IBM is building a massive 120-petabyte array and Infochimps releases a unified geo schema.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 1 September 2011
IBM takes data storage to a whole new level (120 petabytes, to be exact), Infochimps' new API tries to make life easier for geo developers, and the "Internet of people" keeps an eye on Hurricane Irene.
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"Big Data Now" is a free collection of Radar's data coverage.
by Mac Slocum
| @macslocum
| +Mac Slocum | 1 September 2011
O'Reilly has released "Big Data Now," a free anthology that taps into the data themes and coverage featured on Radar over the last year.
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A workshop shows early signs of climate scientists and data scientists coming together.
by Michael Ferrari
| @aeroculus
| 31 August 2011
Climate cycles, machine learning and improved models were all part of the discussions at the first New York Academy of Sciences Workshop on Climate Informatics.
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Roger Magoulas on data's potential to improve finance systems and create new businesses.
by Mac Slocum
| @macslocum
| +Mac Slocum | 31 August 2011
O'Reilly director of market research Roger Magoulas discusses the intersection of big data and finance, and the opportunities this pairing creates for financial experts.
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Tom Steinberg on making a website vs making a difference.
by Tom Steinberg
| @mysociety
| +Tom Steinberg | 30 August 2011
Tom Steinberg, head of the UK's civic-hacking non-profit mySociety, uses the launch of the new FixMyTransport to reflect on how organizations can help their open data efforts achieve sustainability.
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Hilary Mason on how Bitly applies the Internet's real-time data.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 29 August 2011
In this interview, Bitly chief scientist and Strata speaker Hilary Mason discusses the application of real-time data and the difference between analytics and data science.
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