Post-Election Advice Politics aside, J. Jennings Moss creates a list of opportunities for small businesses as a result of the November elections, including Big Data: "This sector would have boomed regardless of who won the White House.
A report by McKinsey Global Institute suggests that if US healthcare were to use big data creatively and effectively, the sector could create more than $300 billion in value every year.
A new wave of startups is introducing an IT approach to the biotech and healthcare sectors, utilizing big data and analytics platforms to impact research, data collection and doctor-patient relationships.
- Intel Capital has invested US$67 million in eight Chinese technology companies in the smart devices, robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud, big data and data analytics sectors.
While discussing a Harvard colleague's world-class work on how big data and analytics transform public sector effectiveness, I couldn't help but ask: How many public school systems had reached out to him for advice?
Following the example set by adtech, other sectors are leveraging big data and predictive technologies to drive efficiency and accuracy.
Following the example set by adtech, other sectors are leveraging big data and predictive technologies to drive efficiency and accuracy.
Bennett, who has been involved in investments in data-management companies such as Endeca (acquired by Oracle) Streambase, Vertica (acquired by HP), Hadapt and InsightSquared; mobile-communications companies BroadSoft (IPO), Millennial Media (IPO) and Enforta will be focused on investments in the big data, data-infrastructure and communications sectors.
While Alibaba and Tencent already compete in e-commerce, messaging, and big data, the financial sector is a relatively new battleground for the two companies.
At Battery, Thakker will continue to focus on technology sectors like cloud infrastructure, big data, security and next-generation enterprise applications, according to a statement from the firm.
