Big Data: do you want to be a Zebra?
Have you ever seen a zebra being hunted? When they are attacked they will run. Their predators – lions and leopards will not target the zebra at the front of the pack. The ones at the back or the...
View ArticleThe Future Of Big Data Looks Like Streaming
Big data is big news, but it’s still in its infancy. While most enterprises at least talk about launching Big Data projects, the reality is that very few do in any significant way. In fact, according...
View ArticleThe Hype Around Graph Databases And Why It Matters
Organizations are struggling with a fundamental challenge – there’s far more data than they can handle. Sure, there’s a shared vision to analyze structured and unstructured data in support of better...
View ArticleFor Big Data, It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
So you’re trying to figure out whether your company should invest in big data analytics. You may be a CIO, you may be in marketing; doesn’t matter. You’re looking at what other people are doing to see...
View ArticleDoes Big Data Belong Up There Or Down Here?
The buzz this week about big data centered on the idea of whether it should be in the cloud or not. Notwithstanding the idea that extremism in technology (all data will be in the cloud, every app will...
View ArticleThe Innovative CIO
I was talking with the CIO of a global company (no names, no pack drill) about innovation. The conversation was about innovation and in particular, innovation via big data. The CIO put it bluntly, “I...
View ArticleLooming Gloom and Doom for Big Data
If you listen to some people, it seems as though the four signs of the apocalypse are famine, war, death, and big data. There’s a whole lotta gloom and doom swirling out there about big data, so much...
View ArticleHow Internet Of Things Data Improves Product Development
The data provided by the Internet of Things (IoT) is fast becoming an essential tool for product development. Five examples that I studied recently all take different approaches but show how the data...
View ArticleU is for Utilities
Utilities is a smart business. Oodles of data, long term business models, critical national infrastructure. It’s a natural play for big data and analytics to make a structural difference to how these...
View ArticleTime to derive Big Data Value is NOW!
Big Data is truly BIG now-a-days but remains primarily limited to the technical side of the world. This write up is an attempt to explore the business (value) side of big data through a non-data...
View ArticleCIOs embrace hybrid cloud and software-defined data centers
SAN FRANCISCO – Companies building mobile and Web applications to support their digital businesses depend on a mix of private and public clouds to exchange data, said Bill Fathers, VMware’s executive...
View ArticlePlaying Defense with Data Science and the Business Data Lake
The immense value of using a Business Data Lake proactively to enable business transformation has been well documented. There are plenty of success stories, which highlight how data science and data...
View ArticleRunning RIoT!
Running Real-time Internet of Things – What use is IoT data if you begin your analysis 3 days after a fire in some expensive kit of machinery actually happened? Is your system powerful enough to churn...
View Article2015 Big Data Market Update
42.6% of all big data apps developed for manufacturing are being created by enterprises today. 38.2% of all big data and advanced analytics apps in use today are in customer-facing departments...
View ArticleBig Buzz About Big Data: 5 Ways Big Data Is Changing Finance
Big Data is a big deal… particularly for financial markets. As the CEO of a Big Data company, I’d like to share with you some insights into this shift, which is spurring transparency, capital...
View Article2016 Trends in data
Seen any good movies lately? This certainly seems to be the time for it. The new Star Wars. The new Tarantino. It is also a good time for some 2016 trends and predictions. Movie style, with some pretty...
View ArticleBig Data: Rising In Importance But Still Challenging, New Surveys Say
Source: NewVantage Partners Two recent surveys shed new light on the state of big data, showing growing adoption but persistent data management challenges. Management consulting firm NewVantage...
View ArticleThe Trick Data Scientists Use To Know You’re Paying Attention To Beyoncé
Remember when Bey tripped onstage at the Super Bowl halftime show? We know you noticed. Your digital device gave you away. Advertisers spend millions of dollars every year trying to figure out what...
View ArticleDigitization In Supply Chain: Five Key Trends
SCM World has just closed its annual Future of Supply Chain survey comprising opinions of 1,415 practitioners around the world. Again this year, digitization is dominating the discussion with big jumps...
View ArticleHow to get big data expertise on a budget
Big data professionals are in big demand, with the need for data processing outpacing the supply of trained data analysts on the job market. As a result, salaries have shot upward, putting them out of...
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