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One of the biggest pitfalls of our data collection and analysis is our storage capabilities and processing time. We’re limited by what our machines can handle. And though we’re working with more powerful machines than ever before, we still need to break barriers to access even faster processing and larger storage capacities.

Fortunately for us, Intel and Micron Technology have developed the 3D X-Point, a solid-state drive. This technology is four times denser than traditional RAM because it combines RAM and flash storage. This technology is almost 1,000 times faster at reading and writing information because it works even when it’s turned off. This is a revolution in data processing.

You’ll get to try out this new technology in the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X Series, with a price tag at $1520. But what does this do for the future of data analysis?

What will this do for data analysis?

Essentially, this technology will increase processing speeds by 600%. This works alongside your hard drive, rather than replacing it, making it an ideal solution for data analytics. This kind of technology (which will only get better and more efficient over time) can be an affordable solution to gaining insights from large memory pools.

Why do processing speeds matter?

Big data isn’t going away. Let’s look at the amount of data that we generate every minute. You should view the Data Never Sleeps infographic put together by DOMO, but here’s a rundown:

• Google receives over 2,000,000 search queries
• Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content
• Consumers spend $272,070 on web shopping
• Twitter users send over 100,000 tweets
• Apple receives nearly 47,000 app downloads

And there’s even more. This doesn’t count the medical records generated, utilities usage information, articles published, students accepted to universities, etc. Our need for greater processing speeds for data analytics is only increasing by the minute. Literally.

Conclusion

We need better forms of memory storage and processing in order to handle the huge amounts of data that are being produced by the minute.

The technology that Intel and Micron Technology created is a good step in the right direction but is just the frontier of the technology we’ll see and use in the future.

We use state-of-the-art technology to process big data and give you useful visual analytics. Contact us to talk about your data needs and request a pilot.

The utilities industry deals with a lot of data. From infrastructure to customer usage, and fgrids to weather monitoring systems. But how can the industry use that data to improve products and services? What started as manually reading meters has changed as technology has evolved. Fortunately, the collection of data has become much more sophisticated. But as more and more data is collected every day, utility companies still struggle to analyze it all.

Basically, there are two main ways to use data to improve the utilities industry. Use it to improve customer services and products, and to improve operational efficiency. This is where our platform comes in to play. Our Pushgraph® platform can handle huge collections of data points and offers real-time computing and visualizations. The utilities industry can use big data analytics to help study and identify patterns of correlated human behavior and energy usage.

Utility companies have been utilizing our Pushgraph® data fusion solutions for Smart Cities. To learn more about Smart Cities, read this recent article published by CNBC.

Contact us to learn more about how we help Utilities companies improve.

We’re constantly working with utility companies to improve their relationship with Big Data. Give us a call or visit our Solutions page for more info.

When I say the word “data” what do you think of? Probably pages and pages of single-spaced Times New Roman with math symbols and 0.5-inch margins. I’m getting sleepy just thinking about that version of data. The good news is; Data visualization does not have to be boring or hard to read and interpret. Enter: map-based visualizations

Presenting data visually not only helps people understand what you’re showing them (and aids in remembering it), it helps to engage your audience and prove your point. Map-based visualizations are a great way to do that. To prove our point, here’s a list of 7 awesome map-based visualizations.

Map-Based Visualizations Show Data (They Don’t Just Tell It)

Map-based visualizations are a great way to show incredible amounts of data. These data visualizations have become increasingly popular with infographics and maps because these tools help readers to quickly spot trends and make decisions based on the data that would be difficult to see without this presentation.

There’s almost no limit to the number of ways visualizations can be used to organize data and show trends, from communication, transportation, demographics, technology use, utilities… we’ve even seen collections of favorite television shows by location.

If you know of any cool map-based visualizations or infographics, drop the link in the comments so we can check them out.

Big data can be a confusing term, but it’s really just a broad umbrella category for large amounts of information. These data sets can be analyzed to reveal information regarding trends, associations, patterns, behavior, and can even predict future events/behavior.

Big data is used in many sectors from government to health to education, and as our abilities to analyze data grows, so does our understanding of what big data can do for us.

Before any sort of computational analysis was available, humans spent their lives pouring over data and providing research and recommendations to businesses and governments. This may have been accurate (it may not have been), but it certainly wasn’t as useful as it could be.

That’s where big data analysis comes into play. Computing power gives us the ability to mine trillions of data points and compile them into one place. What we do with the data after that is up to us.

If we can mine the data we need, sort through it, and present it visually, we can use the information to predict storms, end disease, improve our cities and transportation, and even search for life on other planets.

We’ve always had access to big data in theory. But now we can actually put that theory into practice and start using the information to make informed decisions for our businesses, health, countries, institutions of learning, and more.