Unleashing the Data Scientist Within, Cautiously

Brad Shimmin

Summary Bullets:

• We’re all becoming data scientists, steeped in the meaning and value of data along with data visualization and discovery.
• Applying self-service expectations to big data could readily lead to erroneous conclusions and a resulting lessening of trust in big data and in IT itself.

I don’t play tennis, but if I did so with any passion for the game, it’s likely that I’d also be a data scientist.  Well, at least I’d be thinking more like one thanks to the current market rush toward device instrumentation and personal analytics.

Look for Operators to Lead Cloud Ecosystems

Jerry Caron

Summary Bullets:

• Network operators are trusted sources in the consumer world; can this translate into the business world?
• There is an opportunity for operators to be leaders in the cloud services ecosystem given their technological position.

A recent, exhaustive, global study by Ericsson’s ConsumerLab research group indicates that – perhaps somewhat surprisingly – network operators are tops when it comes to trust.  The context is information privacy and data security, and the issue is what online companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, and all the others should be allowed to do with the information shared by the consumer in their application environments.