Unlike other industries, healthcare generates not only numerical and categorical data but also large volumes of unstructured ...

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A funny thing happened on the way to the AI promised land: People realized they need data. In fact, they realized they need large quantities of a wide variety of data, and that it would be better if ...

Big Data is often described in terms of three V’s: volume, velocity and variety. Let's dive into what exactly that means and how state and local governments can begin to tackle Big Data. The hard disk ...

In life science research, data comes in many forms - structured clinical trial tables, semi-structured instrument outputs, and unstructured lab notes or images. This “variety” makes it difficult to ...

Big data belongs to next generation of data warehousing and Business analytics and it is capable to deliver high ROI for organization. Ten years before, we were not using the same amount of data what ...

It is no longer a secret that big data is a reason behind the successes of many major technology companies. However, as more and more companies embrace it to store, process and extract value from ...

As we leap toward a digitally-driven world, there is an enormous amount of data being generated. The true value of such large volumes of data sets, which are both structured and unstructured as well ...

Big data analytics tools have become indispensable, as they offer the insights necessary for organizations to make informed decisions, understand market trends and drive innovation. These platforms ...

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Mention the word “database,” and most people think of the venerable RDBMS that has dominated the landscape for more than 30 years. That, however, may soon change. A whole crop of new contenders are ...