Big Data Does A Lot Yet Not Everything
March 8, 2013
Big data is a wonder tool that is supposed to improve how organizations use their information and advertently make everything better. GCN took a look at “Four Ways Big Data Can Save Lives And Money.” The article breaks down a Tech American Foundation survey “Big Data And the Public Sector.” Across the board the study claims that big data is providing the veritable magic data wand people have been wishing for:
“Both federal and state IT officials believe big data analytics can have real and immediate impacts on how governments operate, from helping to predict crime to cutting waste and fraud, according to the survey of nearly 200 public sector IT professionals commissioned by SAP AG, and conducted by pollsters Penn Schoen and Berland.”
Big data has been deployed by NASA for airline safety, Homeland Security for its bio-preparedness collective, the National Weather Service for weather patterns, and police departments to prevent crime. The analytics offer new and valuable insights. Saving lives has been tacked as the number one reason big data is useful; it helps medical researchers aggregate data. Crime prevention, improving life quality from fixing potholes to repairing social/welfare programs, and saving money were other ways that big data is helpful.
Big data can do wonders for information, but it is not a magic wand that can be waved and POOF the world is magically fixed. Big data provides the insights, people do the rest.
Whitney Grace, March 08, 2013
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