http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/887/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/83695/use-data-mining-techniques-detect-fraud The basic premise of Benford's Law is that certain leading digits in any random set of data will appear in a specific non-uniform manner or in a certain frequency -- anything that is outside that frequency indicates a non-compliant anomaly. There are some great tools out there that can let you apply Benford's Law to your data, including Microsoft Excel. http://www.itworld.com/security/83695/use-data-mining-techniques-detect-fraud#comments Security Tip Benford's Law data mining data visualization The Daily Tip Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:34:52 -0500 ITworld tips 83695 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/78436/need-crawl-billions-web-pages-theres-app 80legs Inc. has officially launched its service, which brings supercomputer-scale data mining of the Web to companies, and even individuals. http://www.itworld.com/software/78436/need-crawl-billions-web-pages-theres-app#comments Business intelligence Internet SaaS Software News cloud computing data mining web crawler Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:20:55 -0400 ITworld staff 78436 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business-intelligence/77877/want-make-bi-pervasive-its-culture-stupid Business intelligence software may have been around for several decades, but it remains an esoteric niche in most companies, according to an analyst. http://www.itworld.com/business-intelligence/77877/want-make-bi-pervasive-its-culture-stupid#comments Business Business intelligence Networking Software News BI data mining Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:46:09 -0400 ITworld staff 77877 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/77811/myspace-open-source-house-data-analysis-technology MySpace on Tuesday will release as open source a technology called Qizmt that it developed in-house to mine and crunch massive amounts of data and generate friend recommendations in its social-networking site. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/77811/myspace-open-source-house-data-analysis-technology#comments Internet Open Source Software News data mining MySpace Qizmt Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:44:57 -0400 ITworld staff 77811 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/68841/white-house-set-unleash-100000-federal-data-sources-datagov The U.S. plans to make more than 100,000 data sources available by the end of next week on its data.gov site, in what may be the real start of government's effort to share its vast database with the world. http://www.itworld.com/government/68841/white-house-set-unleash-100000-federal-data-sources-datagov#comments Government News data mining database Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:46:24 -0400 ITworld staff 68841 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/68776/ibm-expands-information-demand-portfolio IBM on Wednesday announced a slew of products and services in support of its sprawling Information on Demand portfolio, including a new "Information Applications" software unit. http://www.itworld.com/software/68776/ibm-expands-information-demand-portfolio#comments Business intelligence Software News analytics content management data mining Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:10:39 -0400 ITworld staff 68776 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business-intelligence/68093/developing-clinical-dashboards These eight steps helped the University of Pennsylvania Health System successfully complete six projects. http://www.itworld.com/business-intelligence/68093/developing-clinical-dashboards#comments Business intelligence Feature data mining data warehouse health care Mon, 18 May 2009 17:16:03 -0400 ITworld staff 68093 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/67227/e-health-data-collection-key-tracking-swine-flu-spread As the prospect of a flu pandemic grew more likely Wednesday -- the World Health Organization raised its threat alert to level 5 -- data is pouring into federal health care agencies using systems that a decade ago did not even exist. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/67227/e-health-data-collection-key-tracking-swine-flu-spread#comments Government Tech & society News data mining health care swine flu WHO Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:59:16 -0400 ITworld staff 67227 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/67108/google-unveils-search-tool-help-make-sense-public-data Want to see how your area's unemployment rate stacks up against the rest of the country? Or compare the price of cookies, the level of carbon dioxide emissions or the number of wildfires in different regions of the country? It may sound like an odd mix of statistics, but Google Inc. is trying to make it easier to get your hands on all of that information. http://www.itworld.com/internet/67108/google-unveils-search-tool-help-make-sense-public-data#comments Internet News data mining Google search Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:34:46 -0400 ITworld staff 67108 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/66249/smarter-way-dig-experts Using data-mining techniques, software can help determine what skills a person practices regularly, and how likely she is to respond to requests for help. http://www.itworld.com/software/66249/smarter-way-dig-experts#comments Internet Software Feature data mining skills Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:04:26 -0400 jonjon 66249 at http://www.itworld.com