Do Predictive Workforce Analytics Actually Work?
Recently HR industry expert and father of the HR Tech conference, Bill Kutik, wrote about the hype around predictive analytics.…
The USA Is Building the World’s Fastest Supercomputer
The United States president, Barack Obama, wants a new supercomputer for the United States and signed an executive order for…
Of Big Data, the IoT, and Trust: Tales from Google’s Nest
Formed by ex-Apple engineers, Nest Labs develops products designed to bring Big Data and the Internet of Things into our…
An Introduction to ElasticSearch
Search engines are now an integral part of people’s everyday lives. We are used to having access to information at…
Apache Spark Use Cases
Sure, Apache Spark looks cool, but does it live up to the hype? Is there anything you can actually do…
How Big Data Is Changing the Way You Fly
As airlines and frequent flyer programs gather more intelligence on your day to day lifestyle, flying and financial position -…
How Big Data is Changing the Sports Fan’s Experience [INFOGRAPHIC]
For some sports fans, going to a game has become more of a hassle than an enjoyment. With high ticket…
Big Data and Information Security
Big data is becoming an increasingly important part of the business plan for companies in many different industries. Analyzing large…
Game-Changing Real-time Uses for Apache Spark
Apache Spark, hosted on Hadoop, is great for processing large amounts of data quickly, but wouldn’t it be even better…
Leveraging Metadata for (Really) Big Data
The word “metadata” has different meanings for different people. Most people think of this as the embodiment of big brother…
