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• Quantum Leap sees gold in mining social media data – Reuters

  Quantum Leap sees gold in mining social media data Reuters The explosion of digital data and tools for analyzing the information is seen as a major business opportunity for companies to gain insights and monetize them. It also useful for law enforcement. IBM Corp, which has long bet on data analytics, … Quantum Leap Innovations(R) Launches First-Ever Pattern Based Analytics Tool …MarketWatch (press release) all 17 news articles »

• RainStor launches Hadoop version of enterprise database – Computerworld

  RainStor launches Hadoop version of enterprise database Computerworld RainStor's Big Data Analytics on Hadoop software enables faster analytics processing because there's no need to to move data out of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) environment. Hadoop is an open-source aggregator of structured and … RainStor Partners With Hortonworks to Offer Big Data Analytics on Apache HadoopMarketWatch (press release) RainStor announces first enterprise database that runs natively on HadoopeChannelLine RainStor unveils native Hadoop databaseCloud Pro ReadWriteWeb -ZDNet (blog) -Forbes all 56 news articles »

• Activ Financial and Updata Announce Partnership – MarketWatch (press release)

  Activ Financial and Updata Announce Partnership MarketWatch (press release) Activ market data clients can now use state of the art analytics from Updata while Updata Professional clients are now able to seamlessly add low-latency market data from Activ through the ActivFeed API which provides low-latency market data from over … and more »

• Interactive Data Expands Relationship With FactSet Research Systems – MarketWatch (press release)

  Interactive Data Expands Relationship With FactSet Research Systems MarketWatch (press release) Through its alliance program, Interactive Data has relationships with more than 500 software application vendors, service providers and media portals that have access to a broad range of data, analytics and related services. … and more »

• InMobi, the World’s Largest Independent Mobile Ad Network, Selects Infobright … – MarketWatch (press release)

  InMobi, the World's Largest Independent Mobile Ad Network, Selects Infobright … MarketWatch (press release) InMobi's Analytics service captures large volumes of data including over 76 billion mobile ad impressions monthly, consumer engagement data such as clickthroughs, user actions and a wealth of targeting information about handsets, network carriers, … and more »

• Data analytics for smarter grids – Intelligent Utility

  Data analytics for smarter grids Intelligent Utility I had a great conversation with a data analytics practitioner in the utility industry the other day and will deliver a column on that shortly. Meanwhile, I'll use today's column to bring you a few concepts in data analytics that I think will stimulate …

• First Data Releases SpendTrend Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards December Analysis – MarketWatch (press release)

  First Data Releases SpendTrend Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards December Analysis MarketWatch (press release) ATLANTA, Jan 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, today released its First Data SpendTrend(R) Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards analysis for the month of December. … and more »

• eMeter Introduces Data Analytics Platform – SmartMeters

  Smart Grid News

  eMeter Introduces Data Analytics Platform SmartMeters eMeter EnergyIP 7.5 and its new Analytics Foundation improves smart grid data management for utilities by heightening energy information processing capabilities through meter data analytics software and applications. eMeter EnergyIP 7.5 also improves … eMeter Unveils Meter Data Analytics PlatformMarketWatch (press release) eMeter jumps into analytics fraySmart Grid News eMeter Releases Update To Its MDM PlatformRenew Grid all 19 news articles »

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• Big Data Analytics: Trends to Watch For in 2012 – All Things Digital

  DatacenterDynamics

  Big Data Analytics: Trends to Watch For in 2012 All Things Digital Over the last several years, there has been a massive surge of interest in Big Data Analytics and the groundbreaking opportunities it provides for enterprise information management and decision making. Big Data Analytics is no longer a specialized … Oracle Launches Cloudera-Powered Big Data ApplianceeWeek Oracle fills another gap in its big data offeringZDNet (blog) Oracle's Big Data Appliance brings focus to bundled approachComputerworld CIO UK -InformationWeek all 91 news articles »

• 1010data to Exhibit at NRF 101st Annual Convention & Expo, booth 144, Jan 15 … – MarketWatch (press release)

