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Big Data and 150 Trillion Calculations Per Second at Vestas (#IODGC)

IBM highlighted Danish energy company Vestas at their Information On Demand (IOD) 2011 conference in Las Vegas today. Vestas uses IBM big data analytics software to improve its wind turbine placement. The placements of wind turbines is a significant challenge … Continue reading

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Advanced Analytics

A large wireless phone service provider was concerned with the number of customers it was losing. Every customer lost costs the company $53 in monthly revenue. Although the revenue looks small on a customer by customer basis, with a large … Continue reading

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