Data Lakes and Network Optimization: What’s Next for Telecommunications and Big Data
Relational data warehouses served communications service providers well in the past, but it’s time to start thinking beyond columns and…
Aligning Big Data
IntroIn order to bring some semblance of simplicity, coherence and integrity to the Big Data debate I am sharing an…
2015: The Year of IoT Pioneers, Analytics and Data Privacy
This past year welcomed widespread Internet of Things (IoT) adoption and hype, big data implementation, and growing concerns around data…
Is Your IT Architecture Ready for Big Data?
Built in the 1950s, California’s aqueduct is an engineering marvel that transports water from Northern California mountain ranges into thirsty…
Changing Your Mind About Big Data Isn’t Dumb
After all the hype about big data and its mental cousin Hadoop, some CIOs are getting skittish about investing additional…
5 Ways Hadoop Can Help Healthcare Organizations and You
Unstructured data makes up about 80% of all information in the healthcare industry, and is growing faster than most people…
5 Common Use Cases for Hadoop in Retail
Retailers have gained a unique advantage over consumers that previously never existed. They are now able to track and analyze…
Spotlight on SiSense: BI Without the Bandwidth
I was at DataWeek/API World in mid-September 2014 (last week at the time of this writing) and saw some interesting…
Fine-Tuning Manufacturing Operations with Big Data and Hadoop
Your organization is a lean, mean Six Sigma machine. The corporate culture is centered on continuous improvement, with everyone well versed…
Hadoop in Advertising & Media: Is Data Analytics Making Old Media New?
Imagine the chance to truly connect with a customer. Imagine if you knew what movies and television shows they watched, and…