Data Vibrancy: Pursuing a Full Spectrum
July 11, 2012
Vibrant Data has painted a pretty picture, but more detail is needed before it can be called a masterpiece. Ted’s blog, “Fellows Friday: The Vibrancy of Data” talks about the broad span of challenging areas, while repeatedly emphasizing the need for more collaborative research and problem mapping.
In the opinion of Vibrant Data, a few areas need a little brush work to create an efficient data ecosystem, and:
“From the structure of that network, we identified four Grand Challenge areas for democratizing data: Digital Infrastructure, Digital Trust (protection of personal identity, and reputation systems for accountability), Digital Literacy (widespread access to intuitively asking questions with data and thinking critically about the answers) and Platform Openness (the ability to copy, edit and customize platforms that facilitate finding meaning from data).”
The color image of their grand challenges is quite impressive at first glance, however Vibrant Data openly admits this is a work in progress. The plan to involve more people in the problem mapping will definitely allow for more input, but to what end? Collaboration can be beneficial but at the same time, too many artists can clutter up the original vision.
The overall picture that Vibrant Data is trying to create would allow everyday people to directly benefit from the enormous pallet of evolving data. With access provided, everyday users could avoid possible negative consequences and paint their own portrait.
Jennifer Shockley, July 11, 2012
Sponsored by Polyspot
Inteltrax: Top Stories, July 2 to July 6
July 9, 2012
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, some of the more interesting niches in the industry.
America’s passtime takes front and center stage in our story, “Baseball and Analytics Hit a Home Run,” which showcases the data explosion in the sport.
Wall Street, too, is a big center of analytic thought and our story, “Analytic Financial Trends” unlocks some of the big moves happening.
Finally, Washington has long been a supporter of big data and our story, “Data Mining to Play Role in 2012 Election” shows that Obama, Romney and other offices are using this technology to their advantage.
Analytics is invading our world, often in the most unexpected places. This is just a small sampling of the deep research we provide every day.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
July 9, 2012
Inteltrax: Top Stories, June 25 to June 29
July 2, 2012
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, what’s new with some of the biggest names in the business.
One rising company is bringing bright minds together, as we found in the story, “Lexalytics Conference Tackles Future of Analytics.”
“Latest Angoss Software Targets Unstructured Data” shows how a company not used to making waves in big data is doing just that in a major way.
Finally, “Digital Reasoning Leads in Partnerships,” shows one of the brightest minds in the business teaming with other smart companies to form a big data hydra head.
Big data is moving fast and the companies within the industry look like an atom smasher at times, they are going so quick. Look here to find the breakdown of every move and news bit for analytics.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
July 2, 2012
Inteltrax: Top Stories, June 18 to June 22
June 25, 2012
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, some fast-moving news in the big data business.
Our story, “Small Businesses Need Analytics Too” showcases the rising tide of small companies improving business through big data.
With the rise in big data business, “Analytic Customer Support Reaches New Heights” shows how helping the customer is helping vendors differentiate themselves.
Perhaps no news is bigger than the money IBM is spending on big data, as we covered in “IBM Sees the Future and Invests.”
The news landscape is always changing in big data. We’ll keep an eye on the small businesses and the IBMs and everyone in between to keep readers up to date, everyday.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
June 25, 2012
Inteltrax: Top Stories, June 4 to June 8
June 11, 2012
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, how financial markets are being influenced and affected by big data analytics.
In “Venture Capitalists Invest in Cloud Based API Provider” we explore how tons of financial investments, namely in the cloud, are changing the game of big data.
In “UK Financial Industry Benefiting from Analytics” we discovered how England is attempting to avoid Eurozone financial catastrophe with analytics.
Finally, our feature, “Quantitative Financial Analytics is a Serious Weapon” dove headlong into this new buzzword and its impact on financial markets and the vendors supplying software.
With global markets plummeting or rising in equally shaky motions, analytics looks to be a potential stabilizing force. We’ll keep watching to see what kind of aid it can be.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
June 11, 2012
Semantic Duet Seems to Harmonize. Will 1+1=3?
June 10, 2012
The enterprise data crowd is being entertained by a new duet according to, fluid Operations and Ontotext Team Up to Usher in the Next Generation of Enterprise Data Management. The article states:
“Ontotext and fluid Operations (fluidOps) have teamed up to offer clients practical enterprise solutions for RDF data mining, access, publishing and search.”
