BlabPredicts: Find Future Patterns in Social Media Data

Social media is quickly becoming an important source of insight about products, brands, and events. However, analysis of the data is generally retrospective, indicating what was rather than what will be. Blab looks to change the state of the art in social media insights with its product BlabPredicts.

Informatica Previews Data Self-Service

Data self-service is an emerging trend in data delivery that promises to increase business agility by enabling end-users to get the data they need when they need it without having to manage IT bottlenecks.

And the Beat Did Go On at DataBeat 2014…

I spent yesterday recovering from DataBeat, the two-day VentureBeat Big Data conference held on May 19-20 in SF. And I do mean recovering…not only were there lots of content, but in between sessions, a DJ was dropping beats as if I were back in the NY dance...

Big Data and Healthcare – Leave No One Behind (Part 2)

In my last post, I talked about how the Healthcare industry is challenged with improving overall health while not overlooking that one person that could have been treated and healed. Big Data has the potential to ensure that Healthcare does not have to sacrifice one...

Big Data in Healthcare – Leave No One Behind (Part 1)

I attended a seminar hosted by the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Division of Cardiology at UC-San Francisco. It explored the possibilities and challenges that Big Data presents in the area of Healthcare. I attended to learn more about what types of...