Hadoop Toolbox: When to Use What
Eight years ago not even Doug Cutting would have thought that the tool which he's naming after his kid's soft toy would…
Why Big Data Privacy Will Be Self-Regulating
Technological progress has always led to heated debates about the threats a new technology would pose for society and humanity.…
Predictive Analytics in Action: Anthony Goldbloom of Kaggle
What do brilliant data scientists, roller derby enthusiasts, and Prince William lookalikes have in common? You can find all three…
Big Data in Retail Industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
Here’s a great data visualization on Big Data in retail industry:Source: Monetate Marketing Infographics Here’s a great data visualization on Big…
Data by the Book: You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until It’s Gone
Big data, with all of its vastness and mystery – and confusion – is actually a remarkably straightforward concept: store…
PayPal Winning the Mobile Payments and Mobile Data Race
PayPal is leading consumers and merchants into a ‘digital wallet’ universe and extending their lead with announcing partnerships with NCR…
Network and Application Performance in Cloud
The word “network” is thrown around by some people without proper regard for what’s involved when cloud computing/technology is brought…
Two Wrongs Don’t Make an Insight
What keeps IT guys up at night? All that bad data their bosses are using to run the business.In case…
Attensity Uses Social Media Technology for Smarter Customer Engagement
When I last wrote about Attensity I classified it as a “pure play” text analytics vendor, but the latest release of its…
Hadoop + Ubuntu: The Big Fat Wedding
Now, here is a treat for all you Hadoop and Ubuntu lovers. Last month, Canonical, the organization behind the Ubuntu operating…
