The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has launched a big data and analytics framework worth up to £2bn over the course of the agreement. Some 50 suppliers, 46% of which are small and medium-sized ...

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Seventeen "big brains" from the public and private sectors offer definitions, challenges and more in new industry-funded report. Editor's note: The links in this article were updated after its ...

Big data projects that revolve around exploiting data for business optimization and business development are top of mind for most executives. However, up to 85% of big data projects fail, often ...

While companies may share common ground when it comes to their data quality problems, data quality tools and strategies are not one-size-fits-all solutions to the problem. Each company should approach ...

A recent MeriTalk survey of federal information technology professionals reinforces how harnessing reams of agency data can go a long way to help decision-makers. In the report, “The Big Data Gap,” 59 ...

You may find the word "data" in the term "data journalism" redundant. After all, newsmaking of any kind, even the tacky, propaganda-driven type, has always relied heavily on data. Earlier, on-set ...

A new study that looked at nearly 40 million flights in 2019 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel for essentially every country on the planet. At 911 million tons, the total ...