buy, store and analyze your data, and use it for commercial purposes,” Obama said. “That’s how those targeted ads pop up on your computer and your smartphone periodically,” he […]
IBM buys Aspera to speed up movement of big dataAspera can move big data to and from the cloud faster than traditional methods whilst providing predictability, bandwidth control and security. This benefits companies such as media organizations uploading TV shows and movies for streaming, medical research companies sharing genome data, or any organization trying to share and synchronize […]
Chart Shows Stock Market Investor Sentiment Out of Touch with Reality
Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013Nov 14, 2013 – 10:22 AM GMTBy: InvestmentContrarian
Sasha Cekerevac writes: To some people in the mainstream media, last week’s advance estimate on U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth was seen as a positive surprise.According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the advance […]
