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“Dean of Big Data” Bill Schmarzo: “smart” takes a community

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“I love civic tech,” says the data industry’s “Dean of Big Data” Bill Schmarzo, longtime VP at Dell and now CTO IoT and analytics at Hitachi Vantara. He loves it, but he also has ideas about how to make it work. It takes more than love to bear fruit.

Civic tech is the stuff I’ve written about before — and is possibly the most exciting aspect of “smart cities” today. Think of it: Cities want the technology to make them work better, but they have no money. What’s slightly more plentiful are talented young and not so young coders willing to help.… Read the rest ““Dean of Big Data” Bill Schmarzo: “smart” takes a community”

Three non-technical attributes for “smart”

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Back in 2010, a French company offered the Easter Island government a massive pyro-gassification machine that generated electricity from garbage. It was to be a gift.

Was it really the kind of gift you’d give a friend? Or was did it come with a hidden agenda?

The would-be gift from the French soon began to look like a trick, a trojan horse. Before long, this trash-burning wonder had little to do with what the local folks needed, recalls Greg Delaune, CEO of UIX Global and the island’s consultant.

The machine would have plenty of fuel during tourist season, when the locals were outnumbered several times over.… Read the rest “Three non-technical attributes for “smart””

Teradata’s Customer Journey in smart cities: still beta

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Is Teradata’s Customer Journey headed for any smart city near you? Yes, but not soon, if senior marketing VP Chris Twogood’s reply to my question is any guide.

Teradata’s Customer Journey has potentially enormous reach across all kinds of applications. It ingests all kinds of data, dives deep for meaning, and then springs tailored, real-time messaging on whoever needs it. It’s been put to use so far in retail, finance, life science, and medicine.

It’s a force that Teradata itself is still learning to apply — which helps explain Chris’s encouraging but vague answer to my question during his presentation last Friday on Boulder BI Brain Trust.… Read the rest “Teradata’s Customer Journey in smart cities: still beta”