Big data refers to the massive volume of information that cannot be easily processed or analyzed using traditional methods, such as using standard databases and software. Big data comes from many ...

Emory School of Nursing has launched a data science certificate program to help nurses better understand informatics. How comfortable are nurses with mining Big Data? "Zero, zero, zero, zero," ...

Like a modern King Arthur and all of his knights, digital marketers are forever on a quest for the holy grail: the website that personalizes itself to the consumer. If we can customize an individual’s ...

Big data has taken center stage in recent years, with companies in a huge range of industries beginning to understand the opportunities it can bring. Yet, I find there is still a lack of understanding ...

A key lesson was to measure what matters. From the outset, we defined clear success metrics—latency reduction, resource efficiency and cost improvement.

An industry-supported online school provides a good grounding in the science and application of very large datasets. A virtual school, developed by a team of leading software and hardware companies, ...

Last week Columbia University held a daylong symposium titled “From Big Data to Big Ideas,” as part of the launch of its Institute for Data Science and Engineering. Despite the emphasis on technology ...

Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing company that simplifies storage, searching, and sharing of data for businesses, with a usage-based pricing model. The company has a diverse clientele and a ...