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Big Data: How are People Using it?

By Dick Weisinger

The ability to analyze “big data” or huge data sets efficiently has led many to predict that we are on the verge on being able to make huge breakthroughs in understanding science, society and business.  At a recent conference on

Big Data: Business Differentiator or Standard Way to Do Business?

By Dick Weisinger

A combination of cheap storage, fast processors, business analytic software, and algorithms like MapReduce for processing massive amounts of data have created a new category of technology that people are calling “Big Data”.  When appropriately applied, Big Data can help

Technology: Efficient Data Formats for Storing and Analyzing Data

By Dick Weisinger

Twitter tweets are restricted to only 140 characters, but multiply that by the trillions of tweets that are out in the wild and you have a lot of data that needs to be stored.  Every day, at the current rate,

Business Intelligence: R U Ready?

By Dick Weisinger

With the growing interest in being able to squeeze information out “Big Data”, statistical analysis is being put into the spotlight.  One tool that is rapidly growing in popularity is called the “R Programming Language”.  R is an Open Source

Big Data: Bringing Growth to Rural Communities

By Dick Weisinger

Prineville, Oregon; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Quincy, Washington; The Dalles, Oregon; Mahwah, New Jersey.   Are these the cities that will drive future US economic growth?  These are becoming hubs of growth around cloud computing and big data research.   While the