CIB News: Government urged to invest more in Big Data

State agencies elsewhere are using applications to streamline services, including health, writes Emmet Ryan.

Tom Davenport: an expert on Big Data.

Two leading international experts in the field of Big Data have called on the Irish government to invest more in the field.

Dr Simon Moores and Prof Tom Davenport spoke at separate events in Dublin last month, as part of an effort by multinational firms including SAS, EMC, and Sage, to generate more activity in the sector in Ireland.

Dr Moores, speaking at a Sage event in Croke Park, said an investment by ...