Daily Big Data Feed – Jul 25, 2012

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

  • Google Cloud Partner Program: Big Data Companies Jump In

    • TalkinCloud (blog) When the Google Cloud Partner Program launched today, numerous cloud services providers (CSPs), integrators, consultants and Big Data software companies announced support for the effort. But who exactly is jumping on the Google Cloud Partner … (more)

  • Data Scientist – Gnip Blog

    • This week we’re interviewing Hilary Mason, the chief data scientist of bitly. She is currently helping organize DataGotham, a celebration of the New York’s data … (more)

  • Data Scientist / BI Analyst (Multiple Openings) ADP – AnalyticBridge

    • Job Details Cobalt an ADP company has a few openings on our Data Scientist teams in the Seattle. Data Scientist analyze and optimize Cobalt’s customers’ … (more)

  • Data Scientist at Tech2 Resources Job Posting in Detroit, MI | Dev …

    • Data Scientist position in Detroit, MI and other Software Engineer jobs posted daily on DevBistro.com. Contact employers directly, get custom data feeds and job … (more)

  • Top Reads in Big Data: Week of July 15 | Smarter Computing Blog

    • What a fun week to be monitoring the news in the land of big data! I uncovered a very … (more)

  • Smartphones, Big Data Help Fix Boston’s Potholes

    • InformationWeek Like every urban metropolis, Boston has plenty of potholes, which are often difficult to locate and repair. So the city’s Office of New Urban Mechanics came up with Smart Bump, a free iPhone app that motorists can use while driving around town. Smart … (more)

  • Applying Big Data and Big Analytics to Customer Engagement

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) However, volumes of data measured in terabytes, petabytes, and beyond are so big they have spawned the terms “Big Data” and “Big Analytics.” At this scale, there are practical considerations that must be understood to successfully reap the benefits for … (more)

  • Pentaho Steps Up Partnership with Cloudera

    • MarketWatch (press release) Complete Hadoop Analytics Platform – visual interfaces for Hadoop data ingestion, data manipulation, data integration, task orchestration, reports, dashboards, visualization, exploration and prediction. Visual development interfaces enable a typically … (more)

  • Big Data for Marketing 3.0 – The Bigger the Data the Better

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. Please tell us, what is InfiniGraph, all about and what do you do? McMichael: InfiniGraph is like the Comscore / Nielson for content marketing competitive intelligence. InfiniGraph solves a problem for … (more)

  • PayPal’s Mok Oh on What Is a Data Scientist?

    • Forbes Mok Oh is the Chief Scientist of PayPal, a division of eBay. Oh is charged with ensuring that PayPal makes effective use of data, exploring big data for predictive indications about future buying trends in its customers. The second part of his mission … (more)

  • Attunity – The Next Big Thing In Big Data – Stocks – eWallstreeter

    • And it is emerging as a big player in the Big Data technology field.The company is Attunity Limited (ATTUD, previously ATTUF.OB). About Big Data’s emergence A recent survey by the software giant SAP showed that small and midsized … (more)

  • m6d blog – Talking Big Data in Aspen

    • By Rob Macdonald
    The session I was looking forward to the most was on Big Data. Not only is the topic core to a data centric company like m6d, but I personally believe that data is key to the future of our industry. In addition, the panel boasted a luminary group of … (more)

  • Big Data: The new, new thing – Ivey Business Journal

    • By Stephen Bernhut
    In Shanghai, on a sidewalk near the Shanghai City Museum, a shoeshine man, kit slung over a shoulder, a plastic bottle of white goop in a hand, looks passing. (more)

  • Common Crawl Makes New Web Data Available, Launches Coding Contest

    • Search Engine Land Three winners will each get $1000 in cash, an O’Reilly Data Science Starter Kit, one year of GitHub’s Small Plan and more. Submissions are accepted through August 29. FYI, I’m on the advisory board for the non-profit group. There’s no compensation for … (more)

  • The Post-Data Scientist Era

    • MediaPost Communications By that, Koran meant that 2011 was the year that agencies and big data
    companies recruited a lot of hardcore data science geeks, but 2012 is more of the year of integrating all that high-powered thinking into real world application. For Thomas … (more)

  • Corporate Big Data to the Cloud with Enterprise Enabler

    • MarketWatch (press release) HOUSTON, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Leveraging the cloud for Big Data brings a host of opportunities not usually found within the walls of a corporate enterprise. The cloud brings an elasticity to try new architectures, explore new … (more)

  • Big Data: What’s Next?

    • Xconomy Even before Governor Patrick announced the Massachusetts Big Data Initiative in May, the state had already established itself as the big data capital of the world. We have 12000 people employed in the sector in more than 100 companies. We have big … (more)

  • Big data system ready to handle fed intell, surveillance sensor data

    • GCN.com An integrated system combining cloud and big data storage along with mobile computing is now available for government agencies that need to capture, store, process and distribute massive volumes of intelligence and surveillance sensor data. The system … (more)

  • Correlation vs causation Data Science Central

    • What are the techniques to discriminate between coincidences, correlations, and real causation? Also, if you have a model where the response is highly … (more)