Even if you have petabyes of data, you still need to know how to ask the right questions to apply it.
by Alistair Croll
| @acroll
| 9 August 2011
Having a lot of data is not the same as using it well. Today's big companies are losing to small upstarts simply because those firms ask better questions. To compete, large enterprises need to learn how to harvest the data they have on customers, markets, competitors, and products.
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Low costs and cloud tools are empowering new data startups.
by Michael Driscoll
| @medriscoll
| +Michael Driscoll | 9 August 2011
The emergence of data startups highlights the democratizing consequences of a maturing big data stack. Companies can now build offerings and turn their focus to developing analytics and services.
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Open data, a map and the Internet share the story of violence against journalists in Afghanistan
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile
| +Alex Howard | 8 August 2011
A new website shows incidents of violence against journalists in Afghanistan launched. Data.nai.org.afs charts attacks on the media onto an interactive map of country using open source mapping tools.
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An interactive visualization maps the spread of newspapers across the U.S.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 5 August 2011
Using data from the Library of Congress, an interactive visualization maps in time and space the spread of newspapers across the United States.
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Drupal and open source technology power the new Energy.gov.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile
| +Alex Howard | 4 August 2011
The new Energy.gov, using a combination of open source technology and cloud computing, will save an estimated $10 million annually.
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Hadoop and security, surprising results from a consumer data survey, and disconcerting data retention legislation.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 4 August 2011
In the latest Strata Week: Will big data offer us more security insights? Or will large data stores become targets for security threats? Plus: A very old map gets a digital upgrade.
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