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Big Data Analytics
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How to harness Big Data in motion
Here are some of the technologies that companies need to look at if they want real-time big data analytics.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | May 17, 2013, 5:13 AM PDT
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With Big Data, what's better--qualities or quantities?
When selecting the data scientists that will fuel for your Big Data innovation and/or strategy, you must make sure you understand how they feel about research.
Posted by John Weathington | May 15, 2013, 5:33 AM PDT
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Preparing enterprise applications for Big Data
Before dashing off RFPs for a Big Data initiative or signing purchase orders on fancy new hardware and software, consider the readiness of your Enterprise Applications.
Posted by Patrick Gray | May 10, 2013, 5:29 AM PDT
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Building an analytics infrastructure around big data
The right big data infrastructure comes down to asking the right kinds of questions, and developing a suite of analytics reports that carry back business intelligence on both historical and real...
Posted by Mary Shacklett | May 8, 2013, 5:21 AM PDT
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Unconventional uses of Big Data and predictive analytics
Will Kelly tells us about some unconventional uses of Big Data and predictive analytics that are happening across multiple industries.
Posted by Will Kelly | May 6, 2013, 4:48 AM PDT
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Big Data in your call center: Managing the numbers
The data collected by your call center software is huge and varied. But which metrics matter and how can you make changes based on those metrics?
Posted by Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013, 5:08 AM PDT
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Hadoop: Expect enhanced performance soon
One by one, tech industry sectors and technologies are lining up with solutions that will continue to enrich Hadoop performance in the data center.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 29, 2013, 4:49 AM PDT
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Get a woman's touch on your Big Data team
If there's a gender imbalance on your Big Data strategy team, you're doing yourself a great disservice.
Posted by John Weathington | April 24, 2013, 5:19 AM PDT | Latest comment by ms.spock
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Big Data velocity: Now is the time
Technologies are coming onboard now that will help Big Data velocity efforts with built-in business rules, automation, and new ways to store and access data. Now the time for businesses to map out...
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 22, 2013, 5:44 AM PDT
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Three areas of concern for Big Data in the data center
Big Data is not just a tool for business analysis. it can also be a helpful tool to improve the data center.
Posted by Patrick Gray | April 17, 2013, 5:39 AM PDT
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Big Data archiving should be more mission-critical
Sites should be planning for ready and painless user access (without IT intercession) to relevant historical information, as well as split second access to data that has been newly created.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 15, 2013, 6:28 AM PDT
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To get Big Data buy-in, IT should let go of proof of concept
If your company is currently experimenting with Big Data in an attempt to prove some sort of concept--interrupt this right away. If you're going to prove something--it better be value.
Posted by John Weathington | April 11, 2013, 5:01 AM PDT | Latest comment by johnweathington
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Does data center co-location make sense for Big Data?
Mary Shacklett discusses whether you should consider a co-lo for big data analytics and high performance computing.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 9, 2013, 8:53 AM PDT
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Goldilocks and the three business analysts
John Weathington has some suggestions for you when you're surveying the landscape of business analysts to augment your team of information specialists.
Posted by John Weathington | April 4, 2013, 5:21 AM PDT | Latest comment by johnweathington
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How Big Data changes the game for non-profits
Big Data projects for non-profits are providing answers to problems that were previously considered to be almost insurmountable.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 2, 2013, 5:06 AM PDT
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Taking out the Big Data garbage
Organizations are seeing storage resources being consumed with an avalanche of Big Data at a time when they don't have the policies in place that can help them determine when it is OK to throw Big...
Posted by Mary Shacklett | March 25, 2013, 10:15 AM PDT
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Have small shops finally come into their own?
With big companies saddled with huge legacy costs, has the argument that "small is beautiful" finally been settled in favor of the small? Patrick Gray doesn't think so.
Posted by Patrick Gray | March 21, 2013, 5:22 AM PDT
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Finding a mission for Big Data
Today governments at all levels, financial services companies, healthcare providers and utility and telecommunications companies are all starting to get the message about the importance of mission...
Posted by Mary Shacklett | March 18, 2013, 6:37 AM PDT | Latest comment by brian.p.moore
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Are your organization's governance practices ready for Big Data?
Getting Big Data ready to meet a new regulatory requirement is not something that tools and automation alone can solve. Here's what IT can do to ensure governance.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | March 13, 2013, 6:08 AM PDT
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Practice big security with Big Data
Security is often an afterthought in most rapidly maturing applications, and Big Data is no exception.
