Billion-dollar Chinese startup aims to create ‘ecosystem of digital life’

From digital health records to real-time fitness trackers to telehealth and cognitive computing systems like IBM's Watson, healthcare has been undergoing revolution after revolution in recent years. In turn, all the health- and fitness-related data that's being generated by individuals today is creating the potential for even more innovative services. A China-based startup called iCarbonX hopes…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 26, 20160Comments

Disruption

Are your data ‘insights’ really insightful? Check first

Analytics, automation and machine learning are making it possible for enterprises to target specific customer audiences with new content, products and services personalized for their unique needs and interests. But before you take aim at any market niche, it's critical to be sure the data you're using for personalization is accurate ... and fairly representative. What…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 22, 20160Comments

IOT

Intelligent customer experiences? We haven’t seen anything yet

Businesses have long recognised that a loyal, repeat customer is far more valuable than a brand-new one. Most also realise that a small portion of their existing customer base generates most of a company's revenues. For years, the accepted wisdom has been that 80 percent of profits come from just 20 percent of customers -- a…

ByThe Global ViewJune 9, 20160Comments

Cities

Need to find any physical thing? There’s an app for that

Is there anything you can’t Google these days? Actually, yes, there’s still quite a bit of information that’s not easily accessible digitally. And that fact is making our jobs, businesses and cities far less efficient than they could be. That’s what Bill Clee discovered while helping with the construction of facilities for the 2012 Summer Olympics in…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 28, 20130Comments

Cities

Big data isn’t good or bad – it’s how you use it

Don’t be evil. That expression is famous as the unofficial motto for Google, which says that means – among other things – focusing on customers’ needs and delivering the best products and services possible. That’s certainly an admirable aspiration for any business. But the massive amounts of customer data that businesses (and other organizations) are now…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 22, 20130Comments

Cities

Small Aussie town has big sustainability ambitions

Geraldton is a small city with big ambitions for technologically advanced, sustainable living. Located on Australia's west coast, the city of Greater Geraldton is the largest community in the 4,000-kilometer stretch between Perth and Darwin, with a regional population of about 40,000. It's also growing fast and facing some real 21st-century challenges, including the looming possibility…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 9, 20130Comments

Cities

Bioinformatician envisions a ‘predictive OS for cities’

The world is full of patterns, even though we don't always see them. Advances in computing can help to unlock these patterns to make life easier, better and more convenient. That's especially true in the world's crowded and ever-growing cities, where new ways of compiling, analyzing and understanding terabytes worth of "big data" from sensors, electronic…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 17, 20130Comments

Cloud

Big data: It isn’t just for big business anymore

There’s a reason we call today’s plethora of information “big data.” With almost every action and transaction we engage in leaving a digital trail, we’re generating an unprecedented amount of data – 2.5 quintillion bytes’ worth – every day. If that doesn’t compute, think about it this way: a full 90 percent of the data out…

ByThe Global ViewApril 4, 20130Comments

Cloud

Better IT promises ‘intelligence-guided’ online shopping

Does it still amaze you how well the ads on your Yahoo, Facebook and other web pages reflect which products and services you've recently searched for online? Small, mid-market and large businesses looking for even smarter ways to connect with their customers are eager to say, "You ain't seen nothing yet." The "intelligence-guided customer experience" is aimed…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 6, 20120Comments

Cloud

1 billion smart-meter reads per hour? No problem, Oracle says

Oracle says in-house testing has shown its smart meter data management systems can handle one billion meter reads per hour. Running its utilities meter data management software through its database machine and cloud platform, Oracle says it was able to process the equivalent of four consumption measurements per hour coming from 250 million advanced energy meters.…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 29, 20110Comments

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Billion-dollar Chinese startup aims to create ‘ecosystem of digital life’

Are your data ‘insights’ really insightful? Check first

Intelligent customer experiences? We haven’t seen anything yet

Need to find any physical thing? There’s an app for that

Big data isn’t good or bad – it’s how you use it

Small Aussie town has big sustainability ambitions

Bioinformatician envisions a ‘predictive OS for cities’

Big data: It isn’t just for big business anymore

Better IT promises ‘intelligence-guided’ online shopping

1 billion smart-meter reads per hour? No problem, Oracle says

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