Government: Features
Big Data on the Range in OK
One of the goals of big data analytics is to streamline and optimize. The state government of Oklahoma realized that and brought in IBM’s analytics chops in an IT consolidation effort that is slated to save the state $15 million over the next five years. Read more...
Big Data Big Five
Hadoop distro vendors stole the big headlines this week when Cloudera released Impala, and MapR dropped its M7 edition on the market, but a lot of other worthwhile news took place this week. Please keep your hands inside the cart at all times as we tour through the Big Data Big Five this week.Read more...
Government: News in Brief
Nate Silver Warns Against Big Data Assumptions
While there are many uses today for big data, the general principle is thus: more data equals bigger sample sizes from which more accurate representations can be drawn. However, noted statistically inclined prognosticator Nate Silver warned at the RMS Exceedance Conference in Boston this week that an over-abundance of data can be dangerous and counter-productive if managed improperly. Read more...
Big Data's Role in Detecting Mail Fraud
The United States Postal Service serves the mailboxes of over 300 million homes and businesses in the United States. Delivering mail from point A to point B becomes a huge logistical problem when those points number in the hundreds of millions. As such, the USPS is doing as much as possible to incorporate supercomputing and big data analytics in both their logistical and fraud detection operations, as discussed by USPS Program Manager Scot Atkins.Read more...
Data Aggregation in the Public Sector
Bob Flores, Founder of Applicology Incorporated and former Chief Technology Officer of the CIA, shared his views on how the public sector is dealing with the big data deluge, particularly with regard to how the intelligence community collects and aggregates data in a video produced by MarkLogic.Read more...
IRS to Utilize Big Data to Improve Returns
Today, April 15, 2013, is tax day in the United States. Millions of Americans are assuredly scrambling to file their returns today and most will be doing so electronically. Specifically, the IRS expects 80 percent of tax returns, or 250 million, to be filed online. That represents a significant big data problem in identifying the veracity of said filings. Read more...
Government: This Just In
SAP Expands Aerospace & Defense Portfolio
SAP AG announced expansions to the SAP for Aerospace & Defense (SAP for A&D) solution portfolio.Read more...
IU Experts Play Key Role in NASA's Operation IceBridge
Experts from Indiana University played a role in NASA's Operation IceBridge mission's success.Read more...
Red Hat Completes FIPS 140-2 Certifications from NIST
Red Hat announced the completion of seven FIPS 140-2 certifications from the U.S. government’s NIST.Read more...
Clockwork Begins Second Phase of Supporting Marine Corps
Clockwork will begin the second phase of support to MCSC SIAT.Read more...
