We
will add this to our Data Mining and Data Analytics course. Perhaps
we can create some Open Source tools for smaller businesses. (And of
course, my Ethical Hacker are interested!)
How
GE generates $1 billion from data
The
company can now offer predictive maintenance and optimization
services for more than $1 trillion worth of Internet-connected
industrial equipment, ranging from medical equipment to jet engines.
…
For GE, this is the next phase of the “Industrial
Internet,” its in-house phrase for what others call the
Internet of Things—the
ever-growing collection of connected devices “talking” to
businesses with valuable data.
This
phenomenon is worth an estimated $1 billion in incremental revenue
for the company this year alone, mostly in the form of advanced asset
performance management services, according to GE’s top executive.
…
Using its Predix technology, GE already captures 50 million data
points collected and communicated by 10 million sensors installed on
$1 trillion worth of equipment ranging from medical imaging systems
to locomotives to jet engines, Immelt said.
…
By the end of 2014, there will be more than 40 applications and
services based on GE’s platform but the company hopes to spur many
others by making Predix
available to businesses interested in developing
industry-specific solutions.
This
could be amusing.
UH
Law Center debuts first database of Fortune 500 company codes of
conduct
“The
University of Houston Law Center today released a searchable database
that contains the compliance codes for Fortune 500 companies. The
project was led by Houston attorney Ryan McConnell, an adjunct
professor at the University of Houston Law Center. McConnell worked
with a team of recent graduates and current students to develop the
database, which covers 42 different topics.
“The free database allows any company to conduct benchmarking on
virtually every compliance area covered in a code of conduct and to
spot compliance trends within their industry,” McConnell explained.
“In addition to proactively building a program, when compliance
failures occur, whether a foreign bribery violation or environmental
issue, stakeholders – whether they are shareholders in a lawsuit or
criminal investigators – frequently scrutinize the company’s
compliance program. This database provides a powerful tool for
anyone to evaluate the strength of a company’s compliance program,
including subject matters addressed in the code and the
organization’s core values.”
The
Wall Street Journal has already dubbed the online tool as “catnip
for compliance officers.”
Perhaps
something my next Statistics class could tackle?
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/10/no-one-knows-how-teens-listen-to-music/381348/
No
One Knows How Teens Listen to Music
…
After surveying a national group of 7,200 teens, analysts at the
research arm of Piper Jaffray discovered that teens like listening to
music the 2000-and-late way, through downloaded music onto iTunes
libraries or MP3 players:
That's
42 percent of teens listening to music through MP3s, according to the
bank. But what does that statistic mean? Piper Jaffray told us that
the "42 percent" figure was compiled from four survey
questions, but it hasn't revealed how. Nor has it indicated what
that percentage indicates—whether it's 42 percent of teens
preferring MP3s over other options, or if it's that, 42
percent of the time they listen to music, teens are using MP3s to do
it.
…
That's a 13 percent increase this year for MP3s. Given
those stats, maybe Apple shouldn't have discontinued
the iPod.
This
game would be better if we could overwrite the face of the lawyer.
(You can play these games on your PC.)
Free
Android Game: Play A Scumbag Lawyer In RPG Devil’s Attorney
…
Devil’s Attorney, a game set in the 1980s and starring a defense
attorney dedicated to keeping criminals on the streets, is free until
the end of next week as part of a Humble
Mobile Bundle promotion. All the games offered are worth
checking out, but even if you’re not interested in the bundle,
there’s no reason to not pick up this gem.
For
my Ethical Hackers (and six-year-olds everywhere).
–
is a place for the world to share photo-driven disassembly guides.
It is a place to see how to take apart everyday things, and to find
things to do once inside. It
will void the warranties of devices, but in the process,
you may learn a lot about how a device works internally. It can be a
simple Zippo lighter or a complicated MacBook Air.
Optimism.
Sometimes it's really funny.
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