  1010data to Exhibit at NRF 101st Annual Convention & Expo, booth 144, Jan 15 … MarketWatch (press release) 1010data provides the leading cloud-based big data analytics platform. The company's namesake service provides the most powerful, usable and scalable solution available today for investigative and predictive analytics. It does this by combining … and more »

• Birst Wants to Democratize Big Data – Enterprise Apps Today

  GigaOm

  Birst Wants to Democratize Big Data Enterprise Apps Today Organizations of all sizes, not just large enterprises, have growing stores of data. Until now, however, Birst CEO Brad Peters said smaller companies have been at a competitive disadvantage because database and analytics solutions designed for … Birst and ParAccel Partner to Deliver Scalable and Agile Big Data Analytics in …MarketWatch (press release) Birst, ParAccel team to put a pretty face on big dataGigaOm all 7 news articles »

• Top Private Retailer Belk, Inc. Selects Teradata – MarketWatch (press release)

  Top Private Retailer Belk, Inc. Selects Teradata MarketWatch (press release) Teradata Corporation /quotes/zigman/480716/quotes/nls/tdc TDC +0.79% is the world's leading analytic data solutions company focused on integrated data warehousing, big data analytics, and business applications. Teradata's innovative products and … and more »

• FICO Data Analysis Shows Counterfeit Card Fraud Has Fallen Sharply in Europe – MarketWatch (press release)

  FICO Data Analysis Shows Counterfeit Card Fraud Has Fallen Sharply in Europe MarketWatch (press release) 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — FICO /quotes/zigman/226195/quotes/nls/fico FICO -0.08% , the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, today released its analysis of data showing that major shifts have occurred in European … FICO Data Analysis Shows Counterfeit Card Fraud Has Fallen Sharply In EuropeDaily Markets all 9 news articles »

• Oracle Strikes At SAP Hana With TimesTen Database – InformationWeek

  Business Insider

  Oracle Strikes At SAP Hana With TimesTen Database InformationWeek Customers hoping to tap the in-memory analytics capabilities will also have to be licensed users of the Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite, which includes Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Essbase, and new data … Oracle Unveils Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database 11g Release 2MarketWatch (press release) Oracle Updates Its TimesTen in-Memory DatabaseeWeek Oracle updates its TimesTen in-memory databaseZDNet (blog) all 47 news articles »

• First Data Analysis Tempers Holiday Numbers – Credit Union Times

  First Data Analysis Tempers Holiday Numbers Credit Union Times By David Morrison First Data's monthly analysis of card transaction data suggests consumers used their cards more in December 2011 than they did in December 2010, but that they spent only the same or less money. The card processor's monthly SpendTrend … and more »

• Splunk Answers Business Demand For Big Data Analysis – InformationWeek (blog)

  Splunk Answers Business Demand For Big Data Analysis InformationWeek (blog) At its core, Splunk is an IT-oriented monitoring system that captures and indexes machine data from server logs, clickstreams, message queues, and so on, and then supports querying and basic business intelligence (BI) and analytics. … Splunk 4.3 Gets a Boost for Business AnalysisPCWorld all 26 news articles »

• Star Analytics Introduces New Release of Star Integration Server to Speed … – MarketWatch (press release)

  Star Analytics Introduces New Release of Star Integration Server to Speed … MarketWatch (press release) The new version of Star Integration Server provides dramatic performance improvements for extracting data from Oracle Essbase cubes, reducing extractions from hours and giving decision makers faster access to time-sensitive data for analysis and … and more »

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Now is 2012, therefore I would like to update my previous post titled “Web Search Interest of Data Mining in 2010“. I am interested to know what are the latest worldwide interests for “data mining” keywords search in 2011. Again, using Google Insights for Search, we can figured out Top 10 searches and interestingly; rising searches for data mining terms for the past 90 Days.

