Daily Big Data Feed – Aug 16, 2012

Daily aggregation of big data news from @cloud_aware, dataaware.net.

  • Data Scientist Job

    • Data Scientist Seattle, WA, US. … As a data scientist on the Computational Marketing team you will help solve issues to drive more traffic to our site in a cost … (more)

  • Big Data Meets Cloud

    • Forbes The best choice to unlock the value of big data for better business decisions, which may or may not include Hadoop or in-memory computing, will depend on the use case scenario (the variety, volume, and velocity of the underlying data). And this is one … (more)

  • Google’s Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small

    • Wired News Hadoop sprung from two research papers Google published in late 2003 and 2004. One described the Google File System, a way of storing massive amounts of data across thousands of dirt-cheap computer servers, and the other detailed MapReduce, which … (more)

  • Roundup of Big Data Forecasts and Market Estimates, 2012

    • Forbes The potential of big data to bring insights and intelligence into enterprises is a strong motivator, where managers are constantly looking for the competitive edge to win in their chosen markets. With so much potential to provide enterprises with … (more)

  • Employing Big Data to Mitigate Cyberthreats

    • GovInfoSecurity.com A shift to what Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald calls context-aware security will drive the big data trend and aid in better defending against threats. MacDonald says that context-aware security will enable organizations to mitigate threats by using … (more)

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  • Marketers Flunk the Big Data Test

    • blogs.hbr.org (blog) The big-data explosion is driving a shift away from gut-based decision making. Marketing in particular is feeling the pressure to embrace new data-driven customer intelligence capabilities. No wonder a strong appetite for data is one of the most sought … (more)

  • Big data startups lure investment dollars

    • ITworld.com And, if the FinTech Innovation Lab Demo Day in New York City last month is an indicator, companies that are developing new products and services for big data opportunities will receive a good portion of those IT investments in 2012. The FinTech event … (more)

  • Newsbyte: SAP Hosts “Big Data” Startup Forum in Berlin

    • Sacramento Bee BERLIN, Aug. 15, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — As part of its initiative to work closely with startup companies worldwide, today SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) is holding the SAP Startup Forum in Berlin. More than 35 startups from Germany and Austria will gather for a … (more)

  • Sponsor post: MapR: delivering on the promise of enterprise-grade Hadoop

    • GigaOM Meeting enterprise level requirements for Hadoop are increasingly important for today’s organizations. MapR has created an enterprise-grade distribution for Hadoop by making significant enhancements to improve Hadoop integration, operation, scalability … (more)

  • Data Science in the NFL: Finding the Right Players and Strategies …

    • NFL teams are using data science to identify the right players for their teams, and creating strategies to win games. How can it help you? (more)

  • Jaspersoft’s Big Data Study Confirms Lack of Skilled Data Scientists

    • CMSWire Business intelligence platform provider Jaspersoft has released a new survey that examines how companies across the globe are using big data analytics. Although many studies indicate the challenge of managing rapidly growing data volumes paralyzes … (more)

  • MassChallenge winner, Locately, acquired for big data consumer analytics

    • Bizjournals.com (blog) “SMG has existing relationships with hundreds of brands and receives feedback from 70m customer experiences a year,” Volpe wrote in an email. “I think we’re good further evidence of the strength of the Boston ecosystem, especially in big data. We’ve … (more)

  • Does Your Utility Need a Hackathon?

    • Greentech Media (blog) Not only is he credited as one of the people to co-coin the term ‘data scientist,’ he has served the Chief Scientist, Chief Security Officer and Head of Analytics and Data Teams at the LinkedIn Corporation and also co-chaired a major review of U.S … (more)

  • IBM’s Big Data Analytics Empire

    • ZDNet IBM is going gangbusters in the Big Data world. Its IBM Big Data Web site is a major resource, its TV commercials project authority and its products are entrenched in the space. But, for me, it took a discussion yesterday with Deepak Advani, IBM’s Vice … (more)

  • In the Age of Big Data, the American Information Sector Stays Small

    • The Atlantic As the Working in America data visualization illustrates, just 1.7 percent of American workers have jobs in the Information sector, making them almost as rare as farmers. But if the United States is now truly an information- and knowledge-based economy … (more)

  • Data Scientist: a unicorn? | Treasure Data Blog

    • Data Scientist: a unicorn? Finding a good engineer is hard. Finding a good data scientist doubly so. A couple of months ago, Josh Wills, Director of Data Science … (more)