Using big data in predictive analysis and connected objects is providing a breeding ground for deploying renewable energies in the territories. Like Paris and Lyon, French metropolises have begun sharing and cross-referencing data from urban actors (electricity producers, transport networks, communes and individuals). They can map and easily analyze their functioning and its environmental impact. […]
Big data and employment: towards the end of unemployment ?
What are the reasons behind this gap and how can big data help resolve this paradox? It has been about twenty years that applying online has become a general practice. From SMEs to large groups, companies recruit online, either through job boards or through directly posting vacancies on their websites. What facilitated online postings and […]
Big data and energy savings: new energy efficiency
For around ten years, home automation products have been enabling individuals and companies to take control of their homes and offices. Lighting, heating, opening: everything is programmed and controlled remotely. This is definitely a long-term trend. EDF launching its new subsidiary, Sowee (at the end of 2016) which is entirely dedicated to connected home services […]
Big data and smart farming : farmers are connected
Managers, caregivers, operators, technicians and farmers are able to do 1000 things at once and that too often single-handedly. The contribution of technology in measuring and monitoring crops and animals has proved to be highly beneficial in producing more and better. Talking of harvesting, installing sensors in fields and using satellite mapping allows for very […]
The future factory and the big data
Indeed, 96% of companies intend to use the internet of objects before 2018. The market for industrial software already represents 8 600 billion euros for an annual growth of more than 8%. Finally, “industry 4.0 concerns a large number of sectors, whose weight is 23,600 billion euros, or 46% of the world economy”. (Source: Industry […]
Finance, banking and insurance: how big data is changing these sectors?
Indeed the Knowledge of markets and time control are the keys to efficient asset management. The slightest geopolitical or commercial event can have immediate impacts on the markets and the price of a share. Also, the United Overseas Bank (UOB) has increased its stock market value by 45% within 5 years by working on risk […]