Not All Hadoop Users Drop ACID
In the age of businesses with data that lives on dozens or even hundreds of servers, expecting transactional integrity and…
Beyond Automation: Streamlining Business Processes with Custom Software
Today, it can feel like we’re reaching peak “automation” – it’s starting to seem like an ever-present buzzword. Of course,…
How Big Data and Analytics Are Changing People Management Forever
Google has regularly been voted the best company in America to work for – its staff get free meals, generous…
Data Profiling Services: Putting Business Data to Work
Image source: itbusiness.ca Image source: itbusiness.caWithin each business there are many people who possess the knowledge of how data needs…
Big Data Is Really Dead
IDG Enterprise’s 2015 Big Data and Analytics survey shows that the number of organizations with deployed/implemented data-driven projects has increased…
The Data Lake Debate: Negative Puts a Stake in the Ground
While the idea of a data lake sounds like fun, don’t go jumping in just yet. There are critical factors…
How a Chief Data Officer Can Make Your Data Great
Fresh data is usually pristine. It’s data in it’s clearest, most accurate form – straight from the customer or client.…
How Big Data and the Internet of Things Make Our World Smarter
The Internet of Things (combined with big data) is reaching further into our lives every day. And while some of…
Data Lakes and Network Optimization: What’s Next for Telecommunications and Big Data
Relational data warehouses served communications service providers well in the past, but it’s time to start thinking beyond columns and…
Why 2015 Will Be Year of Big Data: Oracle’s Five Predictions
Long before the Internet and the inception of “big data,” Oracle has been dealing with big datatype loads through parallel…
