Big Data Confusion Looms in the Second Half of 2013
I look up, and suddenly it's August. I've been heads-down for the past three months, finishing my new book, which…
How Big Data Can Help the Developing World Beat Poverty [VIDEO]
The United Nations also see the possibilities of big data and in 2009 the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the…
A Great Example of Simpson’s Paradox: US Median Wage Decline
Since 2000, the median US wage has risen about 1%, adjusted for inflation.But over the same period, the median wage for:…
An Extensive Glossary of Big Data Terminology
Big data comes with a lot of new terminology that is sometimes hard to understand. Therefore we have created an…
Is Your Data Secure? [INFOGRAPHIC]
A lot of consumers and organisations are using the cloud and all that data is stored in massive data centers…
A Technical Look at Big Data
Big data can mean a number of things—and guide business decisions in countless ways. It can involve analyzing sheer volumes…
The Center of Analytics Success Takes on Communication Skills
As technical skills such as programming, application development, and “Big Data” infrastructure management take on added importance, it is imperative…
What is R? A New Video on the History, Community and Applications of R [VIDEO]
We meet a lot of R users on our travels, and something we often hear from them is that while…
The Viability of Big Data [INFOGRAPHIC]
The three V’s (Velocity, Volume and Variety) are known for most of the visitors on this platform to describe big…
Big Data and Your Body
A couple of weeks ago we posted about the datafication of everything, with a few examples of what can be…
