EMR Implementation: It’s Not About the Technology, It’s About Managing Change
After noticing “tremendous push back and a tremendous need for support” as healthcare organizations face unprecedented demand for electronic medical…
Hot Tech Trends for Machine Learning
I joined the Churchill Club this morning for an exciting breakfast on Machine Learning. In May 2013, Steve Jurvetson of DFJ said…
The Body as a Source of Big Data [INFOGRAPHIC]
The healthcare industry will generate vast amount of data and part of that is because treatments such as an MRI…
Big Data: The Retailer’s Tool for Keeping Consumers On-Side and Happy
The facilitator of modern retail, big data, is fast becoming the engine driving modern commerce; allowing organisations to help individuals…
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…
Metadata and the Baker/Baker Paradox
In his recent blog post What’s the Matter with ‘Meta’?, John Owens lamented the misuse of the term metadata — In his recent…
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…
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…
