Big Data as the three Vs: Volume, Velocity, and Variety. This is the most well-known definition, first coined by Doug Laney of Gartner over twelve years ago. Since then, many others have tried to ...

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The dawning of this new era has by no means been lost on the pharma industry, which is already well on the way to harnessing the enormous possibilities Big Data presents for new drug discovery ...

There’s a deeper problem with how we perceive the world than misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda: it’s that we expect that big data means better understanding. The revelations that ...