Cloudera Makes Hadoop a Big Player in Big Data
I had the pleasure of attending Cloudera’s recent analyst summit. Presenters reviewed the work the company has done since its…
How Text Mining Can Help Your Business Dig For Gold
Your customers want to communicate with you. Your partners, employees, potential clients, competitors, press and social media influencers want to…
Thoughts on the Future of Hadoop in Enterprise Environments
Between answering questions this week at BI2014 in Orlando and preparing to ask some at Hadoop Summit in Amsterdam next week, here are some thoughts…
How To Maximize Performance and Scalability Within Your Hadoop Architecture
In its infancy, Apache Hadoop primarily supported the functions of search engines. Today, it is used throughout dozens of industries…
6 Simple Steps to a Big Data Strategy
We now live in a world in which the volumes of data are exploding by the second. While some companies…
3 Big Hadoop Myths Dispelled
As with any new technological innovation, a lot of myths have been generated about Hadoop. At Strata + Hadoop World,…
Technology Training Needs a Hands-On Approach
Many technology companies begin training by handing employees binders of technical manuals, topics and user guides. Employees are expected to…
What Does a VC Look for in a Big Data Startup? [VIDEO]
Venture Capital firms and Angel investors pumped in over $3.6 billion into Big Data startups in 2013 and investments this…
7 Important Types of Big Data
Big data is a term thrown around in a lot of articles, and for those who understand what big data…