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3 Ways Big Data, Supercomputing Change Weather Forecasting
What that means for enterprise IT isn't just the ability to foresee disasters that could wipe out a data center. Granular and early forecasts can create business opportunities — for example, alerting a brewery to supply distributors and points-of-sale …
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White House & PCAST reports on big data: telecommunications
The White House recently released its report on big data, “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values” (WH Report). This report was released simultaneously with a report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST …
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siliconANGLE » Intel bids to solve water shortages with Big Data
origin_4467341970 Much of the conversation around Big Data is focused on big business and how it can be used to make money, but that's not the only opportunity it presents. On the contrary, the real promise of Big Data is solving global problems and …
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