This post was contributed by Bob Gourley, editor, CTOvision.com.
The missions and data of governments make the government sector one of particular importance for Big Data solutions. Federal, State and Local governments have special abilities to focus research in areas like Health Sciences, Economics, Law Enforcement, Defense, Geographic Studies, Environmental Studies, Bioinformatics, Information Search/Discovery, and Computer Security. Government-Industry teams are working to field Big Data solutions in all these fields.
The Government Big Data Solutions Award was established by the technology blog CTOvision.com to help facilitate the exchange of best practices,
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