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Data: A Future Made For Data Scientists

By Dick Weisinger

Tim O’Reilly commented years ago that “Data is the new Intel Inside”.  Data is transforming the way many companies do business, and for some companies like Google, without data they would have no business.  Research groups like IDC and Gartner

Technology: Text Analytics for Reducing Data Overload

By Dick Weisinger

Researchers in the area of content analytics or text analytics are building new tools to help make sense of the ever growing amount of data being created.  The focus of text analytics is on being able to unlock information that

Storage: VC Money Flows to Big Data and Storage Start ups

By Dick Weisinger

2009 was a bad year for VC monies flowing into new startups.  Some analysts warn that 2011 and 2012 will be years short on innovation since the pipeline leading up to innovative new products dried up beginning in the fall

Data: Making sense of it with Infographics

By Dick Weisinger

USA Today was a pioneer in the trend towards creating a more graphic presentation of news data.  The newspaper sensed early on that people are often more quick at understanding complex news and facts when data is presented graphically.  USA

Big Data: The Revolution of Sensor Data

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last 15 years the internet has managed to touch and change many aspects of our lives.  But the change is far from over.  The Internet is now becoming the delivery channel for huge streams of data being generated