Gartner, the leading market and technology research firm, has published its 2015 Hype Cycle Report of Emerging technologies. Fig. 1: Gartner 2015 Hype Cycle. For comparison, here is Fig. 2: Gartner 2014 Hype Cycle. What’s the Hype Cycle about? As technology advances, we all get over-excited about new buzz-words & trends in technology and then
Predictive modeling methods and systems will revolutionize virtually all aspects of how healthcare is organized, delivered, and paid for in the near future. But what will that future look like? What are the skill sets that will...
Everyone is running around talking about big data nowadays – and yes, our databases are immense. A gigabyte used to sound like a lot. Today, we talk about terabytes without blinking. But big data didn’t grow up...
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Vendors, the trade press and even popular media are talking about the world’s rapidly expanding body of electronic data. Lots of data equals lots of value, right? The not-so-subtle message surrounding all this is that data is...
Technological innovation has given Human Resources the ability to predict the future — and has moved HR into the boardroom. But it’s up to data-savvy HR professionals to make that move permanent. “Why should I, as a...
There are many vendors selling products classified as big data analytics software. However, it’s challenging to differentiate these products based on functionality alone, as many of the tools share similar features and capabilities. Additionally, some of the...
We’re all aware of what happened with the “data” stored at Ashley Madison, data that was supposed to be private and protected. This of course is not the first – nor will it be the last –...
Predictive talent analytics, which helps in predicting employee performance, attrition and cost using Big Data analysis, is the future of talent hunting, but only 7 per cent of companies employ it to find the right hire, a...
The world is churning out 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day, with 90% of it created in the past two years. Most of this staggering volume comes from apps, social media sites, YouTube and other video...
