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…
SAP Forum UK: Experience The Future of Business
Over 700 attendees were welcomed to last week's SAP Forum event in Birmingham by the UK and Ireland Managing Director,…
A Future for Hadoop?
I had the opportunity to catch up with Merv Adrian, Research Vice President at Gartner at last week’s Hadoop Summit. …
Metafor Software: Tracking, Alerts, Reporting
Metafor Software helps organizations track unexpected changes happening in the system environment. It provides alerts when anomalies occur, so that users…
Five More Common Myths About Open Source
We establish some Linux facts and debunk some popular Open Source myths. We establish some Linux facts and debunk some popular Open…
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The Total Cost of Big Data Performance [VIDEO]
During GigaOM Structure in San Francisco, Damien Black, CEO of SQLStream, explains the different costs of the most important data…
Why Small Businesses Should Switch to Cloud Accounting Software
If you run a small business, you are probably aware of the increasing demand for cloud accounting software. Perhaps a…