Posted by Patrick Gray | March 11, 2013, 7:44 AM PDT
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10 emerging technologies for Big Data
Thoran Rodrigues interviewed Dr. Satwant Kaur about the 10 emerging technologies that will drive Big Data forward.
Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | December 5, 2012, 6:00 AM PST
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Three areas of concern for Big Data in the data center
Big Data is not just a tool for business analysis. it can also be a helpful tool to improve the data center.
Posted by Patrick Gray | April 17, 2013, 5:39 AM PDT
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Creating a data project using SQL Server Integration Services
Edmond Woychowski walks though the creation of a data project using SSIS, a data migration tool that is part of SQL Server Standard Edition or above.
Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | September 26, 2012, 9:16 AM PDT
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Beyond hype: 70 percent will use data analytics by 2013
Survey of over 1,300 TechRepublic and ZDNet members shows a growing expectation that data analytics and big data will have a major impact on businesses' performance in the next two years.
Posted by Bill Detwiler | November 29, 2012, 11:34 AM PST | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest
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Directory: Big data vendors in the US
TechRepublic's directory of big data vendors has market, product, and contact information on companies that provide data analytics, data warehousing, or other "big data" products and services.
Posted by Bill Detwiler | November 20, 2012, 10:14 AM PST
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10 things IT architects should consider when choosing data storage technologies
One important part of dealing with data is figuring out how and where to store it. Here are ten things to think about when choosing the right data storage technologies for your enterprise or project.
Posted by Guest Contributor | September 18, 2012, 7:31 AM PDT | Latest comment by Marc Jellinek
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Big Data archiving should be more mission-critical
Sites should be planning for ready and painless user access (without IT intercession) to relevant historical information, as well as split second access to data that has been newly created.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 15, 2013, 6:28 AM PDT
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Big Data defined
If you are a leader, how you define big data has important implications on your subsequent strategic decisions.
Posted by John Weathington | September 4, 2012, 6:32 AM PDT
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SMBs: How to ramp up for Big Data quickly
If you are an SMB and you know you can't afford to bring high-dollar analytics solutions and data analysts into your organization, here are some things you can do to improve your competitive position.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | December 3, 2012, 5:39 AM PST
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The role of the Data Scientist in Big Data
The role of the Data Scientist can be wide ranging while critical to large-scale Big Data efforts. Will Kelly peers into the role of the Data Scientist.
Posted by Will Kelly | December 17, 2012, 6:11 AM PST
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Gamification data can drive ROI
Gamification isn't just for driving customer engagement. One company shows how its platform can drive ROI by giving enterprises more insight into how their site and products are used.
Posted by Toni Bowers | November 1, 2012, 6:26 AM PDT
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Big Data and social media: A match made in heaven?
In the private sector, there's excitement around a relatively simple premise: that Big Data can divine actionable answers from the chaos of social media. Is this true?
Posted by Patrick Gray | October 23, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT | Latest comment by jonparksny
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Defining an ROI for Big Data
Efficient resource utilization is the area of Big Data ROI that the CIO needs to bring to the budget discussion.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | November 19, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
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Build your Big Data strategy on what tomorrow will look like
If you're building your Big Data strategy based on what people are talking about today, you need to start over.
Posted by John Weathington | September 17, 2012, 5:33 AM PDT
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Big Data: Moving from strategy to tactics
Big Data, which comes into the enterprise unstructured and unorganized, first needs to be "prepped" so that it can be processed by a business analytics program. Here's what you need to do.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | October 22, 2012, 5:22 AM PDT | Latest comment by mrabkin
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Big Data analysts: Do you hire or train for it?
One way to harness big data is to hire someone to do it. But you're going to find yourself in a highly competitive market.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | November 7, 2012, 5:14 AM PST
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Big Data and the Internet of Things
There's little practical benefit the Internet of Things without an ability to track, manage, and glean useful information from the massive amount of data a world of interconnected devices will...
Posted by Patrick Gray | November 14, 2012, 6:33 AM PST
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Infographic: Making the case for big data analytics and intelligence
Slashdot offers this infographic that breaks down the business case for big data projects.
Posted by Selena Frye | September 24, 2012, 7:10 AM PDT
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Big Data, big problems?
Mary Shacklett offers some tips for how to make the transition from tracking traditional transaction data to the unstructured and rich data formats that come in from the web.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | October 15, 2012, 5:15 AM PDT
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Can Big Data Analytics learn some lessons from fraud detection software?
Credit card fraud detection analytics has worked in banking-and its history yields lessons that should be applied to Big Data.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | December 10, 2012, 5:06 AM PST | Latest comment by ADCom Solutions
