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Small Steps in Using Big Data in the Smart Home
James M. Connolly   5/21/2013   4 comments
Learning thermostat maker Nest's acquisition of MyEnergy is one more step toward a time when big data is at the core of home energy management.
Doing the Thinking for You
Michael Ross   5/20/2013   14 comments
Using online customer big data for sustained retail growth via "decision intelligence."
Predictive Analytics Head to Class
James M. Connolly   5/17/2013   19 comments
Predictive analytics can put the right tools and the right data into the hands of business decision makers in higher education.
Gamifying Energy Use
Saul Sherry   5/15/2013   7 comments
Behavioral science and big data are making people reconsider energy use.
Healthcare Innovations Through Big Data
Mithun Sridharan   5/10/2013   19 comments
What can healthcare learn from the big data of financial services?
Running Research on 2.5 Billion Cards
Saul Sherry   5/10/2013   14 comments
Outlier analytics are allowing banks to regain their friendly feel.
Predictive Modelling for Biotech Insights
John Edwards   5/7/2013   4 comments
Big data promises to lead to the development of better drugs and treatments in less time and at lower cost.
Industries With High Stakes in Big Data Predictive Analytics
Mike Lata   5/7/2013   12 comments
Here's a quick study of the industries that stand to gain the most by using predictive analytics on their big data sets.
Big Data of Birding
Daniel D. Gutierrez   5/2/2013   9 comments
Finally, data hungry birders are given access to a big data perch.
Video: Babies, Brains & Buses
Saul Sherry   4/30/2013   9 comments
Lauren Walker, Sales Leader at IBM Big Data Solutions, talks us through big data's real-time help for premature babies.
Weather: Big Data & Big Business
James M. Connolly   4/22/2013   9 comments
The big data that goes into predicting the weather has massive business implications.
The Data Within: Babies & Exhibitions
Mike Lata   4/22/2013   13 comments
The proliferation of data continues at full speed, creating a new type of community-sharing data insight from compiled experiences.
Revolutionizing Market Research With Smart Data
Colin Strong   4/19/2013   14 comments
Integrating big data with psychology, sociology, and anthropology will create insight that focuses where it should: on your customer.
The PeerIndex #BigData100 Announced!
Saul Sherry   4/16/2013   15 comments
We bring you the definitive list of Twitter accounts on the topic of big data.
Big Data & the Insurance Industry
John Edwards   4/8/2013   11 comments
Powerful analytics help insurance firms scrutinize markets, and price policies accurately and competitively.
Big Data Explained: What Is HDFS?
Saul Sherry   4/4/2013   13 comments
This is the system of distributing files that allows Hadoop to work on huge data sets at speed. It spreads blocks of data across different servers, as well as duplicating those blocks of data, and storing them distinctly.
Miami Hurricanes
Robert Plant   4/3/2013   3 comments
What big businesses can learn from the big data behind hurricane prediction.
What Is Prediction? Linear Regression Speaks
Daniel D. Gutierrez   4/1/2013   3 comments
A concrete example of how linear regression works in R, and how businesses can use it.
Big Data Awareness Not at Full Term
Saul Sherry   3/22/2013   8 comments
"It's Creepy" is a major response to the Target teen pregnancy story.
Want to Know the Future? Use Big Data
Robert Plant   3/20/2013   24 comments
The US government is utilising big data projects to improve future prediction intelligence.
Time to Predict a Data-Driven Cure
Saul Sherry   1/7/2013   19 comments
The market for predictive medical analytics is growing, leaving less room for cancer to hide.
A Tale of Data Mining, Diapers & an Angry Dad
Laura Wilber   11/15/2012   31 comments
If we can tell a teen girl is pregnant before her father can, let’s figure out a way to use this capability to do more than just sell.
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