In an earlier chapter in my career, I had the seemingly lofty title of “software and intelligence editor” at a telecommunications industry trade magazine. Even back in 1996, telecom was experiencing a “big data” problem. It wasn’t a problem of collection — no, telephone companies collect more data than almost any other industry, recording call times and durations, as well as the numbers their customers dialed. The problem became one of how that data should be used.
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Big Data Drives Change if You're Ready to Be Driven
Posted by: Christopher J. Bucholtz April 20, 2015 04:17 PMIn an earlier chapter in my career, I had the seemingly lofty title of “software and intelligence editor” at a telecommunications industry trade magazine. Even back in 1996, telecom was experiencing a “big data” problem. It wasn’t a problem of collection — no, telephone companies collect more data than almost any other industry, recording call times and durations, as well as the numbers their customers dialed. The problem became one of how that data should be used.