It is a sad shame to see our sister city, beautiful Vancouver, go into riot lockdown because of a hockey game (albeit an important one). Riots in Vancouver after Canucks lose Stanley Cup After all, this is the world’s most liveable city and I would agree with it. I live in Seattle – love Seattle and will probably never leave the emerald city – but freely admit the beauty of Vancouver and often jealous of its great transportation system, love the fact that the city is in the mountains, startled by its amazing views, and hunger for its many great…
Month: June 2011
The potential of Big Data
To better understand the excitement around Big Data, there is an informative report by McKinsey Global Institute – Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity. I encourage you to read this report and there are some key call outs that showcase the potential of Big Data. Big Data call outs! It’s about the next wave of jobs with the main domains of Big Data being Healthcare, Public Sector, Retail, Manufacturing, and Telecommunications. 140,000-190,000 more deep analytical talent positions and 1.5 million more data-savvy managers needed to take full advantage of big data in the United States…
Denny Lee 