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When natural disasters strike Japan, ?ita University’s EDiSON is ready to act

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2017, the university created its Education and Research Center for Disaster Risk Reduction and Redesign that focuses on disaster relief – including disaster medicine, prevention education, and reconstruction design. Information from all sources is integrated and accessible from a central location.

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Is Big Data the Saviour of the Aging Telecommunications Industry?

Smart Data Collective

A 2017 analysis by MapR showed that telecommunications industries can benefit from big data more than almost any other company. The telecommunications industry could benefit from big data more than almost any other business. However, it has been slow to invest in machine learning and other big data tools, until recently.

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Advances in Data Analytics Are Rapidly Transforming Nursing

Smart Data Collective

A 2017 study from Harvard Medical School discusses some of the changes big data has created for nurses. Referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT) these devices communicate directly with doctors or the patient themselves to provide up-to-the-minute health updates that can be lifesaving. It’s a big deal.

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National Grid’s energy transformation is fueled by IT

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s what some people asked of Adriana “Andi” Karaboutis, the former CIO of Dell who left the computer giant and was named National Grid’s global chief information and digital officer in 2017. Her answer? She gets to change the world.

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The Journey to Understanding your Insurance Customers

Cloudera

A 2017 PWC survey of over 100 global insurance company CEOs revealed that the number one objective of these CEOs was to “get closer to their customers and to better understand their evolving needs.” The information transparency means that competition for a customer’s loyalty is fiercer than ever.

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Australian data management discovery tour

Sanjeev Mohan

Last week, Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 ([link] came into effect in Australia. I also met with many utilities that have deployed devices and sensors for decades and are now looking into Internet of Things (IoT) use cases to handle very old devices along with smart meters.

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Internet of Things in Healthcare – Three Examples of How IoT is Ushering in Advanced Healthcare

Cloudera

Most of us have seen the news stories and forecasts about the Internet of Things (IoT) and what a vast market and field of opportunity it will be. Hundreds of the world’s largest enterprises now use IoT in ways so innovative, they’re disrupting their own industries.