When looking for a house, our expectations are often the same: to quickly get complete and detailed information about the area that appeals us. Fortunately, start-ups are taking note of what customers want and are offering innovative B2C services. In United States, Opendoor relies on its ability to generate fair price offer for any property […]
Very high speed broadband program: France is struggling to connect all its municipalities
In 2015, there were still 238 French communes without mobile phone coverage and 2,200 communes without access to 3G or 4G. In these areas, digital technology can help access many services and revitalize territories. In its report of January 2017, Terra Nova details the benefits that these campaigns could derive from it: Telemedicine, collaborative economy […]
How big data facilitates energy transition in France ?
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 […]
Research and big data, a virtuous circle of technical progress
IDC estimates that the volume of the digital universe will double every year from 4400 billion gigabytes to 44 billion in 2020. It took 10 years to achieve the first sequencing of human DNA. Nowadays specialized companies are able to do this in five days. Most states have grasped the importance of the subject and […]
Big data and health: mega data for personalized medicine
Big Data and Health, a growing partnership However, key figures in that sector show that it is in full expansion: since 2010, 200 companies specializing in big data and health have been created, in the European Union, 5,5 billion Euros have been invested in the new Technologies at the service of health, of which 2.5 […]