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FTC warns of using big data to exclude consumers

2014-09-15 23:19:45| InfoWorld: Top News

The collection and analysis of big data holds great promise, but may also lead some companies to create profiles of consumers leading to discrimination, the chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.

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Big Data over Limited Networks

2014-09-12 01:00:00| Naval Technology

This paper examines the emergence of Big Data repositories and the particular problems that are encountered when these data sources need to be transmitted over limited military networks.

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UN Highlights Climate Big Data Ahead of Summit

2014-09-04 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Data is buzzing around us all the time. Whether you realize it or not, you utilize data everyday, be it in figuring out how much your daily cup of coffee costs or how long it takes you to get to work. Now imagine doing that on a much bigger picture, organizing millions of pieces of information and making it useful. That's exactly what scientists are up to when they talk about big data, including when it comes to climate. The United Nations recently highlighted two projects focused on bringing...

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Teradata continues big data buying spree, scoops up Think Big Analytics

2014-09-03 17:29:45| InfoWorld: Top News

Teradata has made its third acquisition of a company specializing in big data within about a month, with the latest deal involving consulting firm Think Big Analytics The addition of Think Big will boost Teradata's consulting arm, which already counts some 5,000 workers, with a team of engineers, architects and data scientists schooled in multiple Hadoop distributions, NoSQL databases and open-source projects associated with Hadoop, such as Hive and Spark.

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