Top Searches for Data Mining terms in 2011:

Top Searches for Data Mining terms for the past 90 Days:

Some other rising search terms including:
1. data warehouse architecture +80%
2. data mining twitter +70%
3. stanford data mining +60%
4. r data mining +50%
5. data mining facebook +40%
6. social data mining +40%
7. weka download +40%

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• Can Yahoo’s new CEO Thompson harness big data, analytics? – ZDNet (blog)

  ZDNet (blog)

  Can Yahoo's new CEO Thompson harness big data, analytics? ZDNet (blog) New CEO Scott Thompson is banking on big data and analytics. New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has a retail, technology and e-commerce background. The big question is whether he can harness Yahoo's data reservoir to innovate and create something “the world … Yahoo's new CEO Thompson: 5 challengesZDNet Australia Tech Today: Yahoo Names New CEOWall Street Journal (blog) Yahoo Appoints New CEOInc.com all 1,707 news articles »

• Utility data analytics offer value now – Intelligent Utility

  Utility data analytics offer value now Intelligent Utility Thus, by the end of the year just past, reports on the analytics market were flying in every direction, vendors were reiterating their pitches and utilities found that Big Data could require Big Aspirin and, possibly, counseling. …

• Colorado newspaper publishers join in digital-rights organization – Denver Business Journal

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  Colorado newspaper publishers join in digital-rights organization Denver Business Journal NewsRight — led by CEO David Westin, a former ABC News president —“aims to support original news reporting by facilitating the use of published news content and data analytics with the permission of publishers,” the participating news groups said in … News Organizations Launch NewsRightMarketWatch (press release) NewsRight Launches With 29 Publishers; 'Not A Litigation Shop'paidContent.org Remember the beacon? Newly formed NewsRight is the evolution of AP's News RegistryNieman Journalism Lab at Harvard all 101 news articles »

• Apache releases Hadoop 1.0 big data analytics platform – V3.co.uk

  Web Host Industry Review

  Apache releases Hadoop 1.0 big data analytics platform V3.co.uk by Rosalie Marshall The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced the first official release of its Hadoop big data analytics platform, confirming it is ready for use by businesses. After six years of development, ASF has released Hadoop 1.0, … Apache lets fly Hadoop 1.0 data muncherRegister Apache Hadoop hits version 1.0 after 6 yearsBusinessCloud9 Apache Launches Hadoop 1.0eWeek ITWorld Canada all 40 news articles »

• PR Gets To Grips With Data-Driven World – The Holmes Report

  PR Gets To Grips With Data-Driven World The Holmes Report IBM VP Deepak Advani, whose company has invested more than $15bn in data analytics, believes that the new simplicity of monitoring and insight tools – like IBM's own Cognos Consumer Insight – represent a fundamental step forward. …

• TIBCO Spotfire Webcast to Offer Life Science Community Valuable Insight Into … – MarketWatch (press release)

  TIBCO Spotfire Webcast to Offer Life Science Community Valuable Insight Into … MarketWatch (press release) The webcast will provide attendees with the knowledge to leverage advanced statistics and dynamic visualizations to get the most biologically relevant results from RT-PCR data. What/When: "Genomic Data Analysis and Drug Discovery" webcast – Thursday, … and more »

• Teradata to expand into new sectors – Malaysia Star

  Teradata to expand into new sectors Malaysia Star Teradata, a New York Stock Exchange listed company with US$9bil (RM28.3bil) market capitalisation, acquired big data analytics company Aster Data Systems Inc in March last year. The acquisition enabled the company to combine its business analytics and … and more »

• Data-analytics firm lands financing – Boulder County Business Report

  Data-analytics firm lands financing Boulder County Business Report By Michael Davidson BOULDER – Next Big Sound Inc., a Boulder-based data-analytics company that tracks mentions of musical acts across online platforms, announced Tuesday it has closed a $6.5 million Series A round of financing. … Another Data Play: The Next Big Sound Raises $6.5 Million From IA Ventures And …TechCrunch Next Big Sound Raises $6.5 Million For Analyticshypebot.com Next Big Sound seen as next big thing – gets $6.5m fundingResearch Magazine Daily Camera -Billboard.biz all 8 news articles »

• Will Amazon Offer Analytics as a Service? – New York Times (blog)

