Information Collection: Business Builds Big Data In the beginning there was the electronic computer. It was a tool for defending freedom, useful to use in breaking enemy communications codes and crunching equations for the Manhattan Project. Eventually it became the plaything of hobbyists and garage experimenters. In their garages, they eventually cobbled together machines that were useful and practical for real people. These earliest personal computers were essentially toys until the first “killer apps” were created. These included the earliest forms of computer spreadsheet. A spreadsheet seems a simple thing, and it is for just about any computer. With this
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Information Collection: Business Builds Big Data
by Pete Knight on February 6, 2013
in Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Security, storage-filesharing, Technology, Tools, Trends, Uncategorized, Webcast, White Papers
