Back in 1994, about 40 percent of Los Angeles County residents had earthquake insurance at the time of the Northridge Earthquake, a 6.7-scale quake that leveled neighborhoods. Now, only 16 percent of those residents have quake insurance.
We know that thanks to Risk Management Solutions, which has built a big data platform for catastrophe risk modeling. Bobby Soni, chief platform and services officer at RMS, spoke about the challenge of building that platform at VentureBeat’s DataBeat 2014 conference today.
Tracking packages is a huge hassle for online vendors, especially for international shipments made with local post services. Once an item goes abroad, tracking often stops, and sellers and customers are left in suspense until the item (hopefully) reappears and is safely delivered.
It is often overlooked that British Petroleum (BP) was among the commercial solar energy pioneers and one of the largest fully integrated photovoltaics companies. Following the 1970s oil crises, BP built its subsidiary BP Solar. But in 2011, in the wake of changing policy regimes, falling module prices and fierce competition, BP Solar was closed. However, before these developments occurred the company had a “solar business case.” This paper shows how this business case was realised and how BP tried to maintain it. BP’s annual reporting from 1998 to 2011 was studied by means of software-supported text analysis.
Afirmaba Peter Drucker que “La mejor forma de predecir el futuro es creándolo”. El BAC de MONDRAGON comparte este precepto, así como la creencia de que la principal estrategia existente para generar empleo y riqueza social es la creación de nuevas empresas.
En este contexto, el BAC de MONDRAGON anuncia la 4ª edición de SAIOKA, una iniciativa que se inscribe en el marco de las estrategias necesarias para materializar un salto cualitativo en la actividad emprendedora de MONDRAGON, y su propósito radica en la detección y promoción de emprendedores en el seno de nuestras cooperativas.
Des chercheurs du centre des sciences des matériaux Amber au Trinity College Dublin ont réussi à produire du graphène à l'aide d'un simple mixeur de cuisine.
Of the many ways that big data analytics is impacting how enterprises do business, one of the most interesting has been in the area of predictive intelligence — the idea that by looking at all of the data being created in and around your organisation, you can help figure out what to do in the future.
In the latest development in this space, 6Sense – a startup that was created out of a consulting project at Cisco — which is now a customer – is emerging from stealth, with $12 million in backing and a host of large IT businesses beyond Cisco already signed on as customers. 6Sense claims its platform can identify potential business customers with 80% accuracy.
The global supply chain is getting a digital makeover. From air transport processing to yard management, a throng of startups providing software tools and solutions aimed at the supply chain & logistics market have cropped up – backed by a diverse group of venture and strategic investors.
From healthcare data analytics to cost transparency software to mobile diabetes management, companies in the global Health IT (or what folks will also refer to as digital health or healthcare IT market) are seeing increasing interest from investors. Over the last four quarters, the industry has seen $2.65B of funding across 628 financing transactions and funding rose to its highest quarterly amount ever in Q1. Over the three-month period, investors deployed $1.11B across 181 deals – a funding increase of 210% compared to the same quarter last year.
Le mécanisme de neutralisation du VIH par des anticorps particulièrement puissants vient d'être élucidé par une équipe scientifique. La découverte apporte des éléments essentiels à l'élaboration d'un vaccin efficace contre le virus.
L'étude menée par des chercheurs américains du NIH (National Institute of Health) et de l'Université de Columbia, en collaboration avec des scientifiques du National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) de Johannesburg et l'équipe du Professeur SS. Abdool Karim, Vice-Président de la Recherche à l'Université du KwaZulu-Natal et directeur du consortium CAPRISA (Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa), a été publiée par le journal Nature le 2 mars 2014.