  New York Times (blog)

  Will Amazon Offer Analytics as a Service? New York Times (blog) “They could rent an analytics engine to people on a quarterly basis, possibly offer to match your data to other large data sets and find something useful.” A spokesman for Amazon had no comment on its plans, which he termed “rumor and speculation. … Is Amazon looking at offering analytics service?TechFlash all 2 news articles »

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• How Twitter’s Trending Algorithm Picks Its Topics – NPR

  How Twitter’s Trending Algorithm Picks Its Topics NPR But the complex algorithms that determine trending topics are intended to find what’s trending in the moment, and not what’s been around for a long time. Getting a spot on the trending list has become so important that television programs hire …  and more »

• A New Kaggle Contest for Kinect – ReadWriteWeb

  A New Kaggle Contest for Kinect ReadWriteWeb The object of this contest is to produce an improved gesture algorithm that will analyze a series of Kinect video streams. Samples of actual Kinect video clips are supplied, similar to other Kaggle contests that are used to develop other algorithms. …  and more »

• BrioWave Technology Gets New Algorithm For Load Cycling Broadening Market Appeal – Daily Markets (press release)

  BrioWave Technology Gets New Algorithm For Load Cycling Broadening Market Appeal Daily Markets (press release) 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Attune RTD (OTCBB: AURT), is proud to announce that it is in the final stages of field testing a complex HVAC algorithm for the BrioWave Smart Energy Controller designed to cycle load. Shawn Davis, CEO commented, “In addition to … BrioWave Technology Gets New Algorithm for Load Cycling Broadening Market AppealMarketWatch (press release)  all 10 news articles »

• CMU algorithm matches sketches, paintings to photographs – Gizmag

  TG Daily

  CMU algorithm matches sketches, paintings to photographs Gizmag A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a computer image sorting algorithm that can match sketches and paintings with photographs (Photo: Grant C.) Alexei Efros and his team of cunning robotics researchers … Data-driven Visual Similarity for Cross-domain Image MatchingVizWorld.com  all 10 news articles »

• Algorithm Helps Predict Hurricane Intensity, Wind Speed – RedOrbit

  RedOrbit

  Algorithm Helps Predict Hurricane Intensity, Wind Speed RedOrbit A team of National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded scientists at SMU’s Intelligent Data Analysis Lab (IDA) developed a new forecasting algorithm called the Prediction Intensity Interval model for Hurricanes (PIIH), to help better predict hurricane …

• Researchers at UC3M Develop Control Algorithms for Industrial Automation – AZoRobotics

  AZoRobotics

  Researchers at UC3M Develop Control Algorithms for Industrial Automation AZoRobotics Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are developing algorithms that will help create more number of design specifications. These designs can be used on a number of industrial applications. …

• Search Engine Algorithm Basics – SEOmoz (blog)

  SEOmoz (blog)

  Search Engine Algorithm Basics SEOmoz (blog) If you become aware of this you’ll understand why Google (and other search engines), use a complex algorithm to determine what results they should return. The factors in the algorithm consist of “hard factors” as the number of backlinks to a page and …

• Algorithm Predicts Red Light Runners – Transportation Nation

  Transportation Nation

  Algorithm Predicts Red Light Runners Transportation Nation MIT has developed an algorithm to predict which vehicles will run a red light. That’s useful for a future where cars talk to each other, or traffic signals respond dynamically to traffic. … MIT Algorithm Can Predict Red Light RunnersAutoGuide.com Algorithm predicts when a driver will run a red lightWTOP MIT predicts red light runnersBoston.com Autoblog (blog) -Automobile Magazine -Overclockers Club all 7 news articles »

• Tim Tebow destroying ESPN’s quarterback metric – Washington Post (blog)

  Tim Tebow destroying ESPN’s quarterback metric Washington Post (blog) About a year ago I began itching to write a book called The Namath Conundrum, or maybe The Namath Paradox, or even the Namath Algorithm, or some other such inscrutable title that would help ensure that rather than selling hundreds of …  and more »

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