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Who needs Big Data scientists? Pretty soon, there'll be an app for …

With all the hype around Big Data, one of the most pressing concerns for organizations is finding qualified data scientists who’re able to translate that mish-mash of numbers into something that makes sense – actual insights that can be used to pursue businesses’ goals and strategies.The opportunities for data scientists are said to be enormous, mainly because there aren’t enough […]

Inside the DNA of Big Data: The future of medicine & storage …

As Big Data gets even bigger, we’re going to need more elaborate ways of storing it than current technology allows. One idea that’s been floated about before is using DNA as a means of storing data, but it’s no longer just a theory – scientists at Harvard University say that doing so is a foregone conclusion, and it’ll soon be […]