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The Dutch Statistical Agency (CBS) recently published an interesting study into the Dutch internet economy. Interesting because of the used methodology and the fact that they have tried to put a number on online services. CBS partnered with Dataprovider and Google. The first step in the research was to select Dutch websites from Dataprovider’s website […] Read more »
METISfiles analyst Pim Bilderbeek presented at the inaugural meeting of imellem this week, a new member-based networking platform for executives in the Dutch IT and Telecom sector. The presentation focused on the unique aspects of the Dutch telecoms market and the challenges that operators face to remain relevant in a rapidly changing regulatory, customer, and […] Read more »
Keala and The METISfiles announce joint study on Big Data in the Netherlands: Big Data – Big Decisions. Earlier this year we discussed the state of Big Data developments and concluded that while the topic is strongly hyped the future is promising. Big Data promises to benefit consumers, businesses and government by applying new insights […] Read more »
Ever thought about connecting all electronic devices in your home and controlling them with the touch of your fingertips or voice command? Chances are you did but dropped the idea as it seems too complicated or just too expensive; not worth the trouble. The IT revolution has certainly not bypassed our homes. A lot of […] Read more »
Most weather forecasts institutions run weather models that deal with a lot of data. But they are not really good at predicting the weather. For all the hardware power, the sophistication of the models and increased use of more and different data, forecasting the weather has not improved a lot. The atmosphere is such a […] Read more »
“If I can operate Google, I can find anything… Google, combined with Wi-Fi, is a little bit like God. God is wireless, God is everywhere and God sees and knows everything. Throughout history, people connected to God without wires. Now, for many questions in the world, you ask Google, and increasingly, you can do it […] Read more »