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NOAA’s Big Data Project Comes Into Focus

NOAA’s Big Data Project Comes Into Focus

Dennis D. McDonald
Acquisitions, Agency Data, Amazon, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Google, IBM, Innovation, Interoperability, Microsoft, NOAA, Open Cloud Consortium, Open Data, Product Development, Socrata, Standards, Transparency
What’s different about this newly announced NOAA program is not just the potential “big data” scope of the program but the way in which private sector cloud vendors are involved as intermediaries not only to the public but also to potential data vendors and resellers.
Why I'm Uneasy about "Big Data" and Government Programs

Why I'm Uneasy about "Big Data" and Government Programs

Dennis D. McDonald
Acquisitions, Big Data, Data Conversion, Governance, Project Management, Standards, Transparency, eGovernment
I appreciate that scaling, discoverability, and innovation are all potentially enhanced when the size, variety, quality and number of data sets surrounding a particular process or function are aggregated and exposed. Jewels can become visible. Inconsistencies can be identified and resolved. Impacts can be tracked.