Big Data Solutions Mirror Fundamental Processes Found in Ancient Mayan Society
November 23, 2012
While the ancient Mayans are recognized for their ability to make accurate predictions and build off of insights, our world is not lacking this today. In fact, our thirst for knowledge from big data parallels exactly what the ancient Mayan’s sought. Wired‘s recent article, “Big Data in a Big Brave World,” makes this connection apparent and discusses the advances that many organizations have experiences while utilizing big data in the same way fundamental to the ways our human nature innately leads us to explore and capitalize on information.
Both product development and risk analysis are areas where big data has created room for exciting and beneficial advancements. For example, ZDLink is a service in Japan developed for Hitachi’s heavy construction business which enables the real-time monitoring of its vehicles.
According to the article:
Organizations — both public and private — are collecting vast amounts of data about their customers, products and the macroeconomic environment, which can be analyzed to identify trends, problems and opportunities. Companies can then introduce new products and services, ways of working or solutions that can solve real-world problems and enable radical change, beyond the corporate world.
We look forward to seeing even more innovations from companies that take advantage of big data solutions that deliver information across the enterprise, such as PolySpot. The Mayans certainly were not the only ones with a proclivity for big data.
Megan Feil, November 23, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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