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3 Trends a Rearden Data Scientist Would Like to See Visualized: Q&A Series
Rearden is one of the few companies utilizing big data ideals to directly benefit the consumer. With an edge on travel patterns, Rearden has a good idea of our behavioral patterns when it comes to planning and experiencing a trip. With emerging tech around big data trends, Rearden is able to help businesses and end ...
Does Big Data Have a Story Beyond Geeks?
During my trip to Austin for SXSW 2012 I wanted to uncover this year’s big data story, and determine the areas to which big data can still be applied. SXSW is a unique instance of merging cultures, technology and marketing themes, pitting mainstream appeal against the festival’s coveted air of exclusivity. That makes it an ...
Design Remains Big Data’s Biggest Hurdle in BI, Says Quantivo VP [Q&A Series]
Perhaps the most important trend under Big Data’s umbrella is the ability to think outside the box. We have so much data at hand, there’s countless implications for how this will affect business, compounded knowledge and access to content as we know it. No one recognizes this better than Pete O’Leary, the VP of Customer ...
SXSW Startup Success Means Building Buzz Beforehand, Says Highlight Founder
You don’t have to be in Silicon Valley to launch a startup. SXSW has provided a great alternative to those who want to introduce promising tech inventions that could be future breakthroughs. For one, startups have a variety of users to target at SXSW. And secondly, attendees go this annual Austin event to party, mingle and ...
Planning the Future is All About Flexibility, Says Producteev CEO [Q&A Series]
Producteev is one of the many companies looking to the cloud in order to make our lives a little simpler. With a task-management tool that integrates a series of prompts around the actions needed to complete your tasks, Producteev takes your to-do list and helps you execute around it. Producteev is the difference between seeing your ...
AllClear Launches ID Mobile, Empowers Consumers to Protect Themselves
AllClear is putting security matters into consumer hands with AllClear Mobile ID for iOS. The new app will alert consumers when retailers, law enforcement and cyber security experts report that thieves have access to consumers’ bank account, credit cards, and Social Security Numbers. It also simplifies the process of activating more than 20 very powerful ...
Is Ambient Discovery the Radical Transparency We Need? The #SXSW Petri Dish
Is ambient discovery the “radical transparency” the social world needs? There’s been a few conversations cropping up at SXSW this year around ambient social discovery and the future of social media, which is becoming a very data-centric motif. As we share more on the web, we drop nuggets of information about ourselves that’s being swept ...
YouSendIt Launches Workstream: Enterprise Suite and First Corporate Solution
Online file sharing service provider YouSendIt has introduced an early enterprise portfolio, now that it has passed the 28 million user milestone. The name of the suite is Workstream, and the first product is a SharePoint plugin that aims to significantly extend the functionality of the immensely popular collaboration service. It’s generally available now. The ...
2 Big Data Trends to Watch, According to Infineta Product Head
Big data means a lot of things to a lot of people, spanning industries from retail to banking, healthcare to storage. We look at big data’s implications as an emerging sector all its own, and in today’s Snapshot Profile we hear from Infineta on big data’s impact on the enterprise. Haseeb Budhani, VP of Products ...
Android 6.0 Heightens Fragmentation Talk. What’s Google’s Big Plan?
Sometimes we wonder if Google’s not getting ahead of itself with these Android releases. Android 6.0 Key Lime Pie is the latest rumor milling around Google’s mobile OS, just days after excitement began bubbling up around Android 5.0, the Jelly Bean release expected to connect Android devices beyond the smartphone and tablet. We still don’t ...
