The Open University, EMC and ITS Talk Big Data to UAE Universities

For immediate release…for immediate release… The Open University, EMC and ITS Talk Big Data to UAE Universities Dubai – August, 7 2012: Every day, the world creates over 2. 5 quintillion bytes of data. 90% of the data in the world today was created in the... More

For immediate release…for immediate release… The Open University, EMC and ITS Talk Big Data to UAE Universities Dubai – August, 7 2012: Every day, the world creates over 2. 5 quintillion bytes of data. 90% of the data in the world today was created in the last two years alone. This incredible volume of data comes from everywhere; sensors installed all over the world used to gather information on the climate for example, mobile phone GPS signals, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and video uploads and downloads. For universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), although still not in the big data sphere, preparations need to be underway for managing complex data as their campuses become more and more digitized. And with the growing number of students pursuing higher education, the capacity to manage information like enrolment documents, health certificates, transcripts, curriculums and correspondence requires centralized solutions to deal with all that material. With t Less