Machine Analytics, an exciting start-up organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts is looking for an enthusiastic and talented individual to join the growing team as an independent consultant working on projects…
XPertTech is looking for graduate students with programming background to take a free mobile app training couse in Woburn this fall. Our Mobile Application Development courses include Android app development…
Near the end of last semester, I received an email from Professor Heikki Topi, my CS 350 professor at that time, about the intention to start a student-run organization on…
This past Tuesday, we had the honor to host a Medullan Career Event where the Director of Technology at Medullan and a Bentley CIS 2003 Graduate, Ryan Norris, enlightened us…
As many of you are aware, the office of undergraduate career services is undergoing several changes this year. Among those changes include the introduction of CareerEdge. This online resource will allow you to access campus career events, job postings, recruiting and employer information, and blog posts by the career services team.
By hovering over the Blog tab, you can filter blog posts by your major to get narrowed results. The Featured Jobs section allows you to view the featured jobs as well as all other jobs that you can apply to. They’ve also included useful filters to narrow your job search by state, type (full time, internship, etc.), industry, and function. The website has many other cool features, so definitely be sure to check it out at careeredge.bentley.edu
As a convenience, we’ve added an RSS feed to our website that links directly to the CareerEdge blog posts. Located on the left sidebar, you’ll be able to view the most recent posts.
You are invited to a great networking opportunity in the Fidelity Boston office on Friday, March 1st, 2013 from 12:00-2:00pm to learn more about the Leap Technology Program as well…
Introduction Some of you may be Freshmen taking IT 101, some of you may be Sophomores or Juniors considering Computer Information Systems as a major or minor, and some of…
Massachusetts Women’s Forum is offering an internship (with possibility for pay or for credit) for a web and design-savvy intern to update and revamp their current web site.
Duties will include:
You may have recently been hearing about the words “Big Data” if you’ve been following news in the technology industry. It is a relatively new trend that is just beginning to make an impact and affects more industries than just IT. It can be seen being used almost everywhere from healthcare to financial services to telecommunications and even transportation.
So what exactly is big data? Lets start off with a few facts:
That’s a lot of data! The concept of big data emerges from this trend. However, it is important to realize that big data doesn’t only encompass the large amounts of data that firms have today, but also how this data is analyzed and interpreted. That is the heart of big data: what do you do with such massive amounts of data, how do you analyze it (what tools do you use), what do you analyze (what is relevant vs. what isn’t), and how can it help you find relevant trends in your industry. Through the business courses you’ve taken, you probably know that this kind of analysis can be very valuable to firms.
These data that are being analyzed can be pretty much anything. One might want to analyze the thousands of comments that people post on articles that relate to the latest iPhone 5 news, what is going on in the financial markets, which hot new phones are coming out soon, what are people saying about the presidential candidates, etc. Using these data, analysts can better understand what people think about certain products, where certain trends are going and which ones are starting. Moreover, big data tools are very powerful. (more…)