Day archives: September 6th, 2013

CDC – Births: Preliminary Data for 2012

“This report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for  Health Statistics (NCHS) presents preliminary data on births and birth rates(including  births to teens and selected maternal and infant health characteristics for the  United States in 2012. The findings are based on nearly 100 percent of registered vital  records occurring in calendar …

Subjects: Government Documents

1 Billion Live Without Electric Light

Nearly one-fifth of the globe can’t turn on the lights: “While some 1.7 billion people have acquired access to electricity globally since 1990, the rate of electrification has been slower than the rate of population growth in the most energy-poor countries. Just to get all of sub-Saharan Africa–a region that generates about as much electricity …

Subjects: Energy, Knowledge Management

Analytics/Big Data strategies, challenges and implementation priorities

Analytics/Big Data strategies, challenges and implementation priorities. Big Data Priorities 2013. Copyright ©2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. “Data has become a critical commodity in the 21st century economy. Recent new technologies have accelerated the growth in sheer volume of data collected, and devices such as sensors, smart phones and tablets are fueling the …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Marketing