Keeping Track Of The People Keeping Track Of You. The-human-face-of-big-data-large-format-illustrated-book-is-being-delivered-today-by-fedex-to-10000-of-the-worlds-most-influential-people-including-world-leaders-fortune-500-ceos-and-nobel-laureates-181982991. SAUSALITO, Calif., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in 30 countries around the globe, 10,000 copies of an extraordinary illustrated book called The Human Face of Big Data are arriving courtesy of EMC® (NYSE: EMC) and delivered by FedEx, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., the official shipping sponsor, on the desks of the world's most influential people, including: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, Actor Robin Williams, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Warren Buffett, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey and Jane Goodall.
The book contains more than 200 stunning images and compelling essays, created by a team of over 100 of the world's most talented writers, designers and photojournalists, illustrating just some of the ways big data is already helping to shape and address many of the biggest challenges facing our planet. Groundbreaking iPad App. Google Spans Entire Planet With GPS-Powered Database. Three years ago, a top Google engineer named Vijay Gill was asked what he would do if someone gave him a magic wand.
At the time, Gill helped run the massive network of data centers that underpins Google’s online empire, and he was sitting on stage at a conference in downtown San Francisco, discussing the unique challenges facing this globe-spanning operation. Jonathan Heiliger — the man who oversaw Facebook’s data centers — sat a few seats away, and it was Heiliger who asked Gill what he would add to Google’s data centers if he had a magic wand. Gill hesitated before answering. And when he did answer, he was coy.