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Big Data Will Make IT the New Intel Inside

May 15, 2012 by Gil Press
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It well may be that big data—the organizational skill of using data as the key driver of performance—will make the IT function the new Intel Inside, the most strategic component of any organization. [read more]

Meet Your Company’s New Virtual Assistant – Big Data

May 11, 2012 by Brett Stupakevich
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AutoPilot is a sort of virtual assistant from Frankfurt-based IT automation and managed services company Arago. AutoPilot combines data and artificial intelligence to take over the most boring and repetitive tasks of managing a large IT infrastructure – effectively becoming a new “hire” on your sysadmin team. [read more]

From Big Data to Smart Data: Supporting Critical Business Decisions

May 10, 2012 by Michael Fauscette
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Last week at Lithium's LiNC event I did a session on big data with Lithium Principal Scientist Dr Michael Wu. It's always a pleasure working with Michael, the session was well attended and the audience was very engaged. Since then I have been thinking about what we presented and I think there were a few key points that are very important... [read more]

The Trouble with Big Data

May 7, 2012 by Gil Press
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Too much excitement may not be good for the health of Big Data [read more]

Yes, you need more than just R for Big Data Analytics.

May 3, 2012 by David Smith
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This is a great illustration of why the data science process is a valuable one for extracting information from Big Data, because it combines tool expertise with statistical expertise and the domain expertise required to understand the problem and the data applicable to it. [read more]

Big Data's impact on Human Resources

May 3, 2012 by Orlaith Finnegan
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Big data is helping HR departments to to become more effective and efficient, provide more knowledgeable insights and do more with less in order to better deliver on its strategic aim [read more]

Tips To Get Your Organization Ready For Big Data

April 27, 2012 by Brett Stupakevich
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Research conducted by Forrester Research Inc. suggests that nearly one-third of organizations manage the development and deployment of big data applications differently than other software development efforts. [read more]

The Evolution of "What is Data Science?"

April 26, 2012 by Gil Press
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Milestones in the evolution of the term “data science,” attempts to define it, and some related developments. [read more]

Not Only SQL, Not Only Big Data

April 25, 2012 by Barry Devlin
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While I am a long-time supporter of the need for and value of good and extensive information in business, my experience of the purposes for which such information is used and the extent to which decision making benefits is less sanguine. In general business, business intelligence is used almost exclusively in support of a narrowly-focused drive for bottom-line profit. At the risk of being labeled a Communist, I remain unconvinced that this is always a good thing. [read more]

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IBM DB2: Moving into the Era of Big Data

April 23, 2012 by Conor O'Mahony
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Conor O’Mahony is the program director for database software at IBM. He can be found blogging at http://www.database-diary.com. You can contact the author at conor@us.ibm.com. [read more]

New Research on Big Data

April 22, 2012 by Gil Press
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Two new research reports on big data flesh out its early impact on enterprise IT. David Newman, Research VP at Gartner and a member of its Enterprise Architecture team, warns in Big Data Disruptions Tamed With Enterprise Architecture that “Big data will disrupt your business.  Your actions will determine whether these... [read more]

Big Data Q&A for the Data Protection Law and Policy Newsletter

April 19, 2012 by Jeff Jonas
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I have been given permission to re-publish an interview I did with the Data Protection & Law Policy newsletter. Also to appear in the e-Finance and Payments Law & Policy newsletter. May be of interest to some of my readers. [read more]

Big Data and the Demise of Analog Retail

April 11, 2012 by Gil Press
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The online challenge to traditional retailers may have more to do with big data than cost disadvantage [read more]

Listening In: Big Ideas About Big Data

April 11, 2012 by Brett Stupakevich
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National Public Radio is not the most obvious place for a deep dive on “The New World of Massive Data Mining,” so it may have surprised listeners when the April 2 edition of Diane Rehm’s popular NPR discussion program devoted an hour to just that topic. But the wide-ranging conversation covered some fascinating territory, and attracted thoughtful questions from the audience. [read more]

Datameer Provides End-user Focused BI Solutions for Big Data Analytics

April 10, 2012 by Bob Gourley
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I’ve met with the CEO (Stefan Groschupf) and other Datameer executives. I’ve also interacted with them in events like our Government Big Data Forum. Through these events plus demonstrations by some of their greatest engineers has led me to a few conclusions about Datameer. In general, I believe enterprise technologists should take note of this firm for several reasons. [read more]

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Big Data: A Kick in the Business Intelligence Expert’s Habits

April 6, 2012 by Michel Bruley
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No definition has emerged and speeches about Big Data mix many things: overall volume of data to be processed, the volume of the elementary data (web log, text, sensors networks, photo, video), data types (structured, unstructured, multi-structured) and analytical ambitions (going beyond BI), etc. [read more]