Big Data & Analytics News

Praescient Analytics has unveiled a new page on its website that is for the public to view video demonstrations of the company’s workflows on projects that support government, military, law enforcement, intelligence and commercial operations. The Analysis Demo Library includes workflows for addressing issues such as cyber attacks, fraud, waste, smuggling and trafficking using Praescient technology tools, the company said. Praescient […] More

IBM has rolled out Watson Analytics, it’s latest product designed to provide average business users with quick and easy access to powerful analytics using big data technology. Bob Picciano, IBM senior vice president for information and analytics, described the “transformational” power of the analytics tool, which the company said offers everyone unhindered access to data […] More

The Bavarian state police agency in Germany plans to adopt SAP technology to help manage operations that oversee a 41,000-strong workforce dedicated to road safety maintenance and security, crime prevention and response, and other police work. SAP said Sept. 9 that Polizei Bayern has chosen the company to build a platform with the SAP Investigation Management […] More

IBM looks to team up with more than 100 startup businesses in India in a move to grow innovation programs for big data analytics and Internet of Things in the country, The Economic Times reported Wednesday. Peerzada Abrar writes IBM’s Bangalore-based innovation center will offer mentoring, software, hardware, technical support, marketing and sales facilities to startup companies. The […] More

IBM has partnered with software vendor Yonyou Software to optimize IBM’s database server technology for NC, Yonyou’s ERP, supply chain and human resources application suite. The collaboration will see the China-based enterprise management solutions provider utilizing the Cognos business intelligence software to develop an ecosystem that uses big data and analytics technologies for application testing, technical help, marketing […] More

Frost & Sullivan believes that big data will help facilitate the development of the smart buildings industry amid the growing trends of urbanization, technology connectivity and convergence and device communications. In the report titled “Big Data as an Enabler for Smart Buildings,” Frost & Sullivan says big data and related technology platforms such as the Internet of Things and cloud computing […] More

Cubic Transportation Systems moved to build its smart cities product portfolio with a licensing deal with Australia’s SenSen Networks, maker of video business analytics solutions. Cubic said Monday the alliance allows it to line up SenSen’s array of intelligent transport systems as part of offerings under the San Diego firm’s NextCity Vision initiative. These include toll, rail, transit, parking […] More

Toshiba Group has partnered with Johns Hopkins University to establish a research facility that aims to leverage big data to analyze medical conditions and improve patient care. The Toshiba Center for Big Data in Healthcare is located at the Johns Hopkins Science + Technology Park in Baltimore and seeks to identify potential treatments for patients […] More

A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has partnered with the Copenhagen Airport in Denmark to provide a data insights consulting service to other airports to use for support operational planning. Lockheed said Friday its BEONTRA subsidiary and CPH will jointly work with airports to analyze and optimize their data as they seek to manage costs in airport operations. “After working closely with Copenhagen Airport and […] More

FireEye has unveiled a new threat analysis tool for Amazon Web Services that is designed to filter security alerts during event data monitoring. The FireEye Threat Analytics Platform uses the company’s intelligence technology to provide context to event data, FireEye said Wednesday. Insights from the security analytics tool then give clients the opportunity to prioritize suspected […] More

IBM has partnered with the University of South Carolina to develop analytics tools to help maintenance professionals detect when a piece of equipment is nearing failure, the Columbia Regional Business Report newspaper reported Thursday. James Hammond writes the technology firm will also invest $2.4 million in business analytics software grants for the university’s condition-based maintenance […] More