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The first hard drive my family owned had less memory capacity than my latest smartphone, cost more, and used much more power. Today, hard drives are huge, cheap and plentiful, but fundamentally the financial data I stored in 1990 is just as valuable as the data I just backed up on my Google Drive.... More Info

Communications service providers (CSPs) all over the globe are seeing an unprecedented rise in volume, variety and velocity of information due to next generation mobile network roll-outs, increased use of smartphones, the rise of social media, and the impending explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT). There are two additional "V"s to consider as well: veracity and value.... More Info

Evolution is one of life’s certainties, and it is manifesting in the digital and communications industry in the form of a new breed of big data, bolstered by predictive analytics and machine-learning capabilities. The increasing volume, variety and velocity of data is making this evolution necessary.... More Info

Rapper, Black Eyed Peas frontman and entrepreneur, will.i.am grabbed attention at the March Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by describing the future of the digital content ecosystems with the word iDATAty. The word is meant to encompass how data mining will help companies and people connect with no search engines and no middlemen.... More Info

There’s a compelling argument that, when it comes to data processing, telcos underutilized an application in their IT stacks: mediation. It’s worth understanding why because with a grasp of the reasons, CSPs can make significant progress in both data and service management for little additional outlay (of either time or money) simply by re-purposing or extending an existing technology investment.... More Info