Saving Microseconds with Informatica’s Ultra Messaging
Increasingly, global financial markets compete on speed, so much so that high-speed trading capabilities have become a performance differentiator for…
2013 1H Conferences in Social Media, BI, Big Data, and Sentiment Applications
As a sometime conference organizer, I need to track events that will compete for the attention of my target audience.…
Will The Big Data Bubble Burst In 2013?
I am going to go out on a limb, put a prediction in writing, and hope that I’m not eating…
Big Data and Crowdsourcing in Humanitarian Crisis Mapping
Last Thursday, I attended a webinar that was called Monitoring Humanitarian Crises in the Digital Age: Crisis Mapping, Crowdsourcing, and Satellite…
The Case for Data Hoarding
Do we really need all of this data?It’s a question that I’ve heard more than a few times in my…
Google’s Year in Local Search
At the beginning of the year, Google's results page for looked like this: At the beginning of the year, Google's…
Real-Time Pricing Algorithms – For or Against Us?
In 2012, Cyber Monday sales climbed 30% over the previous year’s results. Indeed, Cyber Monday benefits both online retailers as…
Bigger Than Big Data? Mobile User Expectations
How big data is shaping mobile user expectationsBy Jeff Hasen How big data is shaping mobile user expectationsBy Jeff HasenHipcricket Chief…
Political Revolutions on Twitter, Visualized with R
Twitter has become a powerful medium for organizing and communicating with factions during popular uprisings: the crisis in Egypt, the…
The Data Geek’s Guide to Happiness in 2013
When it comes to happiness, why don't we do what we do best as data geeks, collect data on it,…
