5 Steps to Setting your Big Data Goals
We all have goals, or at least should. We all have goals, or at least should. I’m reminded of a…
Why Budgeting Is “Mission Critical” in Higher Education
You can’t pick up a newspaper without reading about how higher education is under pressure to keep tuition costs in…
First Look: Sparkling Logic Update
I last got briefed by Sparkling Logic back in August 2012 and I got an update on their new Kyoto…
High-Performing Predictive Analytics with R and Hadoop
I'm a bit late catching up on this, but Mario Inchosa (Revolution Analytics US Chief Scientist) gave a standing-room-only talk…
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Cloudera Leads the Way in Europe [VIDEO]
Interesting findings from a survey by data processing software vendor Syncsort on 300 attendees of two Big Data conferences in Europe:…
Four Ways to Make Enterprise Social Work
Research shows that enterprise social software hasn't really worked – because it hasn’t been enough about work. Research shows that…
The Datafication of People and Stuff and Things
photo courtesy of deviant art photo courtesy of deviant artSo I thought I was being original for writing a piece…
Hadoop Summit and Hortonworks Promise to Make Big Data More Engaging
Hadoop Summit is the biggest event on the West Coast centered on Hadoop, the open source technology for large-scale data…
Have Marketers Taken Big Data Too Far?
photo courtesy of motifake.comPaula Rosenblum writes a fun piece regarding the creepiness of retailers using their Big Data. photo courtesy of…
Five Factors to Consider for Your Big Data Initiative
The four V’s. If you’re reading this post, chances are good you know what they stand for. In the off-chance…
