Choosing Your First Programming Language
Many new programmers struggle when it comes to selecting their first language to learn. Which is easiest, the most professionally…
The 4 Key Pillars of Hadoop Performance and Scalability
The era of Big Data has arrived. Once dismissed as a buzzword, organizations are now recognizing the benefits of capturing…
NoSQL, NewSQL and NuoDB
It seems to me that much of the drive behind NoSQL (whether No SQL or Not Only SQL) arose from…
How Big Data Will Change People Management Forever
Big data is used in many different parts of organizations to change decision-making and the generation of data-driven insights. In…
Text Analytics for Tracking Executive Hubris?
The next audacious “off the cuff” statement your CEO makes could tank your company’s stock price in minutes. That’s because…
Big Data is Not Just Hadoop
Hybrid Solutions will Solve our Big Data Problems for Years to Come When I talk to the people on the front…
Hadoop 2.0: Yes, It’s a Big Deal
In Too Big to Ignore, I wrote about the increasing importance of technologies and systems designed to handle non-relational data.…
Know Your Numbers: The Dollar-Driven Guide to Holiday Emails
Our commerce clients are deep in the throes of holiday season, and with their planning and activity has come an…
Sizing Up Data For CRM: Big Doesn’t Mean Valuable Data
Unless you’ve been a castaway without wireless service for much of the past year, you couldn’t easily ignore all the…
Reasons Why Looks Should Matter for Software Developers
Many usability experts advise that the Graphical User Interface (GUI), the visual layer that provides interaction with your software, should…
