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20 May, 2013
Big Data Is Watching You
The Internet can convert private affairs into an object of public surveillance. Author, Evgeny Morozov, tells you how Big Data is being used for Project…
Publication: NY Times
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20 May, 2013
Critics Of Big Data Have Overlooked The Speed Factor
Critics of big data are picking holes in its validity as a concept, but there is a problem with their arguments around data volume – it…
Publication: Guardian
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20 May, 2013
Cisco: Big Data Is The Network, Too
John Chambers says the profits from Cisco Systems’ new strategy are still one to three years away. The strategy, however, is already becoming more clear: Big Data will only work if it’s delivered through the network, and that could go hand-in-hand with consolidation among companies that specialize…
Publication: NY Times
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20 May, 2013
Blinded By Big Data: It’s The Models, Stupid
In the Gold Rush to accumulate and put to use Big Data, we may actually be making it harder to actually glean insights from that data. Yet the prospect of data solving all of our problems is so tempting that even the brightest minds of our generation seem confused…
Publication: ReadWrite
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20 May, 2013
Big Data Is Watching You
The Internet can convert private affairs into an object of public surveillance. Author, Evgeny Morozov, tells you how Big Data is being used for Project BinCam in Britain and Germany…
Publication: NY Times
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20 May, 2013
Business Intelligence Is Also Security Intelligence: RSA
Businesses are sitting on a wealth of analytical data that is being wasted, when it could be used to provide advance warnings of online attacks, according to RSA vice president and chief information security officer Eddie Schwartz…
Publication: ZDNet
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20 May, 2013
Obama Campaign’s Chief Data Guy Gets Candid About The Data Strategy That Won The Election
President Barack Obama is known for running one of the most tech-savvy political campaigns in the history of US politics. The chief scientist of the Obama campaign’s data analytics team, Rayid Ghani, shared some insights on how that campaign worked at the TiEcon 2013 conference Friday, an event…
Publication: VentureBeat
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20 May, 2013
Critics Of Big Data Have Overlooked The Speed Factor
Critics of big data are picking holes in its validity as a concept, but there is a problem with their arguments around data volume – it is speed, not size, that defines big data in 2013…
Publication: Guardian
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20 May, 2013
How Cloud, Big Data And Mobile Will Make The CMO The BMOC
The rise of cloud and big data is altering business models, and in the process shifting corporate hierarchies, too. The chief marketing officer could be a big beneficiary of all this change…
Publication: GigaOm
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20 May, 2013
Intel Fuels A Rebellion Around Your Data
Intel is a $53-billion-a-year company that enjoys a near monopoly on the computer chips that go into PCs. But when it comes to the data underlying big companies like Facebook and Google, it says it wants to “return power to the people…
Publication: MIT Technology Review
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20 May, 2013
Open Data: A New Goldmine
On May 9th Barack Obama ordered that all data created or collected by America’s federal government must be made available free to the public, unless this would violate privacy, confidentiality or security. “Open and machine-readable”, the president said, is “the new default for government information…
Publication: The Economist
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20 May, 2013
Living By The Numbers: Big Data Knows What Your Future Holds
Forget Big Brother. Companies and countries are discovering that algorithms programmed to scour vast quantities of data can be much more powerful. They can predict your next purchase, forecast car thefts and maybe even help cure cancer. But there is a down side…















