The use of new technologies is essential to enable farmers to contribute to the fight against global warming and to improve the financial viability of their farms. While data alone are unprofitable, their processing may enable the...

It seems there is no stopping the big data revolution. It offers the promise of a better world but, at the same time, arouses concerns that Big Brother may be watching us. Big data is the new reality of the digital economy; virgin...

Over the last few years, big data has become even bigger data, and the upward trend in the velocity and volume of data isn’t likely to plateau any time soon. Businesses have more data available to them than ever, but data is of no use...

Cisco estimates that by 2020, the number of connected devices in the world will have grown to approximately 50 billion. These smart devices will prove invaluable in improving how we live, providing greater insight into both our...

When you wake up in the morning and check your email, that generates data. When you check Facebook on your lunch break, that generates data. When you text your significant other about your dinner plans for the evening, that generates...

Data is the catalyst for value creation in most modern businesses. From operational intelligence to product design, every aspect of business is (or should be) informed by the careful analysis of data. Organizations have access to more...

In a recent survey, it was found that Apache Spark is seeing significant adoption for enterprise big data workloads. Hadoop still rules the roost, with the majority of big data storage and processing tasks, but Spark, used in...

Information has always been power. The individuals and groups with access to the best information about the world are at a tremendous advantage compared to their information-poor rivals. It's a truism that has an ever greater place in...