Unstructured Data: A Contrarian’s View
“If you analyzed the flow of digital data in 1980,” Stephen Baker…
Big Data Analytics: Don’t Forget the Endgame
We’re hearing a great deal these days about Big Data and related…
Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer on Data Portabilty
“Where you stand depends on where you sit.”–Nelson Mandela “Where you stand…
The Quantified Self, Part I: Will it Lead to Better Data Management?
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be writing about self-quantification. In today’s…
Google Now and Big Data
Few companies manage information better than Google. If there were an annual…
The Humbling Effect of Big Data
Many of us walk around with the knowledge that we generally understand…
A Prediction for the Mobile Era
Since the dawn of the personal computer, the hardware industry has relied…
Is the Cloud Really Safe?
With the rise of Apple’s iCloud and file-sharing solutions such as Dropbox…