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In Pictures: 10 real-world Big Data deployments that will change our lives

The amount of data in the world is increasing exponentially, doubling every 18 months. Here are 10 real-world Big Data deployments you may not have realized were driven by big data.

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In Pictures: 8 real-world Big Data deployments

The amount of data in the world doubles every 18 months. Here's a look at eight real-world big data deployments in a variety of industries.

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News about big data

Article | 21/05/2013 SAP to crunch and sell carriers' data on mobile use
Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted ...
Article | 26/03/2013 In Pictures: 10 real-world Big Data deployments that will change our lives
The amount of data in the world is increasing exponentially, doubling every 18 months. Here are 10 real-world Big Data deployments you may not have re...
Article | 5/11/2012 In Pictures: 8 real-world Big Data deployments
The amount of data in the world doubles every 18 months. Here's a look at eight real-world big data deployments in a variety of industries.
Article | 17/03/2011 HP's Leo Apotheker: We're heading to the cloud
A day after Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker outlined his strategic vision for HP -- a plan chock-full of new cloud offerings -- he sat down with IDG...

Features about big data

Article | 23/01/2013 Tape storage finds new life in the enterprise and beyond
Tape is not dead - far from it. In fact, many enterprises depend on it for cost-effective long-term storage. Tape is also finding new applications in ...
Article | 30/11/2012 "The Human Face of Big Data" offers a geek-out-worthy coffee-table book
"The Human Face of Big Data" is an ambitious and attractive new large-format book that aims to give readers, through photography and short articles, a...