Tag: big data
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New York Times Big Data 2013
If you follow data science news, you will know that the New York Times puts out some very good content. Well, recently they ran a section called BIG DATA 2013. There are many articles and tons of information. Happy Reading!
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A Big Data Infographic
This infographic explains the Three V’s of big data, contains a nice list of analytical techniques, related trends and some other information. Big Data Snapshot infographic
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Open Source Alternatives to AWS
Working with big data can often mean doing some cloud computing. If a public cloud like Amazon AWS is not an option, there are some open source alternatives. They all offer some level of compatibility with the AWS API for both EC2(compute) and S3(storage). Rackspace OpenStack Apache CloudStack Eucalyptus OpenNubula
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Free Book on Big Data
Jason and Jeremy Kolb of Applied Data Labs recently released a new book, Secrets of the Big Data Revolution. As of today, it is free on Amazon. I have just started it, and it is good so far. It is only free for a limited time.
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Big Data: Book Review
Not too long ago, I was in an airport looking for a book to help pass the time. I was thrilled to find a book with Big Data in the title, so I took it and started reading. The book is titled, Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think.…
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Win-Vector Blog » Data Science, Machine Learning, and Statistics: what is in a name?
Win-Vector Blog » Data Science, Machine Learning, and Statistics: what is in a name?. This is an excellent write-up for the differences between: Statistics Machine Learning Data Mining Informatics Big Data Predictive Analytics Data Science
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Work-Force Science
As of yesterday, I was completely new to the term work-force science. Essentially, work-force science is data analysis applied to Human Resources. It makes more sense than the old gut feeling approach. If you want to know more, see this excellent article from the New York Times, Big Data, Trying to Build Better Workers. The…
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Definition of Big Data
Big data is data that exceeds the processing capacity of conventional database systems. The data is too big, moves too fast, or doesn’t fit the strictures of your database architectures. To gain value from this data, you must choose an alternative way to process it. This definition is provided by Edd Dumbill, Editor-in-Chief of Big…
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Informative Big Data Video
A nice, short, 2 minute video from edCetra Training with some good facts about big data and data analysis. The digital universe is 10 times the size it was in 2006 Greater literacy and cloud computing are helping fuel big data 80% of companies data is unstructured – difficult to analyze Employees spend 2 hours per…