Big data wants to know how you will vote in November (it also wanted to know how voters would lean in the Scottish national vote and other exercises in democracy around the world). Well, not big data exactly but other bigs: big business, big campaigns. But there is no data about the future. Events about the future, however, are known. And because there is no data about the … [Read more...] about Why Big Data is Ringing You Up at Dinner
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Creating an Environment for Big Data-Or Not
A few notes that didn't make it into my Fast Company post: Why Big Data Won’t Make You Smart, Rich, Or Pretty Technicians will be able to provide much more insight into the physical side of Big Data, from server configurations to cooling systems. As various databases are brought together inside an enterprise or across the Internet, Big Data has becoming the reigning … [Read more...] about Creating an Environment for Big Data-Or Not
Why Big Data Won’t Make You Smart, Rich, Or Pretty
Why Big Data Won’t Make You Smart, Rich, Or Pretty The future of Big Data rather lies in the darkness of context change, complexity, and overconfidence Note: This article is updated from one that originally appeared at Fast Company. 2012 was declared the year of Big Data. The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) reported that 90 percent of the IT professionals … [Read more...] about Why Big Data Won’t Make You Smart, Rich, Or Pretty