Preserving Big Data to Live Forever
If anyone knows how to preserve data and information for long term value, it’s the programmers at Internet Archive, based…
Healthcare, Risk Aversion, and Big Data Case Studies
Think for a minute about how much we spend on healthcare. In the United States, the numbers break down as…
Oracle Brings Enhancements to Business Intelligence
Responding to the trend that businesses now ask less sophisticated users to perform analysis and rely on software to help…
When Data Flows Faster Than It Can Be Processed
With big data come a few challenges: we've already mentioned the curse of big data. But what can we do…
Hadoop Toolbox: When to Use What
Eight years ago not even Doug Cutting would have thought that the tool which he's naming after his kid's soft toy would…
Hadoop + Ubuntu: The Big Fat Wedding
Now, here is a treat for all you Hadoop and Ubuntu lovers. Last month, Canonical, the organization behind the Ubuntu operating…
Consumerization Revisited: Why Aesthetics Matter
I’ve been an advocate of the consumerization of BI for a number of years. Business Discovery platforms like QlikView that…
Computer Glitch Costs Millions
American Airlines suffered a computer outage due to a software problem in both their main and backup systems, according to…
First Look: Decisions
I caught up with the wonderfully named Decisions recently. Back in the 90s the founders started OOP.com to separate what…
A Unified Environment For Big Data Analytics
It is challenging to make big data simple to access and easy to analyze. While there are many reasons for…
