However, we have an imperative to not destroy the real potential of data science.
Now, more than ever, the potential of data analysis is being realized in new fields.
For more than 40 years, Acxiom has been a leader in harnessing the powerful potential of data to strengthen connections between people, businesses and their partners.
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Although requiring a rare set of extremely cultivated skills, data scientists should not exclude potential consumers of data science results as collaborators.
So, in one fell swoop, this story underscores two of my favorite themes: the enormous potential of big data analytics and the critical importance of tearing down corporate silos.
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Also following the 2004 tsunami, UNESCO-IOC and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) agreed to explore the potential of using data from the International Monitoring System (IMS) for tsunami warning purposes.
Because of the potential high cost of data theft, companies such as Dell offer services that not only track and locate stolen or missing computers, but can erase an entire hard drive before the criminals can access sensitive information.
Mr Salmond told MSPs that Strathclyde Police had details of 26 potential victims of phone hacking following the News of the World scandal into the practice and 180 potential victims of illegal data access.
After studying Google's revised policy in depth, the agency said it believed Google had failed to place any limit on the "scope of collection and the potential uses of the personal data", meaning it might be in breach of several of the bloc's data protection principles.
Such publication commonly leads to urgent calls to take immediate regulatory action, without acknowledgment of potential pitfalls in the interpretation of data from meta-analyses and pooled analyses, such as those encountered in the tiotropium evaluation.
Yet most businesses have barely tapped the potential of the social data that users voluntarily share with them through Connect.
Ken Cukier recently wrote about how useful analogies from the past are in explaining the potential of the current data revolution.
But without understating any of those difficult and strategic technology choices, the massive potential of sweeping Big Data initiatives are forcing CIOs to be fully capable business leaders who can collaborate with other leaders to map out the strategic vision and intent, and imagine some of the competitive disruptions that are likely to result.
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In the meantime, we can be certain that the scale and speed of this current challenge will only increase as CIOs must rapidly and seamlessly enhance their traditional corporate data with vast new streams of social and mobile data to realize the full potential of these strategic Big Opportunities.
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The user-generated nature of the technology means it will have to be adopted by vast numbers of boats to fulfil its full potential -- although a chunk of data the system relies on is already publicly available and used by other on-board computer systems.
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He acknowledged this raised the prospect of potential breaches that could put valuable personal data in the hands of criminals but said the technology was currently being rolled out on an "opt-in, opt-out" basis.
Privacy advocates in Ireland are equally concerned over false positives and the potential for abuse of the stored data.
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Regarding the potential for a loss of weather data, Craig J.
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The coaxial cable used to carry television has the potential to carry large amounts of data, and already reaches into millions of homes, so cable operators can push new services down the wires relatively cheaply and easily.
The vast traffic they attract brings huge potential revenues and lots of useful data that could help them shape the internet in future, rather than merely following Western models, says Duncan Clark, chairman of BDA China, a consultancy.
The continuing evaluation of potential safety signals at the FDA requires assessment of all available data from many sources, with the goal of reaching sound conclusions in a manner that is transparent to physicians and patients.
By reading the encrypted data off of two cards and testing thousands of potential site codes against both cards until the decoded data displays a predictable interval between the two, he can find the site code and use it to create more card keys with a magnetizing device.
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Rankings at least have the merit of providing potential applicants with certain data that would otherwise be unavailable.
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Indeed, in America, the Tourette Syndrome Association felt it necessary to issue a statement warning of the paucity of long-term safety data, especially in children, and the potential interactions of nicotine with drugs given to treat the syndrome.
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Just as it took the personal computer revolution, the Internet and smartphones to fully realize the potential of social networks, what if Big Data produces its own meta-effect that fundamentally changes the way we relate to ourselves, others and the world around us?
In the most recent incident, the Journal was notified by the FBI of a potential breach in the middle of last year, when the FBI came across data that apparently had come from the computer network in the Journal's Beijing bureau, people familiar with the incident said.
The Department of Energy, as part of its efforts to promote clean energy, launched OpenEI.org, containing dozens of clean energy resources and data sets, including maps of worldwide solar and wind potential, information on climate zones, and energy best practices.
Analysis of the news and trade data from yesterday has not changed the potential short position on BlackBerry and continuation of the short-term long trade on Apple.
This collection of data holds great importance and potential because many institutions currently do not recognize differences within the AAPI community.
Furthermore it highlighted the wide range of potential uses Google might have for the data including product development, security, advertising and academic research.
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