This is particularly true in multicore systems because cores actually can be sized differently, using more or less power as needed for a specific function and sometimes using multiple cores to execute the same command.

FORBES: Bundling Up IT

In my recent piece about Teradata Aster, I noted their assertion that new Aster tools could reduce the need for data scientists by 80 percent, using one to set up a function and then turn the operations over to business analysts.

FORBES: Tech Makes Big Data Useful -- Lots Of Data Analysts Still Needed -- SAS

When U.S. intelligence tracked down Osama bin Laden, it was a function of brilliant, resourceful people asking questions and testing hypotheses using a variety of technologies.

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