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4 myths surrounding Big Data | #HPBigData2015
Facebook is one of the heaviest users of Big Data analytics. During a keynote address at the HP Big Data Conference 2015, Ken Rudin, head of analytics at Facebook, broke down four common myths surrounding Big Data. The first is that in order to have a Big Data system, you have to use Hadoop. Rudin ...
Can Big Data affect genomics and help fight disease? | #HPBigData2015
“Genomics certainly is Big Data,” explained Toby Bloom, Ph.D. She regularly analyzes an estimated “12 terabytes a day” and stores up to “20 to 30 terabytes a day” as the deputy scientific director, Informatics at the New York Genome Center. Bloom remarked during an interview with SiliconANGLE’s Media production team, theCUBE, that she deals with billions of ...
Unless healthcare can define its problems, Big Data tech won’t help | #HPBigData2015
Data science is here to stay, according to Zac Mathew, Director of Analytics at hMetrix LLC. Mathew joined theCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s Media production team, at the HP Big Data Conference 2015. However, he also pointed out that data science should be combined with business acumen to help solve business problems. Mathew commented that while Big Data allows a ...
When Big Data means more than technological advancement | #HPBigData2015
Big Data and analytics are “huge to our customer experience” and “will help our company succeed,” said Kai Ni of Telus Corp. The Canadian call center company is improving its customer experience by eliminating the previous need to provide basic information — name, phone number, address — that should be auto-populated. Kai Ni is a technology ...
NASCAR capitalizing on ‘second screen’ data | #HPBigData2015
Like many sports franchises, NASCAR started analyzing their social media presence three years ago. The team of eight individuals is led by Sean Doherty, director of Digital and Social Media Engagement. While the broadcasts and race sales are as popular as ever, Doherty noted an increase in demand for the “second screen experience,” in which ...
Leveraging data from all silos | #HPBigData2015
Inovvo, LLC is a new company that emerged from a management buyout within comScore, Inc., an analytics company. comScore is still a key partner with Inovvo, according to Joseph Khalil, CEO at Inovvo. Khalil describes his company as the platform that “sits on top of whatever data management software” a company is using. Inovvo can ...
Engaging problems with multiple attack points | #HPBigData2015
Wayfair LLC engineering engages problems with multiple attack points. And in an industry of buzz word wars concerning storage and Big Data, Jordan Chernev, system architect and manager of data technology, asks how far we can push this technology and what’s the best way to provide value for the customer? By approaching an issue from ...
The third-party data-sharing debacle | #MITCDOIQ
Many businesses are focusing on the acquisition of Big Data, but Laura Hahn believes that businesses should be focusing on taking raw data and turning it into something actionable. The senior data governance consultant for TD Ameritrade, Inc. told theCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s Media team, during MITCDOIQ Symposium 2015 that Chief Data Officers (CDOs) “must continue to ...
Effective data management depends on governance | #MITCDOIQ
Data management is critical for organizations around the world. And the same is true for Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada (Blue Cross Life). CEO and President Jim Gilligan explained to the SiliconANGLE‘s media team, theCUBE, the inner-workings of his company. Per Canadian provincial government regulations, licenses for life insurance companies are issued geographically ...
Data standardization is not “mission impossible” | #MITCDOIQ
Despite the constant snowballing of data creation, data standardization is “not mission impossible,” according to Dr. James Meng. After working for the Navy for 25 years, Meng recently retired from his Deputy Assistant Secretary position. Since then, he has been working with MIT CDOIQ, and next year he will co-chair the event, Meng told SiliconANGLE’s ...