Kathryn Buford
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“All media fails, but Cloud backup is forever,” A Trip Down Memory Lane for Storage Media [Infographic]
However, popular new forms of storage media become, affording ease of use, portability and data security, they have their challenges and, ultimately, become “a useless piece of plastic, tape or metal.” Crashplan’s recent infographic, “The Lifespan of Storage Media,” presents statistics on storage media ranging from undeveloped film in 1885 to the USB flash drive ...
Big Data Startups on the Rise with Sizeable Investments and Innovations; SpaceCurve, ParStream & SAP
In light of Realtime’s recent $100 million dollar investmentto re-invent the worldwide web, its no secret that Big Data investors have deep pockets and huge ambitions. The possibilities for leveraging massive amounts of data in innovative ways seem as vast as the information companies seek to store and analyze. SpaceCurve, which addresses demand for “immersive ...
Why Low IP Restrictions May Increase Your Bottom Line: Q&A with Johanna Blakley on IP Lessons from the Fashion Industry
Technological advances have ushered in the collaborative digital era in which, people co-create and collectively profit from acclaimed films, offer free guides on how to replicate their own 3-d printers, or simply re-mix music from around the world, have generated excitement on the part of creatives and mixed reactions from industry executives. Governments and tech ...
Data Scientists Predict What Music You’ll Love, Disrupt Common Marketing Logic
Will you love your favorite musician’s next album? Whatever you suggested, Shanda Innovations (tech incubator of China’s Shanda corporation) may know better than even you. A Music Data Science Hackathon, which was oraganised by Data Science London, using Kaggle platform, and sponsored by EMI and EMC, challenged data teams to answer this question about taste by ...
Atigeo to Empower Voters with Big Data Analytics Platform
“On the sixth floor of a sleek office building here [in Chicago], more than 150 techies are quietly peeling back the layers of your life. They know what you read and where you shop, what kind of work you do and who you count as friends. They also know who your mother voted for in ...
Developing Countries Lead The Mobile World
According to a recent World Bank infographic, the developing world is now more mobile than the developed world. The spread of mobile usage across low-income regions reflects global trends in pace, access and pervasiveness when it comes to mobile usage. The World Bank takes these factors into account as it documents how: “The number of ...
Realtime Initiates “New Era of the Internet” with $100M Investment, Valued at $1 Billion
When Realtime Founder and CEO André Parreira asked himself: “What can I do to be disruptive?”the scalable answer seemed obvious: “[Let’s] create the live web.” Realtime’s instantaneous and continuous updates, which means users no longer need to refresh pages and applications. According to Rebecca Grant of VentureBeat, Realtime’s developer framework to create live web ...
DataStax CTO Says Cassandra is for Practical Problem Solvers
In their ongoing coverage of the 2012 Cassandra Summit in Santa Clara, California, John Furrier and Jeff Kelly spoke with Co-Founder and CTO of DataStax, Jonathan Ellis (see full video below). The panelists discuss Cassandra’s strengths in light of the NoSQL movement, SSD’s increasing momentum, and how Cassandra distinguishes itself from MongoDB and HBase. Furrier highlights ...
How Big Data Helps African Youth Shape the Future of Their Continent: Q&A with Appfrica Founder Jon Gosier
As a data scientist, social entrepreneur, and founder of data analysis startup, MetaLayer, Jon Gosier aims to make complex technological knowledge, once reserved for specialists, accessible to a broad audience. MetaLayer’s simple interface offers “Drag and Drop Data Science” to organizations and individuals like journalists, data analysts and NGO researchers who may lack staff or funding for costly ...
Data Visualization Sets the Olympic Record Straight
The physical ability that comes from sacrifice, determination and a grueling fitness schedule is awe-inspiring to Olympic audiences. But, alas, sports researchers suggests we should put our thrill in perspective noting a decline in world record breaking. GE’s data visualization team partnered with R/GA design firm to decide if the killjoys were justified, analyzing over ...