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Fleet Management and Big Data: Points to Consider

Smart Data Collective

According to a forecast by IDC and Seagate Technology, the global data sphere will grow more than fivefold in the next seven years. The total amount of new data will increase to 175 zettabytes by 2025 , up from 33 zettabytes in 2018. This ever-growing volume of information has given rise to the concept of big data.

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VPNs Are Crucial Privacy Protection Tools in the Age of Big Data

Smart Data Collective

Big data has had many beneficial changes in our lives, but it has also heightened our concerns about privacy. Some of these concerns can be addressed with VPNs, which are an important gatekeeper for privacy in a world governed more by big data. VPNs Are Critical Privacy Safeguards in a World Ruled by Big Data.

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Global Hospitals Embark On A Worldwide Medical Data Initiative

Smart Data Collective

Big data is changing the nature of healthcare. One of the biggest developments was the implementation of the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care , which took data from 50,000 patients dating back to 2001. Big data will have an even more profound impact in the near future.

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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

Smart Data Collective

In the modern world of business, data is one of the most important resources for any organization trying to thrive. Business data is highly valuable for cybercriminals. They even go after meta data. Big data can reveal trade secrets, financial information, as well as passwords or access keys to crucial enterprise resources.

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Year in Review: Actian’s Top 5 Highlights of 2018

Actian

2018 was a year of solid growth and progress for Actian, with many announcements and company highlights – including a major acquisition, a proprietary event, product innovations and much more! August 2018 ushered in a new version of Actian DataConnect , which was chock full of new features to better support DataConnect users.

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Closing the Data Science Skills Gap at Your Organization

Dataversity

Data scientists are some of the most in-demand professionals on the market. A LinkedIn Workforce Report in 2018 found 151,000 unfilled data scientist jobs across the United States, with “acute” shortages in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City. And the demand for data scientists […].

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Cyber Fraud Statistics & Preventions to Prevent Data Breaches in 2021

Smart Data Collective

You also need to retain cybersecurity professionals with a background in big data. rose from 38 million in 2016 to over 50 million in 2018. While some may be ransomware others may steal your sensitive information to misuse them. This makes having a holistic understanding of the cyber security space essential.