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What Does Big Data Mean in 2015?
The Accenture Technology Vision Report of 2014 predicted Big to be the Next Big Thing and sure enough their predictions were spot-on. With yet another concurrent year of staggering growth in Big Data, it’s safe to say, the myth that Big Data is just a Big Hype can be put
Fintech Industry Growing by Leaps and Bounds in UK, Accenture Reports
Global investment in financial technology ventures has more than tripled during the last five years – from under $930 million in 2008 to more than $2.97 billion in 2013. Given the dramatic changes occurring in financial services, driven by new technology, regulations, consumer behaviour, and the need for cost reduction,
London Stock Exchange Extends Outsourcing Deal with Accenture
The London Stock Exchange has agreed a five-year extension of its IT outsourcing contract with Accenture, Finextra reported. The LSE says the deal – under which Accenture is the main facilities manager for the Exchange’s trading and information systems – continues to “provide flexibility for the Exchange in developing its
GE & Accenture Study Deems Big Data Analytics Adoption Imperative for Global Organisations
A new survey conducted by GE and Accenture has found growing urgency for organizations to embrace Big Data Analytics in order to advance their Industrial Internet strategy. The global study, titled, “Industrial Internet Insights for 2015,” surveyed 250 executives in China, France, Germany, India, South Africa, the U.K. and the
Australian Organisations Are Disenchanted By Big Data
A new study from Accenture and Forrester has revealed that Australians are not jumping on the big data bandwagon with the same zeal as their international peers. 54% of Australian executives cite “budget” as the greatest obstacle they face when it comes to adopting data-driven approaches in their enterprise. But
84% of Businesses Think Big Data Analytics Will Change Their Competitive Landscapes
The Industrial Internet (A combination of Big Data analytics and the Internet of Things) holds great potential if executives in healthcare and industrial sectors are to be believed, reveals a research published by GE and Accenture. To put things in perspective with regards to the economic potential of Industrial Internet,
Hortonworks and Accenture Join Forces to Improve Accessibility of Structured and Unstructured Datasets
Global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company Accenture has added a new collaboration to its list of recent partnerships. After teaming up with Cloudera and Datastax in the past, the company is now in collaboration with Hadoop contributor and provider Hortonworlds to combine old and new approaches on data
China’s Move Toward Big Data
China is taking a great leap forward – this time in terms of data and data centres for cloud computing. Data centres are the essential hardware infrastructure required for cloud computing, a service that allows powerful data processors to restructure and analyse the vast amounts of data, as well as
Big Data in Big Growth in Bangalore
The big data revolution is not localized, and now Bangalore is being swept up in the global trend. According to experts, upwards of 35,000 jobs will be created in the analytics industry, with a good third of those in Bangalore. “Bangalore is the biggest recruiter in India for analytics, followed
