Database Admins: What They (& Other IT Types) Do All Day

This morning we were stunned when we learned how much information Facebook shares with third-party websites when you sign up to those websites through Facebook (examples are religion and political views).  It is almost as if FB sends them a naked picture of you Here’s what FB passes on: The motto of the story is…

We read an interesting article on the Internet recently which succinctly describes how data analytics can easily lead to wrong conclusions. The illustration was simple and eye-opening: A man with only two hours’ sleep the previous night rear-ends a car at a red light. Based on the data thus far, we conclude that his lack…

Doping has been a major problem in sports for quite a while. Now big data enables athletes to enhance their performance without drugs and without ruining their health. Oh yes, and without being banned for life from their sport! The method involves the use of inexpensive sensors fixed onto the athletes and coupled with their…

Big Data is getting to be as desirable as morning coffee amongst CFOs and CMOs. They crave it and cannot do without it. They talk about its nuances and tell stories of their encounters with it. But are they really harnessing it? It appears not. Instead, it appears that they are seriously faffing around. The…