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The rise of predictive commerce: open data to anticipate needs
In a world where immediacy is becoming increasingly important, predictive commerce has become a key tool for anticipating consumer behaviors, optimizing decisions, and offering personalized experiences. It's no longer just about reacting to the customer's needs, it's about predicting what they…
Data on the banking sector: sources of access
Access to financial and banking data is revolutionising the sector, promoting transparency, financial inclusion and innovation in economic services. However, the management of this data faces regulatory challenges in balancing openness with security and privacy.
For this reason, there are different…
Private company data sharing initiatives: success stories
In today's digital age, data sharing and opendatahave emerged as key pillars for innovation, transparency and economic development. A number of companies and organisations around the world are adopting these approaches to foster open access to information and enhance data-driven decision making. Bel…
How AI is transforming employment
Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised various aspects of society and our environment. With ever faster technological advances, AI is transforming the way daily tasks are performed in different sectors of the economy.
As such, employment is one of the sectors where it is having…
What is the value of open geographic data?
Geographic data allow us to learn about the world around us. From locating optimal travel routes to monitoring natural ecosystems, from urban planning and development to emergency management, geographic data has great potential to drive development and efficiency in multiple economic and social area…
High value statistical datasets foreseen in the National Statistical Plan 2021-2024
The year 2023 was undoubtedly the year of artificial intelligence. This has brought data, and therefore open data, back to the forefront, as it is the raw material that fuels this technology, which is key to value creation in our increasingly digital economy.
Perhaps that is why 2023 has also l…
The impact of open data on the employment sector
Open data provides relevant information on the state and evolution of different sectors, including employment. Employment data typically includes labour force statistics and information on employees, as well as economic, demographic or benefits-related data, interviews, salaries, vacancies, etc.…
Trust as a driver of social and economic value creation through data
Trust, as a key factor in unlocking the potential of data in the digital economy, is an increasingly central element in all data regulations. The European General Data Protection Regulation, in 2016 already recognised that if individuals have more control over their own personal data,…
AI to improve public tenders and sculptures using open data: we spoke with the Spanish semi-finalists of the EU Datathon 2022
After several months competing, on 20 October the open data contest organised by the EU came to an end. The EU Datathon is a contest that gives data developers and scientists the chance to demonstrate, through their creativity, the potential of open data.
Although in this post you can…
Augmented reality for data visualisation
Digital life has arrived to become part of our daily lives and with it new communication and information consumption habits. Concepts such as augmented reality are actively participating in this process of change in which an increasing number of companies and organisations are involved.
Differences…
