Tag: data

Cloud Sports...

Data storage has long been an insatiable thirst for consumers and commercial enterprises alike. From a storage perspective, businesses and individuals wish to archive everything they possibly can. Rooms that were once filled with filing cabinets transformed into rooms full of hard drives. For the individual, the worn and torn scrapbook turned into the portable… Read more Cloud Sports...

Your Cloud Data is Safe...Right?

Last Friday Mr. Paron spoke to us about some of Microsoft’s developments in the cloud computing field. One of the areas he touched on was the security present at the data centers–multiple layers of biometrics, tall fences, scanners, and other methods to protect its customers’ data. These security features are quite impressive, and would protect… Read more Your Cloud Data is Safe...Right?

The Price of Data

In tracking the technological developments over the last half century, the picture that Moore’s law paints drives us to a common conclusion: with companies making headway into quantum computing and artificial intelligence, we are no doubt at the cusp of unprecedented change and growth. Data is collected and processed in massive quantities (thus generating the… Read more The Price of Data

World’s largest companies by market value

The world is changing upon us, there is no debate on that. But how are these changes affecting the world’s most valuable companies? In 1992, the world’s 10 largest companies in terms of market value were Exxon, Walmart, Altria, GE, Coca Cola, Merck, IBM, P&G, Bristol-Myers and J&J [1]. All these companies had different core… Read more World’s largest companies by market value

Banks' AI: Is it more artificial or intelligent?

For the Week 5 post, I was hoping to get personal and blog about my own experience with AI in Finance. It is no secret that the last 24 months within the financial sector have seen an unprecedented surge of interest in Innovation and technology. Every global bank has implemented an innovation programme or opened… Read more Banks' AI: Is it more artificial or intelligent?

Zillow & Zestimate: The Future of Real Estate?

The speakers during Friday’s lecture focused primarily on machine learning and it’s applications to different fields. In this blog post, I’ll be exploring the impact machine learning has had in the real estate industry, specifically Zillow’s Zestimate tool. Companies like Redfin, Zillow, and Trulia are changing the landscape of an industry that’s been entrenched in… Read more Zillow & Zestimate: The Future of Real Estate?

Importance of Big Data to Companies

The world of business and intelligence rely heavily on data storage and utilization for efficient and timely decision making. Data analytics has always formed the backbone of a great decision to the extent that most companies have concluded that the best ways of ensuring that competition is always combated effectively are through the use of… Read more Importance of Big Data to Companies

Big Data & Sports

Using statistics in sports in not a new thing. Team’s win rates and a basketball player’s shooting rate are for example terms that often come up in a sport-related conversation. However with the fast-growing ability of acquiring data, statistics are becoming a huge part of every single sport that is out there. Data has become… Read more Big Data & Sports

Rise of Social Analytics in the Auto Insurance Industry

Background: Increasingly, companies are starting to find value in social media data, including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and other social data sources by employing robust filtering techniques and machine learning algorithms to uncover the signal within the noise. Then, they often correlate financial data with social media conversations to add value to their business. This is… Read more Rise of Social Analytics in the Auto Insurance Industry

Why are virtual data centers right for startups and tech companies?

Most startup founders are often too excited to get their idea off the ground. They worry about their product 24/7 because they are passionate. What most of them are always forgetting is to create the right server architecture to support their product and the user demands. As a startup founder myself, I made that mistake.… Read more Why are virtual data centers right for startups and tech companies?