Articles catching my eye from Irish HR Zone.com’s Big Data Aggregated Feed – one of which my favourite article of the year

21 Jul, 2012Big Data

So 90% of the world’s data has been created in the last 2 years – what is Big Data and why we should care – excellent article explaining Big Data using 10 video analogies, here (my favourite article this year!)
big data are transforming the way science is done, here
London’s Tube learns how to use Big Data, here

To check out the IrishHRZone.com aggregated news feed on Big Data go to: http://www.irishhrzone.com/category/big-data/

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