Big Data Is Nothing Without Its Little Brother
We sometimes get so caught up in the hype of big data – the huge, fast moving, complex and diverse…
Strange Uses for Sentiment Analysis
We all know sentiment analysis is useful for customer feedback. We know it’s important for social media monitoring, and customer experience…
6 Simple Steps to a Big Data Strategy
We now live in a world in which the volumes of data are exploding by the second. While some companies…
Climate Change Under the Text Analytics Microscope
Ah Twitter, how I love you so.A few weeks ago, I was on Twitter, and noticed a burst of users…
7 Important Types of Big Data
Big data is a term thrown around in a lot of articles, and for those who understand what big data…
Facebook’s Big Data: Equal Parts Exciting and Terrifying?
Facebook, the popular social network with over 1.2 billion users world wide, has not just big, but gigantic amounts of…
NoSQL Vs. RDBMS for Interactive Analytics: Leveraging the Right and Left Brain of Data
Comparing NoSQL and relational databases is lot like comparing the left and right sides of the brain. Too much focus…
How MapR’s M7 Platform Improves NoSQL and Hadoop
The M7 Edition. Sounds like a high performance sports car, doesn’t it? The M7 Edition. Sounds like a high performance…
8 Features of a True Enterprise-Grade Platform for Hadoop and NoSQL
Businesses have several options when looking for a Hadoop and NoSQL solution. Businesses have several options when looking for a…
3 Reasons Hadoop is Heading to the Cloud
Cloud computing and big data have been vying for the attention of business owners for several years now. Both initiatives…
