Our regular study of Big Data unearthed this entertaining infographic that encapsulates the state of the discipline. View it, be entertained and informed! (click on it if you need to enlarge)
Via: Wikibon Big Data
Everything that comes in the course of time, goes in the course of time. — Ancient Hindu proverb It could be the turn of MySQL to go in the course of time. The truth of the matter is that a large group of database user heavies (Google, Wikipedia, Red Hat et al) are exasperated…
U.S. National Cancer Institute researchers have made available the biggest database of cancer-related genetic anomalies ever published. This database will help cancer scientists to better formulate accurate treatments for the disease. The head of the NCI’s Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology Dr. Yves Pommier recently said,“Most anticancer drugs that are used today are used based on…
Databases continue to be hacked and confidential personal information continues to be stolen (here’s the latest instance). There is a 28% possibility that yours will be hacked into in the next 12 months (according to the IOUG Data Security Survey). To know where you risk factors lie, examine this…
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…
78 million bucks. Who wouldn’t like a salary like that? Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle Corp, already earns it. However… … this year, Oracle Corp asked its shareholders if Ellison’s pay could be increased by 19%. The shareholders voted against the proposed increase, 2 million and 1.6 billion for (with one 1 billion of…
The fight against cancer continues. Much of the research involves experimenting with tissue samples of specific malignancies, and very often these samples can involve long waits. In recent times the cancer research fraternity has put together a systematized methodology to significantly increase the immediate availability of these samples. When a malignant tumor is removed for…
I love the quote about finding the right question. You can make data say anything you want at the end of the day. So make sure you are asking questions and then looking for an answer, not have the answer and force the data to fit your end point.
Yes, making data fit a preconceived notion is the rule, rather than the exception!