Reblogged from GigaOM:

No longer the new technology on the block, big data continues to generate significant buzz.  Technologies such as Hadoop and HBase are seeing rapid growth, analysts are experimenting with new techniques and approaches, and business leaders are adapting their business models to rely more on the power of big data. McKinsey calls big data the “next frontier” for business, with the potential to transform business in the same way the Internet did over the past 15 years. To take advantage of that potential, …

Reblogged from GigaOM:

Big data is hot, but infrastructure-level platforms such as Hadoop, which focus on storage and processing, still need help to take them into the mainstream. They need a killer app or two that will let companies analyze, visualize and act on all that data without hiring a team of Stanford Ph.Ds, or that will let developers write big-data apps without having to reinvent the wheel. Here are five startups (in alphabetical order) either in stealth mode or just out of it that could help take Hadoop and its ilk …

Reblogged from Doll With a Frown:

Apologies for not posting every day this week, I’ve had some days off to celebrate my 21st birthday! I took a trip to London to visit the Wallace Collection. It’s by far one of the most beautiful galleries I’ve ever been to! Here’s some of my favourite works held there… Fragonard’s The Swing Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour Fragonard -The souvenir Francois Boucher Mademoiselle de Camargo Dancing – Lancret Francesca da Rimini – Ary Scheffer Gainsborough – Mrs Mary Robinson Grace xxx

Reblogged from ILLUSTRATION AGE:

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