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How Big Data and the Smart Grid Will Benefit Energy Users

Utilities are implementing big data discovery and analytics tools to better manage energy flow and distribution, among other key benefits. But what are the benefits to the utility’s customers -...

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Amazon and Whole Foods – Big Data Comes to Retail

Many retail industry observers are asking why e-commerce giant Amazon purchased the brick & mortar grocery chain Whole Foods. The unanimous answer is: access to real-world customer data that is...

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Taming the Big Data Beast of Retail Supply Chain Management

Data is increasing in supply chain management for retailers. Most of this data is unstructured and flowing all day and night into servers, and there’s much more to come.

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The Role of Big Data Analytics in the Era of the Smart Grid

The Smart Grid is poised to transform the energy industry using digital information to enhance efficiencies and performance for utility customers. As the Smart Grid continues to expand, demand for...

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Smart HR - Using Big Data to Find and Retain Quality Candidates

An organization’s staff is its most valuable asset, and the human resources function is critical to the stability and growth of business operations.

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Q&A with Dan Szot, Our New VP Sales, Life Sciences and Healthcare

We’d like to introduce you to the newest member of our team, Dan Szot, who has joined us as VP Sales, Life Sciences and Healthcare. Dan brings more than 20 years of sales leadership and field...

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Managing New Streams of Data in the IoT Era

Gartner predicted that more than 8.4 billion connected devices will be in use in 2017, a 31 percent increase from last year. That number is projected to grow to a trillion-nod network over the next...

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Accelerating Insight with High-Octane Graph-Fueled Data [Slideshare]

At the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2017, Cambridge Semantics' very own Barry Zane, Vice President of Engineering, and Ben Szekely, Vice President of Solutions, discussed how the Anzo Smart Data...

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2017 Update: The First 100 Days of Big Data

Today marks the 100th day of the New Year, and we’d like to take a moment to reflect on a few of the more interesting developments we’ve seen thus far in the fast-moving big data analytics arena.

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Accelerating Insight - Smart Data Lake Customer Success Stories [Slideshare]

At Gartner's Data & Analytics Summit 2017, Alok Prasad, President of Cambridge Semantics, was joined by Peter Horowitz of PricewaterhouseCoopers for their session entitled “Accelerating Insight:...

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