Good Samaritan Society Transforms Care for Senior Citizens Using IBM Big Data and Analytics

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is using IBM Big Data and Analytics technology to transform health and wellness services for seniors so that they can live safely and more independently in their homes.

Developing an Application that Can Display Millions of Data Points on a Map

Maptimize, the company behind the ‘One Million Tweet Map’, provides a clustering application to display massive amounts of information – such as Tweets, users or points of interest – on a map.

MongoDB Powers City of Chicago’s WindyGrid Platform

MongoDB, the database for modern applications, today announced that the City of Chicago is using MongoDB as the data store for WindyGrid, a real-time geospatial platform that delivers a unified view of city operations. WindyGrid enables City personnel to analyze spatial data historically and in real-time, with the database size growing by millions of records each day.

Signal Enables SurveyMonkey to Manage Vendor Evaluation Process

BIG DATA USE CASE Signal, a leader in real-time, cross-channel technology, recently announced it has enabled leading online survey platform SurveyMonkey to test and compare the performance of two retargeting vendors, resulting in a 33 percent reduction in customer acquisition cost. A/B testing allows marketers to make data-driven decisions that take the guesswork out of […]

IBM and Real-Time Big Data in Critical Care and Treatment

From premature babies to traumatic brain injuries in adults, critically-ill patients often hang in a precarious balance between stabilizing and taking a turn for the worse. Doctors and nurses work tirelessly to keep track of data from heart monitors, respirators, and other machines to help restore health. But it’s not just the amount of healthcare-related data that seems to be growing exponentially — so is the pace needed to analyze it.

Versium’s Predictive GivingScore Identifies High-Impact Donors

Versium, a data technology company that operates a LifeData® predictive analytics scoring service, today announced the launch of its Predictive GivingScore solution.

Kony, Inc. Selects TIBCO Jaspersoft for Cloud-based Analytics and Reporting

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) has announced that Kony, Inc., a leading enterprise mobility company, is using TIBCO Jaspersoft® for Amazon Web Services to achieve embedded analytics within its mobile platform. Jaspersoft®, the “Intelligence Inside” applications and business processes, is used by Kony and its customers to monitor, report, and analyze the deployment of mobile applications.

Rubicon.IO Uses Riak to Provide Real-Time Threat Analysis

Rubicon.IO is a start-up in the threat intelligence space that real-time analytic capabilities by scouring metadata from various sources: threat feeds, social media, SIEM data, and PCAPs. It uses an HPC engine that aggregates and humanizes geospatial, TECHINT, HUMINT, and OSINT data sources.