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This Market Insight examines the smart grids market in South America. It provides a market share breakdown, an analysis of key market drivers and restraints, and revenue and unit shipment forecasts by region for the smart electricity meter market. It also explores the major trends and impacts for service providers regarding the Internet of Things (...

Although the financial services, telecommunication, and retail industries have been investing in Big Data analytics (BDA) for a while, adoption by utilities is still at a relatively early stage—partly because of their predominantly cautious mentality.

This analysis chooses the somewhat provocative thesis: "Big Data Analytics and Lean Six Sigma – A Marriage Made in Heaven?" It explores the validity of this thesis through five main sections. First, it starts with a brief introduction to the key aspects of Lean Six Sigma (LSS).

Globally, the situation is similar. In 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a report that highlighted fraud trends: €1 in every €2.635 spent on credit and debit cards was lost to fraud. According to a recent report from Barclays, the United States contributes disproportionately to global credit card fraud, accounting for more than 47...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new buzzword both in labs and in public. Advancements in deep learning and neural networks are improving computers' ability to perform difficult machine intelligence problems such as vision, language, and movement.

IBM announced on 15 June 2015 that it would invest in and support the development of the Apache Spark open-source Big Data processing framework.

The Internet of Things is an emerging concept based on the vision of a fully connected world. Seamless connectivity between things, people, processes, and data anywhere, anytime, and in any condition is the ultimate goal. This market insight maps the Latin American IoT market by presenting a market overview, opportunities for several industry verti...

The objective of the study is to present the current scenario and future insights of the Big Data market in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. The study gives an overview of the Big Data Analytics market, exposing its drivers and restrains in the region and also a section with the perception and interest of 313 Brazilian companies.