BROWSING: Big Data Analytics

A-T Solutions, which focuses on counterterrorism efforts enabled by technology, introduced a new solution for in-field data collection by government agencies aimed at improving operations and faster, more accurate documentation and analysis of on-scene evidence. The launch of the new Data Collection Toolkit came as part of...

CTIA recently was among dozens of commenters responding to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)’s request for input on the big data and privacy report put forth by the White House Office of Science and Technology, as well as the President’s Council of...

Two new reports on the implementation of big data analytics pinpoint the potential that telecom operators — and many other verticals — are hoping to benefit from by relying more heavily on data to fuel decisions from marketing to business operations to network management. Frost...

Empirix has acquired real-time analytics company Verios Software & Systems for a big data approach to radio access network management and the user experience, with an eye toward creating what it called "the first service operation center (SOC) management solution," and an end-to-end solution...

Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's news...

Oh, Facebook. All it wanted was to shift people to a new Messenger app, and conveniently extend its reach in the ways that people can use it to communicate (Phone calls! Synced contacts! Texts! Voice messages!) and people freaked out over its large number of...

The awkwardly named Hadoop market is set to receive the “as-a-service” boost that is sweeping the wireless telecom space, and it could potentially reap significant rewards. A new report from Allied Market Research predicts the Hadoop-as-a-service market could reach $16.1 billion in sales globally by...

The latest quarterly report on enterprise mobility from Good Technology showed "significant growth" in activations of secure instant messaging (IM), customer relationship management (CRM) and business intelligence (BI) applications that have usually been relegated to desktop access. Good found that the total number of...

Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's news...

Big data and analytics are an expanding area within telecom, and with global job potential. IBM, for example, recently announced that it has committed $100 million dollars to educating and training data scientists in China to head off an anticipated workforce shortage. There are...

ComScore, which provides multi-platform measurement analytics for advertising, saw its second quarter revenues rise 14% from a year ago and announced a new acquisition. The company earned $80 million in revenue during the quarter, and reported a net loss of $3.2 million, which it said...

Allot Communications reported non-GAAP revenue growth of 31.1% for the second quarter, earning revenues of $28.2 million compared to $21.5 million in the year-ago quarter. The company said the growth was driven by large orders from mobile service providers. GAAP results were similar, with Allot...

Comptel reported 17%  growth in new business during the most recent quarter, although its net sales were largely flat. Juhani Hintikka, president and CEO of Comptel, said that the company won five new customers during the first half of the year, compared to a total of...

Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's news...

Big data is increasing the granularity of mobile marketing, its scale and measurability, as mobile operators seek to get more out of their data than network optimization, according to Dr. Olly Downs, chief scientist for Globys. Globys is a contextual marketing company that focuses on...

Amdocs reported strong results during the most recent quarter, with revenues up more than 7% year-over-year driven by activity in emerging markets and in North America. Its revenues for the most recent quarter were $902 million, and the company noted that positive foreign currency developments affected...

Digital advertising network VisionChina Media Inc. announced a partnership with infrastructure vendor Huawei to explore a national mass transit Wi-Fi network in China, expanding the company's efforts to position itself as a leader in wireless connectivity and big data-supported advertising on transit systems there. The...

Network intelligence and analytics company NetScout saw its revenues grow 32% year-over-year, driven by its operator segment, and more than doubled its profits compared to the year-ago quarter. NetScout reported total revenues for the most recent quarter of $107.9 million, with product revenue of $64.4...

Liam Maxwell, VP of products for Oracle Communications, talked with RCR Wireless News about big data from the network, and how that ties into Oracle's marketing automation service Eloqua and its communications portfolio. In the video below, Maxwell touches on how last year's acquisitions of diameter signalling and...

Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's news...

IBM and Apple have announced a major global collaboration for enterprise mobility that encompasses IBM's offerings in big data and analytics, Apple's mobile devices, and a host of new  native iPhone and iPad applications custom-built for specific verticals. The two companies called the IBM MobileFirst...

Vikas Trehan, SVP of Infovista, spoke with RCR Wireless News about key trends that the company sees in the market – in particular, how mobile operators are grappling with the continuing surge in data growth, and the fact that revenues are not growing at...

Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's news...

IBM announced a collaborative effort with Chinese universities to nurture skills in big data analytics through software donations worth $100 million, plus additional support to increase the number of skilled workers in the field. This follows IBM earlier this year signing a memorandum of...