Carbon monoxide monitoring can alert to health problems, among other big data points
WASHINGTON – Nicola Palmarini, a technology advocate with IBM Accessibility, helps the technology powerhouse leverage the power of big data.
At the 2015 M-Enabling Summit, he sat down with RCR Wireless News to...
There is concern about invasion of privacy in effort to drive profit
WASHINGTON – In a continuing effort to maximize profits, companies are increasingly turning to “people analytics,” the practice of reducing their employees to big data through the potentially questionable collection of personal information.
Some...
NICE, France – As TM Forum Live draws to a close, it’s time to highlight some of the interesting discussions I had while navigating the event, which feels larger this year, and from what I’ve heard attendance is up. Big data and all forms...
More than 75% of all mobile phones used in the United States are smartphones, according to ComScore’s most recent MobiLens report. That’s 184 million Americans using Web-connected devices every day. A major component of smartphone use is the reliance on over-the-top services offering users...
CANCUN, Mexico – Big data analytics has been a frequent topic in several discussions about trends in the telecommunications business. While vendors make an effort to sell their latest solutions, carriers haven’t spent much energy on making it happen.
“Big data has been hype for...
Application analytics company App Annie has purchased mobile measurement company Mobidia, in a transaction that closed Friday and expands App Annie's geographic reach, workforce and portfolio.
App Annie serves as an aggregator of app-store data and app rankings, providing developers with some free information on their...
WASHINGTON – Jerry Dolinsky summarizes his firm Verisae’s mission statement as: “Connecting every facility, every asset within that facility, and every person who services those facilities and assets through our cloud network, so they can always be on.”
Being "always on" is the very basis...
From big data to customer engagement, ASPIDER-NGI delivers solutions as a service
An eye on providing network operators with disruptive service solutions, ASPIDER-NGI has taken a forward-thinking approach that enables clients to push customer engagement, build loyalty and increase revenues.
With its precise focus on rapid...
Pushing its new Watson Health business unit, IBM on April 13 announced that its cloud-computing platform will store health data using iOS apps like Apple’s ResearchKit and HealthKit.
Doctors, researchers and other medical professionals can access the data through IBM’s Health Cloud and use the...
Big data analytics lets carriers identify and solve network issues
ATLANTA — In the crowded and competitive carrier space, network operators are looking for the best ways to leverage big data analytics to keep up with consumer demand.
According to a 2014 Cisco report, U.S. consumers...
Oracle and Ericsson are stepping up their big data analytics games with new product announcements ahead of Mobile World Congress, set for March 2-5 in Barcelona, Spain.
Ericsson announced its Expert Analytics 15.0 platform, a software suite aimed at allowing operators to predict customer satisfaction and automatically...
What to do with big data? Everyone talks about it as if it’s some elusive holy grail, but do companies really understand how to use it and do operators really have the tools to enable that usage?
Inrix has announced a new platform to provide...
Hitachi Data Systems plans to buy Pentaho for IoT R&D
Hitachi Data Systems, a subsidiary of Hitachi, is looking to buy big data analytics and integration firm Pentaho Corp.
The two companies expect to finalize the transaction by June, pending customary closing conditions.
Plans call for Pentaho...
Designed for mobile network operators
Canadian test and measurement company EXFO is giving mobile operators more control when a network issue pops up with analytics-driven troubleshooting.
EXFO director of the wireless business unit Alvin Francis explained to RCR Wireless News the difference between traditional troubleshooting and...
Silicon Labs buy of Bluegiga boosts IoT offerings
Silicon Laboratories has acquired Finland’s Bluegiga Technologies for $61 million in a cash deal that the company said will expand its connectivity portfolio for the "Internet of Things."
Privately held Bluegiga is an independent provider of short-range wireless...
Incubation program fosters innovation
The Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence program added six new startups on Jan. 22, with an eye on developing the next big thing in the "Internet of Things" space, big data analytics and smart cities technology.
The six new firms added to the cohort...
Using big data to monetize free Wi-Fi
With its recent announcement of a $5 million investment, United Kingdom-based Purple Wi-Fi is poised to expand its workforce and international heterogeneous network presence.
Purple provides software designed to enable a user to log in to a public Wi-Fi...
Cloud migration and public Wi-Fi included
Networking powerhouse Cisco recently announced a renewed partnership with Belgian digital television provider Proximus. The deal includes public Wi-Fi deployments and migration of the service provider’s content from the edge of the network into a centralized cloud architecture.
Scott Puopolo,...
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A recent Ericsson Mobility Report found that by 2020, more than half of all mobile traffic will be made up...
As more devices get connected wirelessly, they are beginning to generate significant amounts of data. With more machines expected to operate and communicate autonomously or semi-autonomously with the advent of the "Internet of Things," the pace of data generation is expected to pick up...
After filing for an initial public offering last month, Hadoop provider HortonWorks is ending 2014 with a bang: The company's stock had an enthusiastic reception on Wall Street and by the end of the first day had a valuation of more than $1 billion.
After...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Globys uses big data analytics as the underpinning for its offerings for mobile operators, particularly in terms of marketing. RCR Wireless News posed a
series of questions on big data trends to Globys' CEO Derek Edwards, with an eye toward what value big data brings...
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