Walmart Makes Big Data Part of Its DNA
Walmart started using big data even before the term big data became known in the industry and in 2012 they…
Big Data Success Stories: Take Them with a Grain of Salt
For every successful “Big Data” case study listed in Harvard Business Review, Fortune or the like, there are thousands of many…
Is Hadoop Knowledge a Must-Have for Today’s Big Data Scientist?
Finding data scientists and other highly technical resources that understand the complexity of big data is one of the most…
Analytics, Graph Search, APIs: Is Facebook Struggling with Big Data?
It astounds me that the recent Facebook Insights kerfluffle wasn't a bigger deal than what was reported. It astounds me that the…
5 Must-Watch YouTube Videos on Big Data
Due to technical reasons, if you cannot see embedded videos below, you can watch them here: http://hkotadia.com/archives/5186 Here's a compilation of my…
Data Analytics Evolution at LinkedIn – Key Takeaways
At Teradata Partners Conference 2012 held this week near Washington D.C., Simon Zhang’s talk on “Data Sciences and Analytics Evolution @LinkedIn,”…
A Social Media Listening Post – Closing the Feedback Loop
With businesses becoming increasingly sensitive to customer opinion of their brand, monitoring consumer feedback is becoming ever more important.
100 Petabytes of Data in Poop?
University of California computer scientist Dr. Larry Smarr is a man on a mission—to measure everything his body consumes, performs,…
Can Big Data Analytics Solve “Too Big to Fail” Banking Complexity?
Despite investing millions upon millions of dollars in information technology systems, analytical modeling and PhD talent sourced from the best…
More Questioning Minds Needed (And Don’t Forget the Analytics)
Business schools are often criticized for teaching aspiring executives what to think, rather than how to think. That’s why some…
