Around a third of the UK’s larger organizations – around 6,400 – will implement big data analytics programs in the next five years, pushing the demand for big data specialists up by 243 per cent to 69,000.
The figures come from a report produced by e-skills UK on behalf of SAS UK & Ireland which collected data from over 1,000 organizations.
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Immensity with which the social networks are growing is unprecedented in its own way. Facebook consists of roughly 1 billion users, twitter has 500 million users, LinkedIn has over 225 million users, Pinterest has more than 10 million users, Instagram uploads 5 millions images everyday and Google+ receives 5 billion +1’s daily.This is not enough, there are Asian networking sites […]
Facebook (FB) started its life as a publicly traded company with disappointment. FB stock crashed about 50% in the four months after its 2012 IPO.But in 2013, Facebook stock has found new life. The social media giant is up over 60% year-to-date.However, it’s impossible to overlook the past problems at Facebook and the recent softness in FB stock after a […]
You might be surprised what consumers say about banks and credit unions in social media. Here’s the first installment in a series of quarterly sentiment reports from the social media monitoring experts at digital agency iQ, brought to you exclusively by The Financial Brand.“Social Listening” is a practice that allows us to examine all forms of social interaction (blogs, forums, […]
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Quite a few companies are focused on mining public social media data for consumer sentiment indicators. However, there are many other insights and information of value that can be gleaned from Tweets, blogs, and Facebook pages. We are just beginning to understand how various companies can exploit these data
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Social Data Mining: Beyond Sentiment – TransVoyant
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Facebook (FB) has been on quite a run in 2013, up 100% from its summer lows. But after peaking at almost $55 a share in October, FB stock is fading fast.And given some of the sentiment lately, Facebook stock could remain under pressure for some time.On the sentiment front, big-time investors are starting to sour on this social media giant. […]
Editor’s Note: Todd posts his vibes in real time each day on our Buzz & Banter.The equity landscape continues to scrape sideways, a continuation of yesterday’s price action, as stocks work off the overbought condition as a function of time rather than price. The bears had an opportunity late last week and took a solid downside swipe, but that pressure […]
The author offers two arguments in support of the case. The first is mutual fund flows. Net inflows into U.S. stocks funds are stronger than at any time since 2004, at $76 billion for the year to date. This contrasts with $451 billion in net outflows over the previous seven years. The second argument is anecdotal. It consists of quotes from […]
Sign up for the Executive Summary email briefing to get the news delivered straight to your inbox first thing in the morning.Markets: By the numbersMonday’s North American closeTSX13,358.39 -19.94 -0.15%Dow Jones15,783.10 +21.32 +0.14%S&P 5001,771.89 +1.28 +0.07%Nasdaq3,919.79 +0.56 +0.01%Decent jobs growth, encouraging words from central bank officials and healthy earnings numbers were enough to push North American stock markets strongly higher yet again last week.The question […]
