While big data, analytics and data science are the flavour of the moment, the approaches and techniques that they use have a long and established history, drawing from mathematics, science and engineering discoveries. Our Analytics Timeline takes a look at some of the key historical achievements that we believe provide … Continue reading article
If you haven’t come across SixthSense technology before, then take a look at this new TED talk from its inventor Pranav Mistry. SixthSense is a wearable camera and projection device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data. Pranav’s talk covers the journey he’s made … Continue reading article
Following on from Hew’s last blog on Apollo 11 about how fast technology has progessed since the moon landings – if you haven’t seen this already – this latest update to the original “Shift Happens” video is fascinating viewing. It includes facts and figures on the fast-changing media landscape, looking … Continue reading article
In this blog we’ve talked a lot about how visuals go a long way to making complex information easily understood. For us at Sumerian, it’s vital to our business that we do that. Take, for example, what we do as a company: IT Analytics. For a start, what we do … Continue reading article
It’s fair to say that, here at Sumerian, we’re generally pretty fond of numbers. These range from the sublime, to the ridiculous. Over the past few days, however, the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing has given us some pause for thought. Without wishing to start channelling Top … Continue reading article
For most of us, just driving 55 miles is quite a tiring thing to do. So it’s with much admiration that we tip our hats to staff from Sumerian and our sister company Aridhia, who took part in the arduous, but ultimately life-affirming Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge. Covering some … Continue reading article
At Sumerian, we model and analyse data (that’s often overlooked) into insight that can radically transform an organisation’s IT environment and ultimately their business. In this new offering just launched by Google, they’re transforming GPS and mapping data into their latest offering: Sky Map. Calling it a “planetarium in your … Continue reading article
Humour can be one of the trickiest ways of getting a serious marketing message like IT recycling across. But when it’s done right, it can be brilliantly effective. This new little movie from the Recyclenow campaign hits the nail right on the head… Printer Vs Bin from RecycleNow on Vimeo.
At Sumerian, we’re seeing that datacentre efficiency is riding high on many of our clients’ list of priorities. We’ve been doing IT Analytics around datacentre efficiency and virtualisation for many years. But for a lot of us working in the office here, seeing the actual inside workings of one is … Continue reading article
