Tag: #BigData
Big Data Tsunami Offers Promises, Problems
An estimated 40 zettabytes (43 trillion gigabytes) of data will be created by 2020 (an increase of 300 times the amount of data in...
Lake swimming – data merging, models, and metadata
Good technology projects begin at the end. Successful implementations are driven by the alignment of a business requirement with available tools; technology that is...
Collecting, collaborating and coordinating – data in the public sector
Dashboards, and panels and labs, oh my! Donning a different dress with new topics, new industry participants and new session formats, this year’s Information...
Aligning CX and ethical AI
Customer experience has emerged as the current darling of tech innovation. Born out of mounting ability to cheaply store, better integrate and intelligently analyze...
General Data Protection Regulation: from the EU with love
If you think that you're safe from needing to be compliant with the European Union's upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), think again. If...
Tackling the ‘data dump’ challenge
Big Data initiatives are multiplying at an unprecedented rate. The near-ubiquitous discussion of IoT and the accelerating adoption of AI and machine learning are...
Car clouds and data networks – the Ethernet game is on
Celebrated as a “data centre on wheels,” the modern car is more software than ‘hardware’, and kicks off an enormous amount of data that...
451 Research – Rise of the machines, Part 1: Has the...
A common critique of regulation aimed at protecting citizens is that technology moves more quickly than policy makers. Given the rapid pace of innovation...
Big Data-as-a-Service takes shape in Canada
CenturyLink Technology Solutions is undergoing metamorphosis. Like many organizations that entered the data centre business a half decade ago or so, the company is...
The foundations of insight
These are halcyon days for the analytics/Big Data community. Research from CapGemini/EMC shows that a majority of businesses are planning to increase their investment...
City of the future to run on code
Oman’s director of ICT research Ali Al Shidhani outlined the increased risk associated with urban IoT – providing recommendations to help Smart Cities stay...
3 keys to the Big Data fast-track
One measure of tech ROI is user adoption: software that is not incorporated into workplace processes is of questionable value. Recognizing this principle, creators...
Dell EMC World 2016 – a study in integration
One strain of management theory holds that the success of an acquisition depends on the speed and efficiency with which the new business is...
IBM launches Innovation Space
IBM Canada celebrated the official opening of its Innovation Space for entrepreneurs and startups this month. The goal of this initiative is to provide...
‘Physical spaces’ swell analytics case arsenal
The market for Big Data/Analytics products and services is poised for a dramatic shift up into overdrive. As cloud-based storage prices contract, and new...
