Big Data

F1 Accelerates in the Industrial Internet Race

Not only does Formula One racing represent the cutting edge of motorsports, but it has also become a test track for innovations that may one day come to your ...Full Article

NSF Mines Medical Records for Patient Care

Heng Huang, a computer scientist at UT Arlington, has been tasked with leading a National Science Foundation (NSF) project to mine medical records data to personalize patient care and ...Full Article

Nutonian Derives Laws of Physics for Life Sciences

On Wednesay, Cambridge startup Nutonian (pronounced “Newtonian”) announced that it’s raised $4 million with the help of Atlas Venture to build its own analytics platform to unlock the “laws ...Full Article

GE Finds Manufacturing Value from Day-to-Day Data

Although the use of predictive analytics for manufacturing continues to drive IT further into factory floors, Jim Walsh, general manager of GE Intelligent Platforms warns that without a proper ...Full Article

Data Curbs Healthcare Overtime to Cut Costs

Healthcare labor arguably fills up the industry’s largest division of funding, with some reports estimating that labor alone accounts for roughly 60 percent of operating budgets. But while labor ...Full Article

New Findings Emerge from In-Store Analytics

According to Gartner’s 2013 BI (Business Intelligence) Magic Quadrant, spending for retail analytics is on the rise. The firm estimates that as BI and analytics rise on retailer’s own ...Full Article

MongoDB Lends a Hand for Genome Sequencing

Available since February 2012, the Seven Bridges Genomics platform recently won BioIT World’s Best of Show award. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech company is looking to cater to researchers whose ...Full Article

Nomi Raises $10M to Expand Retail Analytics

As in-store analytics gain momentum, Nomi, a New York-based marketing optimization platform founded by Salesforce alumni, has raised $10 million to finance its jump beyond the borders of apparel ...Full Article

MasterCard Translates Card Swipes to Consumer Know-How

As the digital marketplace explodes Andy Mantis, group head of Business Solutions for MasterCard Advisors, says that retailers must work harder than ever to stake its claim to an ...Full Article

Lexmark Director Talks Key Trends for Retail

With 2.5 quintillion bytes of data generated every day, retailers are asking themselves the question, ‘How do we get our arms around this information?’ “It’s out there—the problem is ...Full Article