Dr. Andreas Eberhart of fluid Operations predicts an evolution in data management, stating:
“This is really a pairing of best-in-class tools that we feel will usher in the next generation of enterprise data management. There are many players in the semantics space providing bits and pieces of a solution, but Ontotext and fluidOps have proven to deliver turnkey products that deliver a complete solution and have solved real world customer demands.”
Ontotext develops core semantic technology, text mining and web mining solutions. They specialize in creating software for tools and solutions based on semantics that optimize performance in data integration, analysis, evaluation, management and publishing.
fluid Operations is stationed out of Walldorf, Germany and designs open platform software. Their specialty is semantic integration for both structured and unstructured data entwined with business and IT stacks. They also provide infrastructure and cloud monitoring, management and orchestration solutions.
These two software designers harmonize well. The stage is set and this duet may very well write the next data management symphony. Ontotext and fluid are an interesting tie up. It makes us wonder, will 1+1=3?
Jennifer Shockley, June 10, 012
Inteltrax: Top Stories, May 28 to June 1
June 4, 2012
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, what is hot and trending in big data these days.
The first answer came from our story, “Dashboard Data Analytics Hot” which showcases the many ways in which increased usability is increasing big data’s popularity.
Also, “The Next Great Data Gold Mine” looks a little deeper into what we already know, social media is going to be huge for analytics.
Finally, “Analytic Healthcare Contests Boom” showed that many of the health field’s biggest problems are being solved by analytic contests.
The rapidly evolving world of big data is always in flux. What’s hot today might be cold next week. But know we’ll be taking the industry’s temperature every day to stay atop all the exciting changes.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
June 4, 2012
Inteltrax: Top Stories, May 21 to May 25
May 28, 2012
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, the latest happenings with some of big data’s biggest names.
Our story, “Data Analytics Expert Points to the Crux of Big Data Issues,” looked at the CEO of Revolution Analytics and Digital Reasoning, catching up with their latest moves.
“EMC Provides a Lot of Analytic Good,” shows all the positive ways in which EMC is moving the analytic game ahead.
While, “MicroTech Wins Military Intelligence Contract” shows this up-and-coming firm making a name for itself with defense.
There are a million different directions that analytics are moving in at any given moment, but we’ll be providing snapshots of the scene, just like this, every day. Be sure to tune in.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
May 28, 2012
Angoss Trumpets New Features
May 27, 2012
Angoss is upping their predictive analytics game with new features, MarketWatch informs us in “Angoss KnowledgeSEEKER and KnowledgeSTUDIO Version 8.0.” The additions aim to boost analytic and data mining capabilities. The press release explains:
“The new features within KnowledgeSEEKER and KnowledgeSTUDIO version 8.0 enhance companies’ ability to improve business processes and decisions by increasing the types and volume of data that can be analyzed. Data scientists are able to import and prepare massive amounts of data—both structured and unstructured—into memory with 64-bit addressing; and to perform in-database analytics using extremely large datasets and numbers of predictive variables so data can be mined and analyzed faster and more accurately.”
Angoss has teamed up with text and sentiment analysis firm Lexalytics to advance the text mining, extraction, and sentiment analysis capacities in KnowledgeSTUDIO. KnowledgeSEEKER introduces new powers of data preparation and manipulation; graphical wizards transform the data for analysis, eliminating the need to write code.
See the write up for details on these new features, but some highlights include: the optimization of the In-Database (big data) Analytics module for use with Oracle databases; 64-bit in-memory analytics; aSQL Function Code Generator; and an ODBC Import Wizard.
A leader in delivering predictive analytics to businesses looking to improve performance in sales, marketing, and risk management, Angoss offers desktop, client-server, and in-database products as well as cloud-based solutions. The company boasts that their tools are user-friendly and agile. Leading financial, insurance, retail, health care, communications, and technology organizations use Angoss to grow revenue and reduce risk. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Angoss also has offices in the US and UK.
Cynthia Murrell, May 27, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Inteltrax: Top Stories, May 14 to May 18
May 21, 2012
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, how unstructured data is shaping the way vendors operate.
In “A Mountain of Unstructured Data” the problem of collecting tweets, posts, pictures, videos and more and making analytic sense is laid out.
“Unstructured Data Investment on the Horizon” shows how many companies are investing in solving their own unstructured data crises.
Finally, “Another Analytics Partnership is Born” showed companies joining forces to tackle this massive problem.
We’ve talked about unstructured data before, but we keep returning to the well because it’s such a massive concern for companies. Thankfully, those problems are being solved and we’re monitoring it every step of the way.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
May 21, 2012
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