Choosing the Right Programming Language for A Corporate Database
For corporations, creating a reliable and easy-to-use corporate database is a vital part of developing and maintaining a smoothly-running operation.…
5 Free Programming and Machine Learning Books for Data Scientists
There is a lifelong learning curve for data scientists. You will learn more quickly by reading the right books and…
Is R the Next Generation Programming Language for Big Data?
Despite all its benefits, big data has created a number of headaches for developers. Many have discovered that traditional programming…
Apache Drill vs. Apache Spark: What’s The Right Tool for the Job?
If you’re looking to implement a big data project, you’re probably deciding whether to go with Apache Spark SQL or…
What Angry Birds Can Teach Us About Analytics
The past couple of years, my kids participated in The Hour Of Code. If you haven’t heard about the initiative,…
10 Amazing Data Analytics Platforms Everyone Should Know About
The past few years has seen an explosion in the number of platforms available for big data analytical tasks.The open…
SAS vs. R: The Deeper Dive
Last month I conducted a quick “flash survey” of my network to quantify the preferences of the Burtch Works network,…
The Great Debate: SAS vs. R
I’ve been recruiting analytics talent for over 30 years, and now over the past few years I have watched open…
NoSQL Vs. RDBMS for Interactive Analytics: Leveraging the Right and Left Brain of Data
Comparing NoSQL and relational databases is lot like comparing the left and right sides of the brain. Too much focus…
The Role of Standards in Predictive Analytics: A Series
I am working on a paper, for publication in early 2014, on the role of standards such as R, Hadoop…
