Big Data Systems Are Making A Difference In The Fight Against Cancer


By Ben Lorica As open source, big data tools enter the early stages of maturation, data engineers and data scientists will have many opportunities to use them to “work on stuff that matters.” Along...
    






Why It’s Still Not Game Over For Nintendo


News remain grim for Nintendo's Wii U video game console, and this has led to renewed speculation over the Japanese company’s future as a hardware manufacturer. The bad news is in the numbers....
    






Solar Grid Storage: Finding Value In Grid Frequency Regulation


Many observers feel that energy storage has the potential to be one of the ‘next big things.’ A number of companies are working hard at developing and deploying storage technologies, and raising...
    






A Leading 3PL Creates a Warehousing Template for Success


For years, warehouse management system (WMS) suppliers have been introducing “template” solutions. These template solutions are either industry specific or are based upon getting a simpler...
    






Better To Export Natural Gas Fracking Or Advanced Coal Technologies?


World leaders are about to gather in Abu Dhabi to discuss how to feed the global energy appetite with the cleanest fuels and the most modern tools. Questions are bound to crop up involving whether to...
    






Dismal Wii U Sales Move Nintendo Closer To ‘Game Over’


With the successful launches of the Xbox One and the PS4, it’s been easy to forget that the latest console generation started in November of 2012 with a dud. Nintendo’s Wii U launched with what...
    






Delivering Retail Sales Through Analytics With AgilOne


Retailers have known for the longest time that selling more products to an existing customer is generally easier than converting a new customer. This was a fact hundreds of years ago in the village...
    






Laster SeeThru Augmented Reality Glasses hit Kickstarter


Since the launch of the Google Glass wearable computing device, a lot of companies have been working hard to get their own wearable glasses and devices onto the market. A new wearable computing...
    






Guns, Rods … And Titanium


To call Dave Lamoureux a fishing enthusiast would be an understatement. He set a new record, catching a 157-pound Bluefin tuna from his kayak off the coast of Cape Cod in 2009. A former Wall Street...