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Money begets money in big data market
The wires have been awash with funding announcements by new startups and growing independent companies focused on big data over the last year, but the market has now spawned a new venture capital firm: Costanoa Venture Capital.
Utilities have double challenge with smart grid, big data
Eventually, smart grid and big data will go together like peanut butter and jelly. But in the implementation phase, they pose distinct challenges for utility power companies. Smart grid technology will surely compound the need for big data solutions.
Investors continue to pour money into big data
The seeding of many startups in a new market space is no guarantee that market will pop and become sustainable, but it has been a while since we have seen the kind of investment that big data startups are attracting. The longer this investment continues, the harder it will be for detractors to say that big data is just a fad.
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The past is an untrustworthy guide to the future
As we move forward with big data and come to rely on the insights it brings, a close eye must be kept on our initial assumptions and the constants we use when designing queries. If big data can dig as deep as its proponents say it can, perhaps it will uncover these flaws as well. Until then, assume nothing.
Spotlight: Big data in 2013
Tom Davenport, the director of research at The International Institute for Analytics, recently expressed uncertainty over how big data will play out in the year to come.
Oracle adds big data to utility play with DataRaker buy
Oracle announced today that it is acquiring DataRaker, which provides a cloud-based analytics platform that allows utilities to leverage large amounts of data.
Boomers driving data just in time
Trust and the fear of death are good for business, and good for big data.
IDC: Less than 1 percent of world's data being analyzed
If value is derived from the volume of data produced, then in eight years, emerging markets will be more valuable than developed ones based on which market will produce the most data. That's when analysts from IDC say emerging markets will supplant the rest of the world as leaders in producing data.
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