Big data support is becoming big business. Companies large and small are kicking the tires on big data projects and quickly realizing that scaling Hadoop clusters, NoSQL databases and other big data technologies is hard to do. Much like the evolution of data center hosting, which blossomed when businesses realized their DIY efforts did not drive the anticipated ROI, managed […]
SummaryThe IT industry is heading towards big data, especially cloud computing which is one of the most disruptive technologies to have come into force in the recent times.
According to IDC the market for big data will reach $16.1 billion in 2014 growing 6 times faster than the overall IT industry.
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Highlights from Sentiment Analysis Symposium held recently in New York: Affective Computing: sentiment from facial expressions, need to market to a “tribe” of people, social media speed of appearance, IBM notion of an Engaged Employee, and more. By Steve Gallant, March 10, 2014.Here are some personal impressions on Sentiment Analysis Symposium (New York, March 6, 2014). It was […]
Japan Stock Market a Bargain Buying Opportunity
Added by Trang Ho on March 10, 2014.Saved under Business, Quynh Ho, WorldTags: Japan
Japan’s stock market pulled back from a five-week high Monday following news of weaker-than-expected economic growth and higher-than-expected trade deficit. While Japan’s economy struggles to achieve escape velocity, Japanese blue chips may present a bargain buying opportunity given that the […]
After posting another new high last week, stocks were taking a breather during Monday’s session. The primary catalyst came out of China. From Reuters:China’s exports unexpectedly tumbled in February, falling 18.1 percent from a year earlier and swinging the trade balance into deficit. The data underscored recent concerns about the outlook for China’s economy, even though the Lunar New Year […]
Last week we discussed the upcoming seasonal bias to the S&P 500. How do we know this? Thanks to our trusty seasonality chart on the S&P 500.Phil Erlanger years ago created a great tool for seasonal tendencies for stocks, indexes and ETFs. The current reading on the S&P 500 or even the Russell 2000 is key for all investors.The months […]
Stock Market Bombs Away, 2011 Crash All Over AgainStock-Markets / Financial CrashMar 06, 2014 – 03:18 AM GMTBy: Chris_Vermeulen
Over the past few weeks I have been watching the DOW and Transportation index closely because it looks and feels like the Dow Theory may play out this year and the stock market could take a 15% […]
The Food and Drug Administration is soliciting bids for a contractor that will monitor social media and map out the peaks and troughs of drug and medical device risk-based chatter. The FDA is targeting blogs, forums, message boards, wikis, and podcasts as potential new opportunities to engage the public.The focus of the project will be to help the FDA evaluate […]
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Market Prophit is the first service ever to provide rankings of financial bloggers in social media to generate unique, real-time sentiment signals (bullish/bearish) based on identifying the mavens or “Market Prophits” in the crowd, delivering a top-level view of what’s hot and what’s not.In other words, it’s a financial big […]
A demonstration view of a Venuelabs dashboard showing customer activities including complaints.
If there’s a complaint on Facebook about restroom hygiene at an Applebee’s in Miami, what is the brand manager monitoring the national restaurant chain’s mentions on social media supposed to do?
Contact managers at each of the chain’s five eateries in the area? Start a spreadsheet tracking all comments in […]
