Promising to crunch terabytes of behavioral data on consumers into something useful might sound like digital wizardry and rainmaking, but Bluecore is trying to do just that to help marketers.
Cómo extraer valor médico más allá del caos que generan los millones de datos sobre enfermedades y fármacos en internet, no siempre fiables o incluso peligrosos, es el objetivo de un proyecto europeo de "Big Data" sobre salud, del que informa su coordinador, Allan Hanbury, en una entrevista a Efefuturo.
In just a few years, the sharing (or access or gig) economy is already casting a shadow over numerous industries. But while the “sharing” aspect is emphasized, data and analytics is critical to making the sharing actually work.
Yes, the basic idea of sharing is appealing and feels right. We’ve heard it promoted since we were toddlers with toys or cookies. As adults, the idea still resonates — why squander our unused resources that someone else can use (and give us money for!), if only we knew how to connect with a person who needs them? Not only are there potential monetary benefits, the idea of reduced waste (of time, natural resources, etc.) is enticing.
Some very big companies, like Adobe, Oracle, and IBM, are trying to unify the data that will allow companies to easily hit the right customer with the right marketing message on the right device at the right time. And for many marketing people, they’re failing.
The whole idea behind Josh Manion’s Ensighten platform is to provide an “open marketing platform” where its client companies can pull in many different kinds of first- and third-party personalization and targeting data.
When Christine Furstoss joined GE 26 years ago, she was a hands-on materials scientist who made new turbine parts. She remembers it as a painstaking, arduous and often frustrating process.
Big Data For Humans, the U.K. startup that offers a data science-as-a-service for the retail and travel sector, has picked up seed funding.
The Techstars London alumni has raised a $1.2 million round led by London’s EC1 Capital, with participation from Firestartr, Scottish Investment Bank, and various angel investors.
In the US alone, one million injuries occur every year as a result of prescription errors. Mistakes are understandable when you consider the sheer number of prescriptions filled out on any given day, but the risks associated with those errors are very real, and result in thousands of preventable deaths. Hoping to drastically reduce the potential for such costly accidents, Medaware is a platform which uses big data analytics to flag up errors and enable clinicians and pharmacists to correct mistakes before patients are put in danger.
Se trata de unas breves presentaciones destinadas a que, en 30 minutos, conozcamos las últimas novedades de los productos o proyectos más recientes de nuestras Cooperativas.
El propósito es simple: conocer nuestros propios productos y relacionarnos para tratar aprovechar oportunidades técnicas o comerciales para el futuro.
La 2º sesión se desarrollará el Jueves 4 de Junio, a partir de las 17:30, presentándose los siguientes productos:
Windward, which provides maritime data and analytics, has raised $10.8 million in funding led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from returning investor Aleph.
The startup’s products currently include MARINT, which tracks vessel traffic using commercial satellites and alerts law enforcement and intelligence agencies about suspicious behavior, such as smuggling or illegal fishing.
Sight Machine Inc., the leader in Big Data for the factory floor, today announced it has raised $5 million in venture capital from a group of investors led by Mercury Fund. The financing round includes participation from new institutional investors Mercury Fund, Michigan eLab, Huron River Ventures, Orfin Ventures, and Funders Club. Existing investors IA Ventures and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures also re-invested in this round.
