Microsoft’s chief environmental officer on why we need a Planetary Computer

What if we could treat the Earth like a computer, a system with an ever-flowing set of data that can be tracked, analyzed, and potentially even predicted. That's the gist of Microsoft's latest environmental initiative, which it's dubbed a "Planetary...

Merging Big Data and Cloud Computing is the Future of Robotics

The emergence of cloud computing has transformed the robot technology. Cloud computing comes with new information, a firmware which is updated and a lot can be delivered in real-time. Leonardo da Vinci was the first person to create robot designs. Years later, the first robots were created. As years go […]

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Tom Davenport’s Guide to Big Data


Big Data at Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities, is a new book from Tom Davenport, a veteran observer of the data analysis scene. It’s a required reading for managers that need a...

‘The Buyers Arrive’ — A Round-Up Of Strata 2014 In Santa Clara


Strata, like any O’Reilly Media conference, will always celebrate the power of raw technology, the speeds and feeds. But this year, based on the keynotes, the vendors, and the attendees it is clear...

A Big Data POV for the C-Suite


By Wes Nichols, Co-Founder & CEO, MarketShare | Twitter As “Big Data” continues to mature from hype and techno-jargon to operational reality, business leaders must ask...

Cloud Computing: US Businesses Projected to Spend $13 Billion Business in it


Instead of a slow-moving fluffy white cloud image, the cloud computing industry should use a tornado – that might be a better way to visualize how fast cloud computing is growing today. Amazon is...