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Linked Data - what' it doing?

Frankly, linked data has been around for a while, perhaps longer than big data in terms of relational database management. However, when it is about big data, privacy issues, and linking across channels, it is alarming! But do we understand how big data is "linked"? And how is it going to be a good thing overall? To answer these questions, here's the man who can be said to have built the web itself. He is asking for help... Truly, Data = Relationship

Innovation vs Out-of-the-Box

The term Innovation is often misunderstood. Without innovating, enterprises fail, waste your time and  money, and often take away livelihoods. While fossil fuels are becoming a realistic energy source for private use, it is important to note how K Sridhar of Bloom Energy made a few tweaks to the ordinary approach one takes. The use of color and hard "paper" (which is actually baked beach sand) made a really big difference if you remember the video in my previous post . Now, companies, no matter how huge, can power their facilities with Bloom Energy installations. Clean energy is finally here, but what about foolproof data? One thing's for sure: If your data business has to earn money that is enough to install a Bloom Energy power box, it better does some genuinely good business. Innovative approaches are seldom effective, unless they are both, timely and targeted. It simply means that a new algorithm may hardly work as expected. It is the little tweaks that you

Celebrating Innovation - It's time for it to work out!