A number of new data markets have emerged in the past few years that provide access to data for decision making. It’s early days, however, with plenty of kinks to work out on both the technology side and with business models. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
A few providers are not just creating huge data dumps — collecting and structuring data from multiple sources — but creating marketplaces for others to find and use that data. They include Microsoft’s Windows Azure DataMarket and InfoChimp, who hope to connect enterprises with the data they want Read more »
Google this week announced that its Public Data Explorer now lets end users upload and visualize their own data. With that move, the company appears to be making a move toward the increasingly crowded data marketplace, which is now growing increasingly more complex. Read more »