BROWSING: Big Data Analytics

Based on interest as articulated by a vote, students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's System Design and Management program are set to partner with Ericsson to develop technology for autonomous vehicle applications. Ericsson's work around autonomous vehicle applications centers around predictive mobility– using big data...

From predictive crime applications to police monitoring, public safety IoT is driving governmental innovation The "Internet of Things" is already offering benefits for private companies across the globe, but the adoption of these technologies by government institutions and agencies is also going through a rapid...

IBM says continuous engineering is key to IoT IBM Watson, a data-analyzing computer platform that can answer open domain questions, first became famous in 2011 when it beat two "Jeopardy" champions, and has since involved into medical use and more recently the "Internet of Things." The...

Panelists: A huge amount of data doesn’t necessarily equate to a useful application AUSTIN, Texas – Wearable product developers this week discussed key challenges to driving adoption of the consumer-facing "Internet of Things" during the South by Southwest Interactive conference. Josh Gunkel, a senior developer with...

2016 is an interesting year in mobile networks. Maybe for the first time, we are seeing tangible signs of evolution from digital services to mobile-first. As it was the case for the transition from traditional services to digital, this evolution causes disruptions and new...

Eagerly anticipated in the communications ecosystem is The Telecom Council's annual Innovation Showcase. This year, on March 18 in the Juniper Aspiration Dome, 20 early-stage communication start-ups, selected by telco judges for their innovation, momentum, viability and management will meet with strategic fitting telcos, vendors, investors and potential...

Big data and analytics continues to be an area of high interest for the industry, and the news coming out of Mobile World Congress reflects how vendors and operators hope to leverage BDA for their businesses in the coming year. In particular, three areas...

BARCELONA, Spain – Telefonica announced the deployment of a big data analytics project aimed at analyzing in real time its customers’ experiences and improving network quality. Telefonica said the goal is to deploy service operation centers in each country in which it operates. These...

Leverage big data to enable agility and transformation Some see it as a threat to business, others see it as a huge business opportunity: digital disruption. But what does digital disruption mean? It describes the digital developments in technology that impact existing products, services and business...

Called AMP, Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages initiative will essentially provide content publishers with an open source framework that allows for web pages to load more quickly. AMP will launch on Google Search later this month. Some of the ways pages will load faster include simplification...

Voice-over-LTE users can encounter three to four times as many dropped calls as they experience on legacy voice systems, according to Amdocs' annual State of the Radio Access Network report. The call drop numbers are an average, cautioned Graham Wright, product marketing manager with Amdocs,...

IP circuit monitoring, reporting makes or breaks success with carriers The explosive growth in mobile data traffic is steadily adding complexity to how service providers deliver backhaul. Multi-faceted service level agreements ideally ensure that bandwidth is supplied in a reliable manner that gives mobile carriers...

In a new look at security risks for mobile device users, Allot Communications found that business customers with heavy mobile use are most at risk for mobile malware threats. Allot found that 79% if businessman and 67% of businesswomen use potentially risky apps each...

Retailers this week are focusing on the relationships among mobile and big data analytics at the National Retail Federation show, with the mobile experience and retail analytics particularly expected to impact retail trends. "Mobile shopping continues to grow in its reach and breadth," said Carolyn...

If CES provides any insight as to the direction of the automotive industry, the vehicles of the future are getting closer to reality as a ubiquitously connected, data-rich and self-driving experience. Toyota, Ford, Volvo and Fiat all announced expansions to their connected car programs...

Directory search listings have come a long way, but the way they’re managed now, competitors can take your data and resell it. It’s time to update the management model and reap those benefits for yourself. Neustar's new ebook, Striking a Better Balance, shows you how...

When it comes to security, mobile devices pose a unique set of challenges. With the number of connected devices growing exponentially, the battle to protect information becomes more complex than ever. As capabilities of smart devices increase, so too does the number of ways...

As the "Internet of Things" gains momentum, expecting to be fueled and enabled by big data analytics, investors and companies are seeking to expand their holdings across these areas. Kylie Wansink, senior analyst for global markets at analyst firm BuddeCom, said in a research note...

Strategy Analytics predicts big data analytics software market to hit $81B in revenue by 2022 A new report from Strategy Analytics predicts big data analytics software will generate $81 billion in revenues by 2022, more than double the $36.2 billion expected to be generated globally...

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, mobile devices continue to see robust growth in being utilized for shopping and purchases. Analysis from a number of different companies showed double-digit year-over-year increases in mobile traffic over the period from Black Friday through Cyber Monday...

Are IoT standards keeping up with IoT innovation?  IEEE IoT standards body is hard at work to deliver IoT P2413 interoperability standards framework by 2017 Watch IoT Innovation interview with Oleg Logvinov - Chair of the IEEE P2413 working group, IEEE Internet Initiative. He is also director, special assignments,...

Walk test measurements are needed in most cases to verify in-building deployment. In-building measurements are time consuming and expensive. In order to be efficient, both the data collection and following analysis needs to be executed professionally to ensure the number of visits to the...

In a complex, multivendor network environment that is taking initial steps toward virtualization, the ability to have real-time insight into network conditions is becoming increasingly important. "There's a split coming between the fast data analytics that are required for network control and optimization – real-time functions –...

With 170,000 employees, $46B in 2014 revenue and operations in 170 countries, Huawei’s ICT transformation strategy is based upon providing enterprise, carriers and developers with open, yet integrated, end-to-end network, cloud computing, big data and developer-centric platform solutions. Dressed casually in a black Huawei Developers...