KDnuggets 12:n04, KDnuggets at 15; Magic Quadrant for BI

Latest analytics/data mining news, including Features (3) | Courses, Events (3) | Webcasts (3) | Software (4) | Jobs (5) | Academic (2) | Meetings (2) | Publications (1) | NewsBriefs (4) | CFP (11)

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Latest KDnuggets News 12:n04, (Feb 15, 2012) Features:

• KDnuggets Day: Feb 13 is the 15th anniversary of KDnuggets
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2012
• Top news for Feb 5-11

Also Courses, Events (3) | Webcasts (3) | Software (4) | Jobs (5) | Academic (2) | Meetings (2) | Publications (1) | NewsBriefs (4) | CFP (11) |

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"After Eisenhower, you couldn't win an election without radio. After JFK, you couldn't win an election without television. After Obama, you couldn't win an election without social networking. I predict that in 2012, you won't be able to win an election without big data."

O'Reilly Radar big data columnist Alistair Croll.

As an example of Big Data analytics in US politics, compare this
KDnuggets Job ad for Obama 2012 Predictive Modeling and Data Mining Scientists/Analysts

with a much later job ad for a right-of-center political group
Knowledge Exchange: Sr. DB Architect